Adyemi Adesina (left) appreciated meeting people of diverse backgrounds at the International Students Welcome Reception | All photos: Joe Dresdner
“Most of the experience happens outside the classroom,” Shepard recalled, “and there are 250,000 students in Montreal. That’s a lot of people to meet, so get busy!”
Around 275 guests — international students, members of the diplomatic corps and university faculty and staff — attended the reception at the Grey Nuns Building on September 9.
Graduate student Adyemi Adesina arrived in Montreal from Lagos, Nigeria, in August to study civil engineering. He appreciated meeting people of diverse backgrounds he had never encountered before: “I spoke to people from Korea for instance.”
“I came to Concordia because it has one of the best research facilities in the world. It’s really a privilege,” explained Adesina, who also plans to learn French.
New Concordians raise a glass to the university's 6,000 international students, hailing from over 150 countries.