Troy University - Palladium Yearbook (Troy, AL)

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TDMGW] TJ The world is filled with peo- ple as diversified and as colorful as the rainbow And Troy State is lucky enough to have foreign students repre- senting at least thirty-one na- tions We are able to live side by side with foreign students despite racial differences and sometimes language bar- riers The reasons that foreign students come to Troy State are as varied as the nations represented Troy State has scholarships for students in England and Japan Stu- dents who have shown ex- cellence m academics and character have been chosen by their country to receive a scholarship to study at Troy State for a year Other students who desire to go to college find them- selves studying for a year m order to pass a difficult col- lege entrance exam, which may be taken only once Many foreign countries also have a quota as to the amount of students entering college. Once the school is filled, the student must look elsewhere Schools in the United States provide many more opportunities and areas of study that students would not find in their own country Students who have written away for information on col- leges receive a book with a list of colleges Alabama is usually listed first The cli- mate and reasonable tuition is appealing to most stu- dents On the humorous side, for- eign students are often asked why they came to Troy State One student said that he came because his enve- lope had been stamped as saying. Alabama s Most Ex- citing Campus For most foreign students, coming to study m the United States has been very re- warding And we. as Ameri- cans, were able to get a taste of the world without eve leaving our homes Foreign StixJ -

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Foreign Students Foreign Students Henry Nahas from Jordon, Shaila Niskode from India, and Chindah Wami from Nigeria spend time chatting in the Adams Center. a 26 Foreign Students

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Frances Gammage and Mark while she works in the Adams Cen- ter Information Booth.