NU Summer Camp Acclimates International Students To English Language, Western New York & American Culture
Nguyen Hai Anh made her first-ever visit to the United States from Vietnam this summer intent on gaining English language proficiency. Le Xuan Son, also from Vietnam, was interested in understanding American culture and ideologies. Meanwhile, Shanghai native Tu Peng Wei simply wanted to see for himself what an American university looked like.
Anh, Son and Wei were part of an 18-student cohort that spent eight weeks in a Niagara University summer camp focused on providing English language instruction in addition to correlative immersion into American culture.
Participants included 12 students from China, five from Vietnam and one from Korea. They ranged in age from 16 to 22.
Twelve international students participated in the program last year, the first time it was offered at NU.