{"id":20796,"date":"2025-02-05T11:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T17:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmn.truman.edu\/devtmn\/?p=20796"},"modified":"2025-02-05T11:37:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T17:37:00","slug":"cdi-and-student-government-team-up-to-aid-international-students-over-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmn.truman.edu\/devtmn\/blog\/news\/campus\/cdi-and-student-government-team-up-to-aid-international-students-over-break\/","title":{"rendered":"CDI and Student Government team up to aid international students over break"},"content":{"rendered":"

While many Truman State University students returned home for winter break, many international students remained in Kirksville. However, since many of the people international students carpooled with were now hours away, they could no longer obtain groceries. The Center for Diversity and Inclusion and Student Government came together to solve this problem by providing frequent van trips to Kirksville\u2019s grocery stores and to Columbia.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a form that\u2019s online that allows students to essentially register and on that form there\u2019s a slew of dates that they can choose from to attend a trip to Walmart,\u201d said Kerrion Dean, program coordinator of the CDI. \u201cThen, there\u2019s three trips that we had scheduled to go to Columbia, Missouri. It was essentially open to all students.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Dean said there were an average of five to seven students on each van trip. He also said the program was not difficult to manage. All there was to do was reserve the vans.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dean said Student Government was the one to bring this to the CDI\u2019s attention. Marcia Humphreys, president of Student Government, spoke more about the program\u2019s intent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal was to time it so that international students were able to sign up, and be provided for during the break,\u201d Humphreys said. \u201cThere were Walmart trips during the break, and the Columbia trip fell right after break. I know that people who were staying here [in Kirksville] who usually rideshare with domestic students or other international students \u2026 those people may have left for vacation somewhere. We tried to bridge that gap.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Humphreys said there were a lot of people involved in making the program successful. She also said the program was being used highly and consistently.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

International student <\/span>Rhicha Rupakheti was one of the students who used the vans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like it\u2019s inclusive, and it’s a new thing that the Student Government and CDI started,\u201d Rupakheti said, \u201cIt\u2019s better for everyone. And it\u2019s definitely easy to use.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Rupakheti also said she would use the program in the future if it was provided again. Dean said it is their intention if everything goes to plan this semester.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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