Category: Lia’s Blog Archive

René Chiao-yu Chan

RENÉ – [Senior Interviews 3]    When I first met René during pre-orientation for international students three and a half years ago, I felt an instant comfort knowing she and I had grown up pretty similarly. Our common experiences as “local” students at an international school in East Asia were inextricably linked to one another; we had mutual friends who went…

Why I Came Here, Why I’ll Stay

I’m ready. I’m ready. I’m soooooo reaaaadyyyyyyy!!! for this weekend. but also to keep fighting the necessary fight. I’m taking a break from the Senior Interview Series this week even though we just got started because 1) I have too many thoughts and emotions to sort through, and so do my interviewees, to focus just on ourselves right now, and…

Lamisa Shirin Hossain

LAMISA  – [Senior Interviews 1] The first person I’ve interviewed for this project is my friend Lamisa. She and I work together a lot this year as President and Vice President of Slater International Student Organization. We met our first year during pre-orientation and decided our sophomore spring, before both going abroad for a semester, that we’d devote time to Slater…

New Blog Series starting Friday

Slater Culture Show was so successful!  I honestly think this was the smoothest, best organized, most fun show I’ve been to/been a part of at Wellesley. The international student organization put so much hard work and time into making this event go so well – I’ll upload pictures from the show when they’re ready. Starting this Friday, I will be…

Rain is killing my buzz!

A month into classes and it seems like everyone is sick, midterms have somehow started already, and the weather plummeted fast. I caught a cold earlier this week and the combination of staying up way later than I should and not eating too well has kept me in a physical funk this time. (my friend’s dog, blu!) I just can’t believe we went…

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