Finding Your Global Community

On a sunny day, three female students dressed for cool weather and wearing backpacks approach the doors of the International Center on the right side of the photo. One male student wearing a jacket and backpack approaches from the left, and one male students looks at his phone as he walks away from the building at the very left of the photo.

Global Ambassador Mentorship Program Welcomes New International Undergraduate Students to UC Davis

by Simone Nelson, Student Writing Intern
September 29, 2022

Global Education and Student Life

With the start of the fall quarter, UC Davis welcomes new first-year and transfer international undergraduate students to campus. As the students adjust to their new home, they have the opportunity to receive mentorship, support and guidance through the Global Ambassador Mentorship Program. Administered by Services for International Students and Scholars (SISS) within Global Affairs, the Global Ambassador Mentorship Program helps students adapt to life at UC Davis and in the United States.

Three young women sit on the grass at the Arboretum on the UC Davis campus. The woman on the left has long straight dark hair and wears glasses and a navy UC Davis hoodie. She has a large sketch pad on her lap. The woman in the middle has long straight black hair worn in a half ponytail. She wears a yellow sweater and has a large sketch pad on her lap. The woman on the right has a maroon wool hat, a deep pink flannel shirt and sits cross legged with her shoes off. She talks to the other two women.

Becoming a Mentor, Becoming a Friend

by Bryce Shirley, Student Writing Intern
October 06, 2021

When coming into a new environment, finding an uplifting community is vital for feeling welcomed, unafraid, and eager to explore. Through the Global Ambassador Mentorship Program at UC Davis, new first-year and transfer undergraduate international students are matched with current students based on similar social and academic interests in order to foster a greater sense of belonging and friendship. Through social events like group dinners in downtown Davis and craft nights, new students and their mentors share their cultures and develop relationships based on cultural awareness and mutual appreciation.

Whether you are a continuing or incoming international student and whether you are joining us in California or connecting remotely from your home country, we are here to support you and help you find your Global Aggies community so you feel at home as possible—even if from afar to start.