International Student Ambassador in O week

The good thing about university of Canberra is that the moment you enter the uni there are lots of smiley faces on campus that welcomes you on board. Same was the case with me in February 2010.  I was among those thousands of new students who were just nervous about the upcoming challenge that was burden of master level studies at university level but throughout my o week I was so thoroughly guided and was treated with that much of care and love that I just forgot all my tension and worries and was considering that I am among a family and there are lots of other who are there to be worried for me. 

Being a new student I can’t forget those smiley faces of international student ambassador who were somehow a bridge between us and university and there behavior impressed me that much that beside becoming a graduate of uni i just wanted to become international student ambassador (lol :D) cutting the long story short this year in semester 1 I was also one of those guys wearing orange shirt, a smile on their face and ready to help you.

Previously I was just looking at the outer look of international student ambassador but when I join it I came to know there are lots of efforts behind the outer look of an ambassador and that university of Canberra do care for its students much more than I thought because wearing orange shirt and doing a campus tour or guiding new students in tents are just the final version of all the preparation we made before. I still remember my training day when everyone was coming and was guiding us and training us so that we can guide the new students in the best way. And I think that is the only reason that there are almost 90 nationalities at university of Canberra but still we only look like student of university of Canberra not anyone from anywhere else.

If I quote this year o week and me as international student ambassador as one my best memories and experience then it won’t be wrong as being from a very rural background I was merged in university of Canberra own culture and whenever I have noticed anyone who was just nervous because of  his cultural, environmental, educational gap I used to call him or sit next to him and use introduce him/her with my fellow colleagues who were domestic student ambassadors and I can’t explain his joy and satisfaction but I can feel him that he/she was also like me feeling secure among a family. 

If I am asked that which moment you want live again I will definitely answer that the moment when there was a smile on a previously confuse and nervous student because of me just by talking to him or assuring him that you are in safe hands.

Jawad Khan