Nepalese student enjoys campus life at University
Changing residence from country to country can be a disrupting and frustrating experience.
But Shyamananda Das Suman has found the change from his native Nepal to the United States a rewarding one.
Suman is one of 87 students from Nepal studying in the United States.
A 24-year old graduate student in geography, Suman worked as section official in the survey department of the Nepalese government before last summer when he arrived as a student under the Fullbright-Hays Program sponsored by the U.S. State Department.
Suman said he wanted to go back to Nepal and teach at the university level or work for the government in the area of urban planning.
"I am receiving better training in the United States in my field than I received in Asia, and I think I can contribute something
to my country as a result of this training," Suman said.
He said the recent rapid growth of cities in Nepal had established a need for urban planning.
The mechanization of the United States is a contrast for Suman. "We have nothing like your snack machines and laundromats in Nepal," he said.
The abundance of books and other classroom materials was another big change from Nepalese schools, he said.
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After attending a summer session at the University of Wisconsin, Suman will return to KU to complete work for his master's degree.
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McCollum gives money for slums
McColllum Hall has donated $200 of its social fund to the "Advocacy Planning Program" of Charles Kahn, dean of the School of Architecture, said Jim Hayes, Atwood senior and treasurer of McCollum.
The hall's senate voted Feb. 20 to donate the money to Dean Kahn's rehabilitation program organized to clean up the slums of Lawrence.
Kahn said the advocacy program is essentially handled by students in the advocacy course, Architecture 98. He added that the course is open to all upper-level undergraduates who have the permission of their academic dean and Kahn.
Frank Zilm, St. Louis, Mo., junior and president of McCollum's senate said the course is made up of 30 students in a variety of curriculums who research and talk to the people of the troubled areas and then create plans to re-develop the areas.
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