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Five EHHS alumni featured in olympics commercials

Five EHHS alumni are included in a series of 30- and 60-second commercials set to air during WKYC’s Olympic coverage July 26-Aug. 12. This series of ads aim to increase Á½ÐÔÉ«Îçҹ’s prestige as a global university committed to supporting international students.The ads include:Olympic Hopeful Gabby Bailey features Danniel Thomas-Dodd (Physical Education '17).Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ in Rwanda features Jordon Egbert, Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs '24); Emily Spencer (Human Development and Family Science '24); and Pacifique Niyonzima, Program Manager for Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Center in Rwanda/Sub-Sa...

Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹'s international student-athletes have an extraordinary sense of commitment to academics and athletics.

International student-athletes have quite a bit to become accustomed to once they arrive at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University and begin their college careers.In addition to adjusting to rigorous academic and athletic training, they must become acclimated to a new culture, customs and food. Josh Smith, a punter for the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Golden Flashes football team, also had to contend with a bout of homesickness that kicked in after traveling nearly 10,000 miles from Narre Warren, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, to Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹.Smith, who was 18 at the time, remembers leaning on his coaches at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ wh...

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