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Feeling at home made easier
You might '-.iv thev are
world lenders-, although
the two ol them probably
don’t think ol themselves m stub
lofty term'.
I he vitrei tor ntivi t o-diret teir ol
the Intern.itionnl Student- Awet
tion .tt the l niversitv oversee and
look ->ut lor of stuvleiit' from every
lontinent on the glol'e I he or.uni
ration i- mnde up ol I! separate -t i
vletlt .tgeiu K ' , llv h .1" the Altitun
St ,1. lent A-tut :■ m .ilid tie lapu
tic -e St tident t Arg.mt .it ton.
"With in.in-i t the intetn.it!. -n.i!
students who ionic here, it s their
I I r s t ! Ml U .! h I■ I >, i. 1 me! the', tie: -.in
eomfnrt.ihle from tie beginning."
said ( arolitu' Steele, dtte> tot >> 1SA.
"Thes It el that they uren’t heine un
der -food, that people don't know
when they’re v online from.
" 1 hes kin>s\ t hi s v un . t»me it' -
tin ISA I lie lit we repre t lit inter
n.it,on.il 'Indent', 'lie added I li re
thev know thev have a solve
Steele ativl tin ISA vo-direitor,
luenitu Soerakot '.'email, aul tin s
are ret|UireJ tt' spend at least IA
hours ,i ss eek 111 tilt ofllie, hut etui
Up working then nearly -A to V
lit uir s w eek Is .
"We hast to he really dediiuted.”
Sot t akoesoemah aid " I llfse
are
p.iui positions but the p.iv is ten
low. Hut wr it not here for the pav
Steele, whose family still ln.es in
Germany, spent mui h of her life
growing up m Italv aiwi (lermanv.
Slie said she < hose to attend the l m
versitv tnamK ht.. ause <>f the journal
ism si IkH'l
”1 aHo found that the\ ie really re
eeptive to international student
here," she said. "They responded
cjlllcklv when 1 applied here.
Soerakoesoemali, who plans to
t’l aduate the term, Is from Indonesia
and mew up- in tin Philippines. Both
sIu and Steele think they’ve learned
a meat deal about etlei l:\eh, uorkllie
with peoph from their experiein e
with ISA
Ik--ides pu kit. : up organizational
and budgeting skills, "I think we've
also learned how to he tactful, diplo
mat u and conside ran e>f different
p'eople’s l\u kgrounds,” Soernkoe
six-malt s.iiil
I he ISA will Ix itin taking appln a
tions for next year’s dtreetot starting
April lfv I he candidate will then hi
interviewed atvd must campaign and
give a spec ah to ISA inemhei- I he
i o clirector is chosen fall term, so
new students will have a chance to.
run lot the position, Steele said
Steele and Soet akocsocmah said
t’hoto I*\ M.irk N Irn
Ihe ISA s i o-dirvctor. Juanita Soerakoesoemah. anil director. Caroline Steele.
rela\ in the ISA ollit e lor a moment before plunging into the dai '% work
they wouldn't trade their experience
with ISA tor anythinij. despite the
hiph demands ot the joh ,md the low
P-'V.
"I've hern vers happv with the
joh," Steele said. "It ' .1 lot ot work,
hut it heeoiTtes such a part ot your
life."
“hverv sear u i hanyes and
have a new mllu\ i >t people ,”
added. "We have the old dedk
souls and maviomere who are
curious, and they eradualls hoe
more in\ i>1\ ed."
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