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11/21/05
ST. LAWRENCE ENROLLING RECORD NUMBERS OF FOREIGN STUDENTS
CANTON - Recent reports indicate that the number of students from other countries enrolled
in United States colleges continues a post-9/11 decline, but St. Lawrence University is
enrolling its highest number of foreign students ever, thanks in part to its participation
in a program that encourages international educational experiences.
This year, St. Lawrence welcomed an unprecedented 50 new international students; almost
7 percent of the students in the Class of 2009 are from countries other than the
United States. In all, the University is home to 108 new and returning international
students this year, from Angola, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, China,
Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Kenya,
Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Lesotho, Nepal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain,
Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.
While the University has increased its international admissions recruiting in a variety
of ways, its participation in the Davis United World Scholars Program has helped to
boost those efforts. This is St. Lawrence's third year in the program, which provides
scholarship grants to 65 select American universities and liberal arts colleges in
support of students from all over the world who have completed their pre-university
studies at United World College schools (UWC). UWC schools are located in the United
States, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Norway, Singapore, Swaziland, the United
Kingdom and Venezuela. St. Lawrence has 12 Davis UWC Scholars enrolled at present,
with another expected on campus in January.
Through international student scholarships, the program strengthens American undergraduate
education by emphasizing student population diversity. An initial $5,000 grant supports
admissions efforts to reach graduates of the United World College at their 10 campuses.
Additionally, a multi-year grant has been awarded for need-based scholarship support of
up to $10,000 per United World College graduate matriculating at St. Lawrence. The grant
augments the University's efforts to internationalize its campus and to prepare St. Lawrence
students to understand and negotiate the increasingly interconnected world.
Entering the University in the fall of 2005 through the program are Eden Ahmed, of
Ethiopia, a graduate of the Waterford KaMhlaba UWC in Swaziland; Tendayi Chakanyuka,
of Zimbabwe, a graduate of the Lester B. Pearson UWC in British Columbia, Canada;
Adriana Cordero Calderon, of Costa Rica, a graduate of the Li Po Chun UWC in Hong Kong;
Neil Coutinho, of Uganda, a graduate of the Waterford KaMhlaba UWC; Jose Domingos, of
Angola, a graduate of the Waterford KaMhlaba UWC; Christian Kyamatare, of Rwanda, a
graduate of the Waterford KaMhlaba UWC; Wanwisa Promsote, of Thailand, a graduate of
the Red Cross Nordic UWC in Norway; Letlabika Senaoana, of Lesotho, a graduate of the
Waterford KaMhlaba UWC; and Shazia Shahnaz, of Bangladesh, a graduate of the Waterford
KaMhlaba UWC. Nicole Szucs, of Bolivia, a graduate of the Li Po Chun UWC in Hong Kong,
will matriculate at St. Lawrence beginning in January of 2006.
Returning from previous years are Victor Kai-Rogers, of Sierra Leone, a graduate of the
Armand Hammer UWC in New Mexico; Martin McIntyre, of the United States, a graduate of the
South East Asia UWC in Singapore; and Mukhaye Muchimuti, of Kenya, a graduate of the
Waterford KaMhlaba UWC.
Together with his wife, Gale, philanthropist Shelby M.C. Davis has funded the growing
Davis UWC Scholars Program since it began in 2000 with five colleges.
For more information:
United World Colleges Web Site
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