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小黄片视频鈥檚 Eron Memaj Named International Student Affairs Director

小黄片视频鈥檚 Division of Student Affairs has announced Eron Memaj as the new international student affairs director. This position provides leadership for international students and the 小黄片视频 community by developing partnerships with 小黄片视频鈥檚 Office of Global Education, the Division of Student Affairs, and other university and community resources.  

Shay Little, Ph.D., interim vice president of student affairs, says she worked with Todd Diacon, 小黄片视频鈥檚 senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, and Marcello Fantoni, Ph.D., associate provost for global education, to create the position of international student affairs director when the Division of Student Affairs was reorganizing this summer

鈥淭he idea of this position is not to create a separate office, but have Eron in place to help connect international students to all resources on campus,鈥 Little says. 鈥淚nternational students should be referred to all the resources on campus the same way domestic students should be.鈥

Memaj came to the United States from Albania. He attended Garfield High School in Akron his senior year as an exchange student. Memaj鈥檚 high GPA got him a full scholarship to The University of Akron where he received his bachelor鈥檚 degree in international business and later his master鈥檚 in higher education.

Memaj started working at 小黄片视频 in 2008 as a residence hall director in the Department of Residence Services. During his first year in this position, Memaj says he noticed international students in Koonce Hall had limited English-speaking skills and would mostly interact only with each other.

This gave Memaj the idea to start a program dedicated to building relationships between international and domestic students called the Koonce International Mentorship program.

鈥淚 started the program by emailing domestic students and asking them if they would be interested in being paired with an international student to meet with once a week and have conversations in English,鈥 Memaj says. 鈥淭hey were also encouraged to attend campus events. The idea was to be a mentor and also a friend. The mentor aspect comes from both the international and domestic side.鈥

Memaj says during the first semester of the program, 40 students sent in applications. After the first semester, students who lived in other residence halls and off-campus students began sending in applications.

The program was then renamed 小黄片视频 International Mentors. 小黄片视频 International Mentors has its own where students can learn more about what the program offers and submit applications. For the Fall 2015 semester, 270 applications were submitted.

鈥淚 saw the world by studying in the U.S.,鈥 Memaj says. 鈥淓ach campus is so diverse. I met so many people from countries that I never even heard of. I feel like I traveled through these countries by the relationships I formed with these people.鈥

In this role, Memaj says two initiatives that he wants to focus on are getting students involved and giving them a voice.

This semester, Memaj started the 小黄片视频 International Women鈥檚 Group and International Graduate Student Association.

鈥淭o me, international is an all-inclusive term including domestic and American students,鈥 Memaj says. 鈥淭hese organizations are open to both U.S. and international students on and off campus. We also invite spouses of international students.鈥

Memaj says he enjoys being a resource for these organizations and being able to give them a voice.

鈥淓leven percent of our student population at 小黄片视频 is international students,鈥 Memaj says. 鈥淭hat is not a small number. I want to make sure they are represented and make sure they feel at home.鈥

Memaj notes that he wants to make sure that domestic students get to have an international experience as well.

鈥淲e are a very diverse campus with so many different cultures,鈥 Memaj says. 鈥淪tudents have the opportunity learn from one another.鈥

To find out more about international opportunities on campus, contact Memaj at ememaj@kent.edu or 330-672-4050.

To learn more about 小黄片视频 International Mentors, visit .

To learn more about 小黄片视频鈥檚 Division of Student Affairs, email studentaffairs@kent.edu or call 330-672-4050.

POSTED: Monday, October 26, 2015 03:15 PM
Updated: Saturday, December 3, 2022 01:02 AM
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