Nicholas Eveland, a management major in the Chambers College of Business and Economics, plans to enrich international students' time at WVU by encouraging more engagement between
domestic and international students. Upon arrival, many international students
are injected into the heart of a culture, and oftentimes country, that is very
different from their own. Sometimes the only thing that resembles home are peers
from their home country and they quickly become go-to friends, which can lead
to social stratification amongst international groups and restrict them from
branching out and meeting new people. He plans to utilize sport as a medium to
encourage engagement as they are universal and build comradery. Organizing
sporting tournaments and other sports-related activities could be a great way
to build relationships between domestic and international students. Furthermore,
for incoming international students, he thinks a big brother/sister
program would be very beneficial to their experience here at WVU. This program
could be utilized to show incoming students the ropes on campus and better integrate
them into WVU student life.