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Jiayi "Emily" on a San Diego beach
International Students Spotlights: Jiayi "Emily" Zhu

So where are you from?

I’m from China

Nice, how are you studying internationally with us?

I came here the summer of 2017 on an F1 visa

And what is your major?

I’m graduating next summer in wine business

Evan sitting at the edge of a canyon looking out to the scenery
International Students Spotlights: Evan Buckley

So where are you from?

Ireland 

And how are you studying internationally with us?

I’m on an F1 student visa, studying kinesiology.

Colorful houses along the Neckar river in Tübingen
That time study abroad got cut short because of a pandemic...

Do you remember that feeling of being a kid and having the time of your life during a playdate, but then all of a sudden, you're told it's time to go home? That crushing sadness. That's exactly what I felt when being told my time studying abroad was being cut short due to the COVID-19 outbreak.