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It can be difficult to start a new school year when your school is located half a world away from your family.  It helps to have a “welcoming committee.”  Sixty-two new international students arrived on campus on recently, and were greeted by Andover student “World Partners” and the coordinator of international students, Ms. Suzanne Torabi.  They represent 43 countries by residence and 38 different citizenships outside the United States.

To ease their transition, the new students participated in an extensive, multi-day orientation held in the Freeman Room of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Library.   The students played games, received important information, and had an opportunity to talk about their hopes and their fears in fishbowl exercises with Andover faculty.

Program “graduates” are now fully integrated members of the community.  We enjoyed having them with us during their first days at Andover, and hope that they will come back to the OWHL soon.