Portland State Magazine Fall 2017

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SHARING THE WR I T T EN BY S T E PHAN I E ARGY B HAVANA RAMESH grew up and went to college in India. Seven years after graduat- ing, she decided to get a master’s degree from Portland State University’s Engineering and Technology Management program. She wanted to experience firsthand the differ- ences between developing and developed coun- tries. “How do we collaborate?” she asks. “We have to understand both sides.” And while the experience helped educate her about Americans, Ramesh also enlightened her American class- mates about India. This past year’s controversies about immigra- tion and travel bans raise an important question: What do Portland State’s 2,100 international stu- dents, like Ramesh, bring to their American-born classmates, to the University, to Portland, and to the nation as a whole? INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS BRING A FRESH PERSPECTIVE TO THEIR AMERICAN PEERS. Bhavana Ramesh shared her Indian culture with students while enrolled in PSU's Technology Management master’s program. FALL 2017 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 15