Three Reasons to Consult With Peer Career Coaches on Campus

Having been only a couple of weeks in my new position as a Peer Career Coach at Illinois Institute of Technology, I can already see how beneficial this program is for students on campus. Beside the fulfillment I get from helping my fellow students in preparing their resumes and pursuing their career goals,  I believe that this…

Syrian actions speak louder than Syrian words

As more Syrians are graduating from IIT every semester, we had a challenge to maintain the Syrian club this year. The question was whether it was worth it to keep the club running with fewer members and bigger loads of work than ever before. With the advice of two amazing mentors of ours, we decided…

A New Semester with Syrian Club at IIT

Hey everyone, I am writing on behalf of the new Syrian Club board members to introduce ourselves, our mission and tell you about our events and goals for this upcoming semester. The Syrian club is a non-political, non-religious organization at IIT, aimed to present the Syrian cultures to the IIT diverse community through free events…

Syrian Interfaith Leaders Visit Main Campus

The IIT Office of Student Access, Success, and Diversity Initiatives and the Office of Spiritual Life and Service Learning partnered with WorldChicago to host a delegation of Syrian interfaith leaders on Main Campus on October 31. The delegation was part of a project bringing together Syrian leaders of many faiths to discuss interfaith and faith-based…

Syrian Dabke: the true representation of who we are

Yesterday was one of my best days so far since I came to IIT. The international student organization at IIT had their annual cultural event for different groups and organizations to present their cultures through performances and dances wearing their traditional clothing. Along with the Chinese, Africans, West Africans, Ethiopians and Vietnamese students and other…

The Syrian Club

Two semesters ago, 14 Syrian students packed their bags for a long trip and went to the airport. They all had one same destination, Chicago, Illinois, USA. They left their families and friends with many hopes and promises to be fulfilled. When I look back to the first couple of weeks, now after the year…

TEDxIIT

In the previous months, I worked with an amazing team of students at Illinois Institute of Technology to organize a TEDx event (see www.ted.com/tedx for more information). This year we had the word “Exponential” as a theme for the talks. Organizing an event like that can be really challenging; it took us a lot of time and…

Arabic Lessons IIT habibi Y U NO learn عربي ?

ARABIC LESSONS Connecting global societies is part of our mission as the Syrian Club at Illinois Institute of Technology, and since verbal communication is the strongest method of connecting people, we aimed to introduce the IIT community to our Arabic Language by teaching conversational Arabic lessons to students. For our surprise, many people were interested…

Taste of IIT

The Syrian students at Illinois Institute of Technology formed the Syrian Club organization to introduce the Syrian rich culture to the IIT community. Our main goal was to organize entertaining events that will show people what the Syrian culture is all about. The taste of IIT is an annual event hosted by Illinois Institute of…