Tajikistan: An Interview with Farangizi Abdurazokzoda
I’m Fara, I’m a freshman Econ and Chinese major, and I am from Tajikistan. What event in your life lead you to come to the U.S.? Before coming to the US, I studied in Hong Kong. Most of the students …→
Sex trafficking awareness
On Monday May 2, the Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship co-sponsored an event called “Love 146: Hear Her Story” with a number of other organizations on campus. Love 146 is an anti-child sex trafficking organization whose name was created by founder …→
Colombia: Interview with Ana Mikler
What event in your life lead you to come to the U.S.? I was studying in an international school in Hong Kong and an admissions person from Union came to my school. I was interested in the Minerva programs, and …→
Impact on U: International Culture Week
International Culture Week was successful in both providing educational events and drawing attention to diversity issues at Union. According to the school’s website, the class of 2014 is 16% students of color and 4% international students. Thus, by looking at …→
An American’s take on the royal wedding: important or irrelevant?
Come hell or high water, I was going to watch the Royal Wedding. On the eve of April 29, I set my alarm, somewhat grudgingly, for 4:45 a.m. to tune in to the coverage of the ceremony. Apparently, roughly two …→
Diversity is all around campus
“Diverse Perspectives: We challenge our students to experience new cultures, appreciate different points of view and see the world through new eyes—or ears —as often as possible,” reads one of the first statements on the Union College website. Some quick …→
Bulgaria: Christina Todorova
Christina Todorova ‘12 is from Varna, Bulgaria—a city on the coast of the Black Sea. “[My family] had to move to a coastal city because of my dad’s job. He’s a marine engineer,” explains Todorova, “I live ten minutes away …→
HvZ Tech
It’s that time of year again. Time for pitched battles between the living and the undead and a healthy does of paranoia for those (lucky) few remaining humans. And, just like years past, it’s also time for Sci/Tech to take …→
Iraq: Taif Jany
[media-credit name="Grace Delgado" align="alignleft" width="150"][/media-credit] As one of the numerous international students studying at Union College, Taif Jany ‘12 has enjoyed his time immensely here during his academic tenure. Originally from Iraq, Jany and his family were forced to flee …→
Algeria: Professor Sohaib Chekima
Professor Sohaib Chekima came to Union in fall of 2010. In addition to teaching introductory Arabic, Chekima is a doctoral student at SUNY Albany, where he is working on two different theses. Born in the U.S. to Algerian parents, his family …→
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