Hi everybody!
My name is ✨ATLAS✨ & I’m your soon-to-be-favorite pet chameleon, coming onboard to help guide you through IFI’s Student Blog! 😁
Just like you, I have the ability to adapt and change with my surroundings. I know that navigating the challenges of studying in a foreign country and making it your home is no small hurdle. I relate to your resilience and determination, and it inspired me to join the IFI team. 🌍❤️
I’m here in hopes I can remind you that we become different when we surround ourselves with people from around the world and learn from them! Adapting is possible!
I also want to introduce you to our National Content Writer, Carol! She’s a recently graduated international student from Brazil. Read more from her below!
Hey friends!
Carol here, Content Writer for IFI National.
I see you’ve already met my little chameleon friend. He might stick his head in from time to time around here. 😉
First of all, thank you for stopping by! I’m so grateful for you and wanna let you know that the world is a better place with you in it.
You are:
🧡 fearfully and wonderfully made,
🧡 beloved,
🧡 worthy;
you belong here and we hope you feel at home!
Second of all, you’re probably wondering who we are and what this space is.
We’re the ✨ International Friendships, Inc. Student Blog ✨, coming for you with lots of love!
We wanna show you love through things like:
✍ cross-cultural tips
✍ student life experience from real students
✍ “101” beginner topics on living in America
✍ how-to’s
✍ Q&A’s
✍ spiritual direction
✍ tips & tricks on diverse topics
Among many others… you get the point!
Our main goal is this– to see international students not just survive, but THRIVE! 🌻
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, some definitions of the word thrive are “to grow vigorously” and “to progress toward or realize a goal despite or because of circumstances”.
We want you to THRIVE amidst the transitional hardships that you experience as an international student. I get it! I know how hard it is, being an international student myself not too long ago.
You are not alone! I repeat, you are not alone! ⚠️
This blog is a resource I wish I had during my time in college, so we hope it helps you, even if just a little, as you navigate through your time here in the US. 🇺🇸
This isn’t Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide (ok, but how many of you remember that show?!), but IFI’s THRIVE Guide! 🤓📖
But enough about us; we wanna hear from you! 🫵
Another way we wanna show love to you is through partnering with you and listening to your unique, powerful voices. We’re a team and believe thriving is communal! 🤝
So let us know what you want us to talk about.
What do you want to see here? How can we be helpful?
We wanna offer you a safe space, a place where you are seen and known, a home-away-from-home type of deal, a community that can both support and challenge you, both online, and in person if you are near one of our IFI campuses.
So be encouraged, friends! Thriving is obtainable here 😄🙌
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PS. Would you like to share your experiences with other international students?
We’d love to hear your perspectives on the blog! 🤩👇
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