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Source: International Student Services Spring 2016 enrollment data by country.
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Then an incoming freshman, Nazirah Mohd was excited to start at the University in the fall of 2014. She was coming from Malaysia and looking forward to studying in the United States and taking advantage of the scholarship she received during her last year of high school.
But a few days into the semester, and for weeks after, Mohd was overwhelmed by loneliness. She felt out of place.
"For almost a semester, I would go to school, come home, cry and repeat," she said. "I had a friend in Michigan State, who I called every day, crying. He was also from Malaysia. I didn't have any friends here. At the time, I didn't know what
depression was."
Many students moving to new surroundings go through adjustment periods, but for international students the feelings of disorientation can be particularly severe.
With that increase in international students, the University is recognizing that more services are needed to help international students acclimate.
student population, or roughly 2,300 students from more than 100 countries. In addition to adding diversity to the campus, international students pay out-of-state tuition rates.
The University has stepped up its overseas recruiting in recent years. International students now account for about 10 percent of the
For some students that means having easy access to a mental health counselor who speaks their native language. For others, it's about joining an organization for social connections with American students.
"Anybody moving from one culture to another experiences cultural shock, which is essentially a sense of being overwhelmed by
difference," said Charles Oleese, director of International Student Services. "It's the frustration of trying to grab onto something familiar, and finding only difference instead, which makes you tired, physically and emotionally."
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New Title IX motion alleges KU misled former rower
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In a motion to include new information in her Title IX complaint, former University rower Daisy Tackett alleges the University misled her regarding disciplinary actions for the student who she said sexually assaulted her.
Filed in federal court Friday, the motion to amend the original complaint for a second time includes new information discovered after Sept. 9, 2016. The new information alleges the University was both unclear and deliberately misleading in communicating to Tackett the manner in which the
student agreed to be expelled.
According to the complaint, Tackett was notified in February that the Office for Institutional Opportunity and Access recommended the student be permanently expelled from the University. On March 18, the University informed Tackett that the student had been withdrawn from the University as of March 17.
In addition to the withdrawal from the University, a notation indicating nonacademic misconduct was placed on the student's transcript. In an email attached to the complaint, Dan Curry, Tackett's lawyer, asked Lance
Watson, director of student conduct and community standards, if the notation could be clear the student was expelled for sexual assault.
Watson said doing so would be "contrary to KU practice." He wrote that transcript notations are noted only as either academic or nonacademic misconduct, and he said that would be the case even if a conduct hearing had been held.
The complaint says media reports surfaced in September revealing the student received a different letter than Tackett received, which said he would "[be] allowed to withdraw in lieu of expulsion."
According to the Dear
Colleague Letter released by the Department of Education in April 2011, both parties in Title IX cases must be notified in writing about the outcome of the complaint, and it is recommended the written determination of the outcome be provided to the complainant and perpetrator at the same time.
Curry told the Kansas the University's actions demonstrate it was knowingly indifferent to guidelines outlined under Title IX.
"It shows that KU is deliberately indifferent to this process if you're willing to tell [Tackett and the student] two different things to avoid a hearing. I think that
In a statement, Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, director of news and media relations, said the University fulfilled its Title IX obligations to Tackett.
shows a complete indifference to the process," he said.
Curry said the motion to amend the complaint still has to be approved by the University. When Tackett first amended the complaint in July, the University did not oppose the addition of new information.
"As we have said since these cases were filed, we are confident the courts will agree that we've met our obligations to Ms. Tackett," Barcomb-Peterson said.
Should the University oppose the motion to amend the complaint, a judge will have to rule whether the new information will be included, Curry said.
"We felt it necessary to amend to include these new facts which have just come to light," Curry said. "We thought it would be appropriate to paint the whole picture of what was going on with those representations."
Curry said a similar motion to amend the complaint of Sarah McClure, a second former rower who was sexually assaulted by the same student, would be filed in the very near future.
IN CORRECTION In the Oct. 3 edition, the story "Volleyball team kneels before anthem" ran with the wrong byline. It was written by Jordan Wolf. The Kansan apologizes for the error.
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