Hi International Students!
Fordham's International Forum took place in the Faculty Lounge on September 16th to solicit the opinions of international students on the adjustments they face coming to our university. USG (or, our United Student Government) wants to open a dialog up to international students so that improvements can be made based on their various needs . Although international students are given a brief overview of obstacles that they have to overcome in their International Students Orientation, those conflicts are not explained in-depth and may exclude certain situations faced.
As a rising academic institution in both rankings and popularity, Fordham is trying to not only better serve its domestic students, but its international students as well. Fordham has a growing international student population, and SiHien Goh, a Sophomore international student from Singapore who serves as the vice president of his class in the Gabelli Business School (formerly known as the College of Business Administration), highlighted this fact to USG senators during this conversation.
It is not an easy achievement for international students to adjust to life in a foreign country; therefore, USG pledged to continue helping international students raise these issues with the administration. USG is working withfaculty around Fordham University to maintain its reputation and satisfaction from its student population. As their population, and in turn needs grow, International students have become a popular topic seizing the attention of Fordham’s administrators.
Fordham continues to have a growing ratio of international students to staff in the office of international students. This can be attributed to U.S. News and World Report's new Fordham ranking, #56. (Moving from the 80s to the 50s in several years is a big leap!) While there is always room for Fordham to improve its international student services, there is no denying that it recognizes this and is trying its best to acquire suggestions on ways to better services for its international students directly from the mouths of the international students themselves.
The International Forum pledged to inform administration and faculty about the needs of our growing international population so that it may continue to prosper in the Fordham Community.
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