Zainab Alradhi

Country: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Language(s) spoken: Arabic and English.

Program/major: Radiation therapy.

Zainab Alradhi is an undergraduate student in the radiation therapy program. She is an active volunteer with the Immigrant U project with Shop Floor Theatre Company to create an art based documentary and an original play piece that are inspired by international students. She chose UM-Flint to continue her journey of exploring the diversity of the world and the beauty of multicultural environments.

Nasser Alsaid

Country: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Languages spoken: Arabic, English

Nasser Alsaid is an undergraduate students from Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. He is a Junior, and he is majoring in Clinical Laboratory Science/ Medical Technology. Besides his role as an International Student Ambassador, Nasser serves as a general board member on the Campus Activities Board, and is the social coordinator for the Saudi Club at UM-Flint.

Menusha Arumugam

Country: Malaysia

Language(s) Spoken: English, Malay

Menusha Arumugam is an undergraduate transfer student from Malaysia. She began her studies at UM-Flint in Spring 2014. She is currently a junior in the Honors program majoring in Biology. Her long term goal is to get a doctorate in Biology and becoming a research scientist. While she’s not burying her nose in a Biology book, she loves reading fiction novels and painting. Apart from her role as an International Student Ambassador, she is also the Director of Administrative Affairs of Student Government and an active member of First Street Block Club.

Zena Elkady

Country: Egypt

Languages: Arabic, German, English

Zena Elkady is an undergraduate student from Cairo, Egypt. She is a sophomore studying Marketing and Communication in hopes to become a successful business woman in the future. Since she came to Flint in December 2013, she has been trying to cook an Egyptian dish, but only succeeded once. Zena discovered that the best way to deal with Michigan’s cold weather is to read romantic & mystery books, hang out with friends and play volleyball at the Recreation Center.  Her campus involvement includes Student Government, First Street Block Club and African Student Association. Traveling to other States made Zena appreciate the unique people in Flint and her lively small campus.

Emilia Emerson

Country: United States and Mexico
Languages Spoken: Spanish, French
Program/Major: Biomedical Engineering

Emilia loves math, science and biology, which is why she chose to a Biomedical Engineering major. Her hobbies are horseback riding, gardening and playing soccer. She currently plays soccer for the UM-Flint Women’s Soccer Team. While Emilia dislikes the cold, her favorite season is autumn. Her favorite thing to do is traveling, and she loves meeting new people and getting to know them! 

Jun Hyuk Lee

Country: South Korea
Language(s) Spoken: Korean
Program/Major: Pre-Nursing

Jun is an undergraduate student from South Korea. He is a junior and currently Pre-nursing major. Jun serves as the Vice President of the Pre-PA club, and volunteers at Hurley Medical Center, where he sees many crazy trauma situations such as car accidents, cardiac arrest, and deaths. Jun came to the U.S. in 2006, and spent seven years in Grand Rapids, one year in Tennessee, and his second year at UM-Flint. Jun plans on living in the U.S. after graduation and hopefully will work in New York City. Jun loves meeting new people and getting to know them! 

Xuanrong Lu

Country: China

Language(s) Spoken: Chinese, English

Xuanrong Lu is a graduate international student from Guilin, China.  She began her studies at UM-Flint Fall 2014 and is pursuing her degree in Arts Administration.  She came to UM-Flint to meet new people from different cultures, and share her own culture and experiences on campus.  

Mohamed Mohamed

Country: Egypt.

Language(s): Arabic, English.

Program: MBA

Mohamed is a graduate student in the MBA program. He finished his bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering at Ain Shams University. Before deciding to join the MBA program at UM-Flint, he had worked for a couple of years during which he was able to become a Cisco Certified Networks Professional. Mohamed believes in and tries to apply the quote by Thomas Huxley which states that “One should try to learn one thing about everything, and try to learn everything about one thing”.

Jinal Patel

Country: India

Langue(s) spoken: Gujarati, Hindi, and English

Major/Minor: Nursing/ Healthcare Administrator

Jinal Patel is originally from Gujarat, India.  She is an undergraduate student at University of Michigan-Flint, majoring in Nursing. She is one of the Supplemental Instructor (SI) Leaders/ tutors for General Statistics (SOC 215) at Student Success Center. Additionally, she is an active volunteer with Hurley Medical Center to gain better understandings of the healthcare field. Jinal is also involved into campus activities other than academics as she is a current secretary of Indian Student Association (ISA).