{"id":1069,"date":"2015-11-06T10:06:10","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T15:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2015-11-06T10:17:41","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T15:17:41","slug":"international-profiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/2015\/11\/06\/international-profiles\/","title":{"rendered":"International Profile &#8211; Ruoyu (Lucy) Li"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>fsg_json['fsg_post_1069'] = [\n{id: 1070, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2015\/11\/12119135_10154412885430752_4712766125253641747_n.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2015\/11\/12119135_10154412885430752_4712766125253641747_n-290x290.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/2015\/11\/06\/international-profiles\/12119135_10154412885430752_4712766125253641747_n\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>12119135_10154412885430752_4712766125253641747_n<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/2015\/11\/06\/international-profiles\/12119135_10154412885430752_4712766125253641747_n\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'}\n];<\/script>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1070\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1070\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_1069\" data-imgid=\"1070\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2015\/11\/12119135_10154412885430752_4712766125253641747_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1070\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2015\/11\/12119135_10154412885430752_4712766125253641747_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ruoyu Li, Class of 2019\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2015\/11\/12119135_10154412885430752_4712766125253641747_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2015\/11\/12119135_10154412885430752_4712766125253641747_n-290x290.jpg 290w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2015\/11\/12119135_10154412885430752_4712766125253641747_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruoyu Li, Class of 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today we bring to you the coolest fresh(wo)man apprentice from OIS!<\/p>\n<p>Ruoyu (Lucy) Li, Class of 2019<\/p>\n<p>Beijing, China<\/p>\n<p>Undecided, but interest in Art History<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hello Ruoyu! International kids often have cool names; can you tell us how you got yours?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Li is my family name and \u201cruo\u201d means appear to look like, and \u201cyu\u201d means sunlight. So \u201cRuoyu\u201d means someone who looks like sunlight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What about your English name \u201cLucy?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know. When I was small I went to English training courses and my teacher there picked a name for me. So I just continued to use it until now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you tell us about one time you felt very homesick? How did you overcome that?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During orientation when I first met my roommate, her family was there, visiting our room. At that time I felt very homesick because her parents were there and mine weren\u2019t. Kind of jealousy, I suppose.<\/p>\n<p>Once school started and I got really busy, I would just forget about being homesick. Or sometimes when I hang out with my friends I\u2019ll just forget that I need a family [laughs]. It\u2019s tricky, but sometimes your emotions shift.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the most difficult thing about being at Vassar?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking and writing in English. Everything in English\u2026 It sucks\u2026 Ok, not sucks, but it\u2019s like, difficult.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the biggest difference between the USA and your hometown?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Language is a big thing, and like just in general, culture is very different. And the way\u2026 Everything is different.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the one thing you miss the most about your home?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Food? Food.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favorite thing to do at Vassar?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I like hanging out with friends and enjoying my Art History classes. My favorite places to hang out are in the dorms, in the Deece and at the Office of international Services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What or who gives you the sense of belonging and how? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I would say\u2026 the first thing that pops into my mind is the Chinese student community and OIS. The Chinese students make me feel the sense of belonging \u2018cause we are all from the same country and we speak the same language. And the internationals are the group of people I met first at Vassar\u2026 The first group of friends, and it\u2019s lucky that we still stick together.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks for sharing with us Ruoyu!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we bring to you the coolest fresh(wo)man apprentice from OIS! Ruoyu (Lucy) Li, Class of 2019 Beijing, China Undecided, but interest in Art History &nbsp; Hello Ruoyu! 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