Mental Health
How to Conquer The Struggles You Face As An International Student
After coming to a new country, the students face a lot of struggles which can be easily conquered.
The first thing they face after coming to a new environment is the cultural shock and loneliness and hesitating to make new friends and due to this they face homesickness. They also challenge themselves in the academic goals and personal goals.
These are struggles which can be easily controlled and managed by some efforts at the individual level:
Cultural shock is normal, but you can not let this difference to your head and take this difference step by step and try to explore this new country and try to learn about their culture.
You can try to talk back home with your friends and family and try to adapt the various time management skills so that you don’t be harsh on yourself during the initial days and try different method to manage your study and work.
Books can be very beneficial to adapt and learn about a new culture.
At KPU library, KPU offers a good selection of books in different languages which can help you academically and emotionally.
Different facilities offered by KPU for health and academic struggles:
- For health KPU offer counselling and other health issues:
This facility is offered by Kwantlen student Association which include health and dental plan.
This facility is under the plan of Student health 101 so it offers counselling for small to medium damage mental care for personal and academic level.
- For academic level KPU also offer the tutoring and advising which is already included in your tuition fees:
This helps in course planning and selection and other program choices. It makes you aware about the program requirements and different pre-requisite and helps you in building your career goals.
This facility is used by a lot of students which helps them to achieve their academic goals. It offers face-to-face and online facilities for some courses.
KPU offers a lot of events for the interaction of domestic and international students. It also has events for education assistant and health care assistant. It also has events for the preparation of exams and other fun activities.
It also has events just for international students in which they can come and celebrate as a community.