{"id":51052,"date":"2019-10-09T11:36:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T17:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/?p=51052"},"modified":"2021-02-11T21:18:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T04:18:09","slug":"new-team-created-to-support-international-students-at-sait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2019\/10\/09\/new-team-created-to-support-international-students-at-sait\/","title":{"rendered":"New team created to support international students at SAIT"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new ambassador:<\/strong> SAIT International Student Engagement Co-ordinator Akua Anim, on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. Anim discussed the new International Student Ambassadors program in an interview in the Stan Grad Centre. (Photo by Terry Fru\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T<\/span>he SAIT International Student Centre<\/a> is introducing a new student leadership initiative on campus this fall, the international student ambassadors.<\/p>\n

T<\/span>he international student ambassadors will be international students whose job will be to support new and continuing international students throughout their journey at SAIT.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not easy being an international student,\u201d Akua Anim, SAIT\u2019s international student engagement co-ordinator, said in an interview.<\/p>\n

Anim developed the initiative as she was once an international student and understands the hurdles and struggles students face when they come here from other countries.<\/p>\n

Not everyone is able to battle these hurdles on their own, so Anim came up with the idea of providing a support system for people walking a similar path.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two main roles of the ambassadors are peer-to-peer support and event planning assistance,\u201d\u00a0said Anim.<\/p>\n

The ambassadors have to organize activities, such as peer-to-peer support, not just to students in Canada, but also pre-arrival in Canada.<\/p>\n

Ambassadors will also help plan and run things like the Global caf\u00e9. This is a weekly event, where students from varying countries will meet and share their various cultures, promoting cultural diversity at SAIT.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel this initiative is needed,\u201d said Veronika Gruszkov\u00e1, one of SAIT\u2019s international student ambassadors.<\/p>\n

\u201cSAIT is getting more and more international students and not all of them enjoy being alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many of these students want to be part of the community, however, without programs such as these,\u00a0 they wouldn\u2019t be able to.<\/p>\n

Gruszkov\u00e1 believes that being an ambassador will make it easier and more comfortable for international students because the ambassadors are students like them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope I will make a difference,\u201d said Gruszkov\u00e1.<\/p>\n

The two main roles of the ambassadors are peer-to-peer support and event planning assistance. – Akua Anim<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gruszkova hopes to help international students feel more welcomed and create a bridge between students and the international centre, encouraging students to use the resources provided available.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ambassadors will help us reflect and improve on our services,\u201d said Zuzana Ritzer, SAIT\u2019s international support team lead.<\/p>\n

She said the ambassadors will provide feedback from the international student community and this will help the international center in day to day support of the international student population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The SAIT International Student Center is bringing a new initiative of student leadership into campus, called the international student ambassadors. [ READ MORE ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":585,"featured_media":51072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ef_editorial_meta_text_assignment-slug":"S1 International Student Ambassadors","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-51052","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/585"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51052"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51353,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51052\/revisions\/51353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}