Meet
an International Student
Eman
Bataineh, Class of 2007 is from Amman, Jordan.
She is majoring in Anthropology and is also interested in
Middle Eastern languages and cultures. She was recently
elected Student Government President and is also involved
in Turath (Arab Students' Organization), Multicultural Leadership,
New Student Orientation, and the Tripartite Committee on
Student Life. Eman says, of going to school in New York
City, " There's a great deal of independence that comes
from living in the city, where so much excitement and adventure
is just a subway ride away. You can really take control
of your own life and experience the things you've always
wanted to without any restrictions. There's just so much
you can do, so easily." On choosing Barnard, she says,
"
I wanted a small college where I'm not just a number, the
resources of a major university, and a lot of diversity.”
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Aanya
Chugh, Class of 2009,
graduated from the Canadian International School of Bangalore,
India. She was born and raised in Chicago IL and San Francisco
CA and then moved to India. “ I wanted to get a different
cultural perspective on the way I view the world,”
says the freshman when asked why she made such a transition.
While in India, Aanya spent many of her weekends volunteering
at a government school. She currently designs graphics for
the Barnard Bulletin, is a part of the Macintosh
Activities Council, and volunteers for the Community Lunch
Program on Fridays. She hopes to major in Architecture and
also plans to intern at one of New York City’s well-known
firms.
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Sidra
Haider, Class of 2007, is from Karachi, Pakistan
and West Windsor, NJ. She attended the Istanbul International
Community School and the Hun School of Princeton. Sidra
is majoring in Economics and Psychology. At Barnard she
is a Resident Assistant and involved in the Organization
of Pakistani Students and Amnesty International. She has
had internships at UBS Wealth Management Division and Citigroup
Sales and Trading.
“The
community that exists at Barnard is one comprised of very
diverse women committed to their goals and aspirations.
It never ceases to amaze me how I can always meet another
Barnard student whose creativity and accomplishments not
only fill me with pride but also push me to pursue my dreams
as well.”
Cathaleen
Kaiyoorawongs, Class of 2008, was born in California
and grew up in Thailand, where she attended Trail International
School. She currently lives in Sarasota, FL and graduated
from Sarasota High School. She would like to one day serve
in the Peace Corps and study abroad. She loves cultural
exchange and salsa dancing. She is a first year focus RA
and a Rape crisis counselor and advocate. She is majoring
in Environmental Policy, minoring in Spanish and is on the
Pre-medicine track. She just spent the summer of 2006 backpacking
through Europe and enrolled in the Middlebury Language immersion
program for seven weeks.
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Bianca
Passos, Class of 2008, is a native of Sao Paulo,
Brazil, where she lived until age seven. Her parents are
in Delray, FL, and she is an International Baccalaureate
graduate of Suncoast High. Bianca speaks Portuguese, Spanish,
and Italian, and hopes to study in Italy. During summer
2005 she was a Drama Education Intern at P.S. 87 Elementary
and a counselor for the Broadway P.C. Nursery School. She
is the assistant at the Barnard Center for Toddler Development,
and also baby-sits very often. Bianca is also involved in
the student dance and theatre groups Orchesis and Barnard
Musical Theatre.
Over the last few years the Barnard community has included
students from the following countries:
| Argentina |
Australia |
Austria |
| Bahamas |
Bangladesh |
Bengium |
| Bolivia |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Brazil |
| Bulgaria |
Canada |
Cayman
Islands |
| China |
Costa
Rica |
Czech
Republic |
| Dominican
Republic |
Egypt |
El
Salvador |
| France |
Germany |
Greece |
| Honduras |
Hong
Kong |
India |
| Indonesia |
Iran |
Iraq |
| Ireland |
Israel |
Italy |
| Jamaica |
Japan |
Jordan |
| Korea |
Kuwait |
Kyrgyzstan |
| Lebanon |
Mexico |
Mongolia |
| Netherlands |
Nigeria |
Pakistan |
| Panama |
Peru |
Philippines |
| Poland |
Romania |
Russia |
| Singapore |
Sweden |
Switzerland |
| Syria |
Taiwan |
Tanzania |
| Thailand |
Trinidad
and Tobago |
Turkey |
| United
Arab Emirates |
United
Kingdom |
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