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International Student Population On the Rise by MATILDE BONIFAZ Staff Writer
The UA population of international students has grown significantly since 2011, officials said. Around 1,195 international students from 118 countries enrolled for the Spring 2012 semester. The top countries represented by enrolled students include: 173 Chinese, 135 Indian, 68 Korean, 64 Bolivian and 61 Vietnamese students, according to the UA graduate and international education website. “International student enrollments has had a growing population from 823 students in Fall 2000, 885 in Fall 2004, 951 in Fall 2007, 1,037 in Fall 2009, all the way to 1,191 in Fall 2011,” said Gary Gunderman, director of Institutional Research. The undergraduate international population has grown from 436 students in 2001 to 599 in 2011. Graduate international students from 538 in 2001 to 625 in 2011, whereas the number of international law students has decreased from four students to two, according to the Office of Institutional Research. “We have seen a continuous increase since pretty
much records have been kept. We have seen an increase of international students anywhere about 3 to 12 percent since 2001,” said Lynn Mosesso, director of Graduate and International Recruitment and Admissions. The UA surpassed its goal to reach 100 countries around the world when it recently reached 120. “Ever since 9/11, we have watched how international students have decreased in population around universities in the United States, however, we are very pleased to see that the UA has had a minimal decline of 2 percent,” Mosesso said. “It has always been a goal to have diversity on campus, and we are happy to still have that around.” Catalina Gutierrez, transportations and logistics major, said diversity was one of the first things she notices upon her arrival. “Year by year, I see how it is increasing more and each year I find new RSOs, events and opportunities for foreign students. It is always satisfying to see how much the university is growing in every way,” Gutierrez said.
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Published Physics Student Makes Waves in Honors College by KRISTEN COPPOLA Staff Writer
Each year, thousands of students graduate from the UA, but only a fraction graduate with honors. Even fewer students graduate with honors after being published. AJ Salois is one of those students. She graduates in May
with honors, a double major in English and physics and a byline in ScienceWriters magazine. After receiving a fellowship to attend the Science Writers 2011 conference in Flagstaff, Ariz., Salois wrote an article titled “Don’t Say Die: Selling the Story.” “I wrote an article which was posted on their blog. They
said if they really liked it, it had a possibility of going in their magazine,” Salois said. The conference was four months ago in October, so it caught Salois off guard when her article was published last month. “I received an email from a random woman who told me she really liked my article in the ScienceWriters magazine,” Sa-
lois said. “I hadn’t gotten mine yet. It turned out that they had chosen it as the lead article of the five or so articles from people who had been given the fellowship. It even had one of those quotations pulled out.” The ScienceWriters magazine is part of an organization,
see HONORS on page 6
Michael Ian Black to Perform in the Union
Comedian Michael Ian Black will perform in the Union Ballroom Thursday, Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Seating is limited.
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