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GRADUATION COORDINATION New Year: Students prepare for new semester

ZUE LOPEZ DIAZ her master’s project this Staff Writer semester. However, she’s not sure what her future It’s the start of a new holds. semester and a new year. “I don’t really know After a month-long winter what I’m going to do after break many students bring this. I might live in ; renewed vigor with them. I might not be living in “I’m really excited for Miami,” she said. “My the new semester,” said future is extremely vague senior hospitality student right now. It’s definitely Shenglei Wang. “I just got going to be extremely to FIU last semester and different, and hopefully Charlotte Alba/The Beacon now that I’ve been here that’s good.” From left to right: University Graduate School Coordinators Brandie Thomas, Irene Baquero, Janessa for a while, I think I can Hector Sanabria, an Guzman and Assistant Director Betty Sigler welcome graduate students to the Spring 2017 orientation on really start to enjoy my last electrical engineering January 6th, 2017. semester here.” major, also discussed his Wang is part of a program worries about the future. BISCAYNE BAY offered by the Hospitality “What I’m really Department in collaboration concerned about this with the Tianjin University coming year is having of Commerce in China. somewhere to go after Students look forward to Hospitality students at graduation, looking for that the University are offered career,” said Sanabria. the opportunity to study Some students are BBC Involvement Fair in China for a year, and less excited for what the Chinese students can come new semester has to hold. GUETHSHIINA ALTENA minimum compare to MMC. She is you emails to remind you” Vilsaint here for a year. Wang spent Shivani Patel, a pre-med News Director hoping that the fair this year will be said “I think the system really works last fall learning the ropes student, has had courses just as exciting for her as it was the on both campuses; the setting is quite of student life in the United consecutively since With over forty clubs and years before. welcoming and everyone can find States at FIU. freshman year and “wanted organizations, the university North “This year, I am expecting a lot something of interest to participate “Last year was my first a big break.” campus welcomes numerous more people to show up. Although in” semester here and I didn’t “I need to remember I freshman and transfer students BBC is a smaller campus, I am eager In the Spring of 2015, Nimeha know a lot of things, but don’t have to stress, I don’t looking to get involved. to see how [ the fair] will expend now Milien a Junior Hospitality I’ve learned a lot,” said have to fear. I’d like to The week of welcome festivities that there is housing at BBC.” said Management major went to the Wang. enjoy my life and take all at that campus usually consists of a Jospitre Involvement Fair at BBC. She She says she has adapted these challenges and deal series of events,, one each day, such The Involvement fair at BBC is remembers liking the organization of to the way of life here and with them as they come,” as breakfast, Madden tournament, consistent and familiar according to the tables around the WUC ballrooms hopes the spring semester said Patel. “At FIU, there smoothies and lunch. Jospitre. “The faces that I’ve seen and how it was filled with students will be a lot better. Junior are so many things you can The Involvement fair is one of the before, I keep seeing them again looking for information. Camilla Cassio, a public join and so many things to welcome week events where students every year” Jospitre said “ People “ I want to go again this year, relations student, echoes get involved in. You could meet and chat with representatives actually remember you on this because it’s not only good to get this sentiment. become an e-board member from all the clubs and organizations campus and what I loved the most involved on campus but i want to give “We always have to have or join a fraternity or a club. available on their campus. It usually was getting to know a lot of new myself new opportunities to grow and hope, I think,” said Cassio. All you need is to believe last four hours and students who clubs and organizations by simply and become a better person” “I think my resolution this in yourself. If you feel like sign up are eligible for a number of going around tables. After seeing the Involvement fair year is to love myself more you can do it, you will.” giveaways including t-shirts, water Ashley Vilsaint is a Junior at MMC, Nimeha compares by saying and to really connect with Sophomore international bottles, sunglasses and so on. majoring in Business who has that BBC’s fair is more “Lively, it feel people.” student Anjali Naidu Thota Kaila Jospitre is a Junior participated in BBC Involvement fair more homey and familiar because of Cassio admits she has says she’s ready for the Marketing who has been going to in all her years at FIU. She is an active the small number of people there” “an addiction for social challenge of the new year FIU BBC Involvement Fairs for the member of the Caribbean Student She said. media” and wants to leave and advises incoming past 3 years. She participated in the Association, the Haitian Student Millien felt more comfortable and that behind. freshmen to concentrate and Week of Welcome there and became Association, and the Black student that she could relax while getting “Social media is a tool focus on school primarily. interested in that campus activities. Union. to know the new organizations and and it’s not bad but for me “Partying won’t do you “The diversity aspect [at the “Most of the clubs that I got making up her mind as to whether all the likes and comments any good in the long run, Involvement Fair] struck with me involved in during my college she would to sign up. The fact that the are like chocolate. I needed believe me,” she said. the most, the organizers made sure experience, I met them at the BBC BBC fair was not crowed make the that validation.” As for international that there was something from Involvement fair” Vilsaint said experience memorable for Nimeha Meanwhile, some students, she recommends everywhere” Jospitre said “Being that Vilsaint said that her experience at and she looks forward participating students are planning for they meet new people FIU is International, they made the BBC fair so enjoyable that she cannot again. life after graduation this and get to know their fair feel very homey and that’s what wait for the fair this year to see what On Jan. 11, the BBC Involvement May. surroundings. caught my attention the most.” new clubs and organizations that are Fair of the Spring 2017 event will Victoria Diaz, a Thota also said she was Jospitre believes that BBC is coming to campus. take place in the Panther Square. graduate senior studying looking forward to the seen as the get in, get out campus “Sometimes you sign up for a club