This year Albion College welcomed 33 new students from Myanmar, United Arab Emirates, Nepal, China, Malaysia, Palestine, Czech Republic, Peru, Mexico, Germany, France, Azerbaijan, Tawain and Greece. These new international students joined our returning students from Italy, Greece, Japan, China, Croatia and South Korea.

Albion College's largest incoming international class celebrates the end of orientation week with Dr. Deb Peterson (Director) and Sherri Lang (Administrative Secretary) in front of The Rock.

New international students enjoy a pizza dinner after a long day of travel from their homes to their new home at Albion.

The Center for International Education has also started a Coffee Hour every Friday during the academic year. It's a great way for all of our international students to bond and for our American students and faculty to meet and enjoy the perspectives of students coming here to live.

Albion College International students become honorary citizens in a ceremony performed at City Hall by Mayor Domingo on 10/6/09.

On October 22, Albion's international students were invited to dine with the Board of Trustees in Upper Baldwin. This served as a great opportunity not only for the trustees to share their experiences from Albion College, but also for them to learn about what it is like to come to America from a foreign country, and adapt to a new language and customs.

Congratulations to Sunil K. Yadav 2012 and the staff of Baldwin for arranging and executing Albion College’s first Cultural Food night in Baldwin Hall.

For more pictures of this event, and others, click here.

Albion College degree seeking students tell us their first impressions on coming to the U.S.

"I thought every place looks like los Angeles or New York. So when i got to a small town called Lake City i thought i wasn't in the US yet. I talked myself to believe that the next day i would be leaving and going to "The US" and i never left that town, for it surely was the US just that i never saw that one coming" Kwame Sarfo Sakyi,Ghana, alumni of Albion College

"The first few days when I just arrived in the US last year, I thought people here were "too" welcomed to me. For example, they would like to give me hugs even they are boys (in China, boys cannot give hugs to girls unless they were boyfriend and girlfriend). However, now I know that is the American way to show your kindness, and it is very common, so I like people to give hugs to me and try to give hug to others." Qian Wang, junior at Albion College

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