GRADUATION ISSUE
University Daily Kansan, April 30, 1984 Page 12
Some foreign students face a lonely graduation
By ERIKA BLACKSHER Staff Reporter
By May 13th, celebration and elation will be hanging over the KU campus, and Lawrence will be packed with the students and friends of graduating seniors.
But for many graduating foreign
students, commencement might be a
mystery.
'After four or five years of hard work, it would be nice to have someone from home see you get your diploma.'
"I really anticipating being out of place," said Phillis Mabeta, who will be graduating with her master's degree in social welfare. Mabeta said that most of her graduating classmates would be their husbands, children or parents.
— Modesto Gonzales
former president of the International Club
THE FAMILIES OF MOST foreign students can't afford to travel to the
United States just for graduation day
United States just for graduation day. Ciekaw K哄, who will receive her bachelor's degree in journalism, said that her mother might attend graduation because she works for an airline and can fly free.
"It would be ill if she were here so can see a part of my life," Kwok said.
Many foreign students have been in the United States for several years without going home or seeing their families.
Modesto Gonzales, former president
of the International Club, said, "After four or five years of hard work, it would be nice to have someone from home see you get your diploma."
The U.S. graduation tradition is a strange experience for some foreign students.
Alberto Sadarrigura, a graduate student in journalism, will be leaving before graduation day, but said that he had been looking forward to experiencing the graduation tradition in the United States because it was so
different from graduations in Colombia.
"GRADEUATION IS SOMETHING personal," he said. "Afterwards we go home and have a small party with friends and family."
He also said that he was unaccustomed to the formal cap and gown attire. "I would feel a little strange dressed like that," he said.
Kwok, who is from Singapore, said that transportation would be difficult because the buses wouldn't be running until next month and hotels have been booked since January.
"I live in an apartment so it's not a problem, but for students who live in a neighborhood."
Being able to have parties is also a problem, she said.
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