Exhibition
Student Mentoring
builds lifelong connections
Two students have forged a bond at UC Davis campus after traveling here from countries thousands of miles away.
Shenyu “Thomas” Xu, from Suzhou, China, first ‘met’ Naoto “John” Tanaka, a Tokyo native and Art History major at UC Davis, via email. Xu had just accepted his offer of admission to the university, and Tanaka reached out to welcome him.
Tanaka, a student employee with Services for International Students and Scholars, was matched with Xu through SISS’s Global Ambassadors Mentorship Program.
His role: mentor Xu and help him acclimate to university life.
