SENIOR PROFILES
in a serious waynullnull she said. between nullsians and nullmericans. people were working togethernull
nullStephanie nullulligannull the nullnulleing from the nullsian sub- and at the end of the sessionnull
directornull is a really great teacher conti nentnull we hanulle a lot in nulllly was ginullen an award for best
because she is a professional common between nullndian and committee chair.
director and knows how to Chinese culturenull so null can under- nulln addition to knowing
help you transform yourself stand their point of nulliewnullnull he enullerybody in the dormsnull nulllly
and transcend your normal said. nullnd although he is new to also connected easily with day
enullistence.null the nullnited Statesnull he is familiar studentsnull so much so that he was
Olinullia plans to pursue creatinulle with nullmerican culture because one of the two front-runners
writing at nullanullerford College in it is so ubiquitous in nullndia. in the election for student
the fallnull and she hopes someday nullPeople of my generation in body president and entered the
to linulle in nullrench- and Spanish- both nullndia and nullmerica grew runoff. nulln an nullpper School of
speaking countriesnull perhaps as a up watching the same nullnull shows about nullnullnull studentsnull he fell only
tranullel writer. and using the same slangnull eating nullnull nullotes short of winning the
the same foodnull going to the postnull an unprecedented feat for
nullInullnullnull SInullHnull
same restaurantsnull and wearing an international student.
the same clothesnullnull he said. nulllly has chosen to attend
nullnullhen null nullas null0 or
nullUnullnullnullnullnullnull
nullllynulls enullperience with people the nullninullersity of Southern
nullnull null started planulling
nullRnullnullnullES
from other cultures in the Californianull partly because of its
around nullith Flash
and nullhotoshop and
dorms stimulated his interest enullcellent program for computer
progressed to more
in international relationsnull animationnull which is a passion
applicationsnull nullhen
W
hen nulllly nullnulllawalnull
Sidhu came to OES
and when he heard teacher of his. null is planning a dual
null sanull the movie
as a sophomorenull
nullpe Stenullens talk about the major in computer science and
nullndenullendence Danull
he was the only student from
nullodel nullnited nullationsnull he business administrationnull and he
null nullas amanulled nullnull the
nullndia in the dorm. nullost of the
knew he wanted to be part of hopes to find a career that will
visual effects and
thought null reallnull nullanted
international students had at
it. null joined and sernulled as a allow him to spend time in both
to do thatnull nullut at OES least one fellow countrymannull
committee chair when he was a nullndia and the nullnited States.
null discovered a lot of
but nulllly needed to reach
junior. nullt this yearnulls conferencenull nullnull see myself holding a
other things that null also
across cultural boundaries to
there was a committee that leadership position in an
nullanted to pursuenull so
make friends. nullo one else
wasnnullt functioning well adnullertising firm where null bridge
doing animation is
more of a honullnullnull than
spoke his natinulle nullindinull so he
null people couldnnullt seem to stay the gap between computer guysnull
annullthing elsenullnull communicated in his second
focused on the topic null so the artistic guysnull and administratinulle
nullBillnull Sidhu language null English null which
conference leaders asked nulllly business peoplenullnull he said. nullf
was also a second language for
to head that committee. Soon anyone can do thatnull itnulls nulllly.
most of the other international
For his pronullect in
students. nulln making that effortnull
nulliscovernullnull an OES
career enullploration
he denulleloped such a talent for
programnull nullillnull Sidhu
relating to people of nullarious
interned at the backgrounds that he has become
Mcnullann Erickson ad
the go-to guy when others hanulle
agencnull in nullenull nullorknull
a problem.
nullere he helped
create ads for the nullalo
nulln the dormnull nulllly has
null video gamenull
been a prefectnull which is an
upperclassman who plans dorm
enullents and works out problems
among students or when a
conflict arises between students
and dorm faculty. null recogninulles
when cultural differences are
creating friction and knows
how to create bridgesnull especially
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OES SUMMER 2009
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