Orientation

The Center for International Services hosts International Student Orientation for incoming matriculated undergraduate, graduate and law international students. 

International undergraduate students’ move-in dates for Fall 2025 are Aug. 15-16. Residence halls will be open starting Aug. 15.

If you have any questions, please email the Center for International Services  or call 315.443.2457.

Welcome Ambassadors International

The Welcome Ambassadors International (WAI) are student leaders who are here to support incoming international students in their transition to campus life and a new cultural environment. Students will connect with the WAIs throughout orientation and Welcome Week!

2025 WAIs

Photo	Name	Email	School/College	Hometown	Home Country
	Bervelyn Addo	baaddo@syr.edu	David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics		Ghana
	Adewumi Adepoju	adadepoj@syr.edu	Martin J. Whitman School of Management	Ilesa, Osun	Nigeria
	Abhinav Unmesh Bhandari	abbhanda@syr.edu	School of Information Studies	Mumbai	India
	Ryan Brouchoud	rtbrouch@syr.edu	Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs	San Francisco	United States
	Atienah Cape	amcape@syr.edu	College of Visual and Performing Arts
	Smruti Samir Chaudhari	smchaudh@syr.edu	College of Engineering and Computer Science
	Joseph Cobbinah	jfcobbin@syr.edu	College of Arts and Sciences	Takoradi	Ghana
	Rano Dilmurodova	rbdilmur@syr.edu	Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs	Karshi	Uzbekistan
	Yuxuan Du	ydu152@syr.edu	S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications	Hefei	China
	Udayan Gaikwad	ugaikwad@syr.edu	School of Information Studies
	Sujay H P	sharikri@syr.edu	College of Engineering and Computer Science
	Nithin Kumar Hadhge Girish Kumar	nkhadhge@syr.edu	School of Information Studies
	Bhushan Jain	bjain02@syr.edu	Martin J. Whitman School of Management	Nashik	India
	Vaishnavi Kadam	vkadam01@syr.edu	College of Engineering and Computer Science	Mumbai	India
	Atharva Karekar	akarekar@syr.edu	School of Information Studies	Mumbai	India
	Saef Ferdous Khan	skhan87@syr.edu	School of Education	Bogura	Bangladesh
	Tong Li	tli192@syr.edu	Martin J. Whitman School of Management	Shanghai	China
	Tsz Hong Ma	tma106@syr.edu	College of Arts and Sciences
	Malhar Mahajan	mmahajan@syr.edu	Martin J. Whitman School of Management
	Roshni More	romore@syr.edu	School of Information Studies	Mumbai	India
	Sohail Mulla	somulla@syr.edu	School of Information Studies
	Se Weon Nam	snam10@syr.edu	Martin J. Whitman School of Management	Santiago	Chile
	Arjun Pendharkar	apendhar@syr.edu	School of Information Studies
	Edward Abeiku Quansah	eaquansa@syr.edu	College of Engineering and Computer Science	Accra	Ghana
	Sneha Ramesha	sramesha@syr.edu	Martin J. Whitman School of Management	Mysore	India
	Pranali Ramteke	prramtek@syr.edu	Martin J. Whitman School of Management	Nagpur	India
	Gauri Sachan	gsachan@syr.edu	College of Engineering and Computer Science	Haridwar	India
	Vaibhav Sagvekar	vsagveka@syr.edu	School of Information Studies	Mumbai	India
	Rajnish Sahani	rsahani@syr.edu	College of Engineering and Computer Science
	Jayesh Vinod Sawarkar	jsawarka@syr.edu	School of Information Studies
	Vaishnavi Shamsundar Sulakhe	vshamsun@syr.edu	School of Information Studies	Mandya	India
	Apurva Shetty	apshetty@syr.edu	Martin J. Whitman School of Management	Mumbai	India
	Prasad Shimpi	pshimpi@syr.edu	School of Information Studies	Pune	India
	Tanay Singh	tsingh13@syr.edu	School of Information Studies	Delhi	India
	Tejas Narendra Sonavane	tsonavan@syr.edu	Martin J. Whitman School of Management	Mumbai	India
	Jo Turner	jturne23@syr.edu	College of Arts and Sciences
	Arshi Varsani	advarsan@syr.edu	Martin J. Whitman School of Management
	Deven Wagh	dpwagh@syr.edu	College of Engineering and Computer Science
	Luke Wang	jwang346@syr.edu	College of Arts and Sciences	Changshu	China
	Jinming Zhang	jzhan291@syr.edu	Martin J. Whitman School of Management	Datong	China