Students counting the days until incredible #DMUglobal New York visit!

Most people are counting down the days until Christmas – but for 1,000 students at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) it is January 3 they are waiting for.


That is when the university’s #DMUglobal trip to New York begins, which is the latest and largest overseas visit as part of DMU’s groundbreaking #loveinternational campaign.



All 1,000 students and staff will be literally making a stand in Central Park to show that openness and tolerance are crucial values in our society. Students from 45 different nationalities will be represented at the event.

It is part of a week packed full of academic activities, a Q&A with Lee Child, one of the world’s bestselling authors, and tours of some of the world’s most iconic buildings.  

Professor Dominic Shellard, Vice-Chancellor of DMU, will be leading the visit. He said: “Our desire to engage with the whole of the world, notwithstanding Brexit and calls for insularity, is one of our guiding principles. 


“The DMU community is enriched by our students and staff, who come from more than 135 countries. We launched our #loveinternational campaign to highlight our commitment to welcoming students and staff from all over the world and being a citizen of the world means opposing discrimination and prejudice in whatever form they take.”



Students from 17 different academic courses will be taking part in activities aligned to their studies. They include Journalism and Media students visiting the New York Times and Film Studies students learning about New York’s role in cinema while Engineering students will be visiting Grand Central Station to learn about the effects of flooding.

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Business and Marketing students will be visiting Wall Street while Fashion and Textiles students will get an insider tour of Victoria’s Secret.

Sam Kwakye, Business and Marketing student, said: “I cannot wait! It will be amazing.”  Rizwan Alyas, who is studying International Marketing and Business, said: “It’s my first time in the States. I’m really looking forward to it. You see it in the movies but it’ll just be amazing to walk around and see all these places for myself.”

Sukhprett Boora, Digital Marketing and Social Media student, said: “I’m looking forward to our backstage tour of Madison Square Gardens. And ice skating at the Rockefeller Center!”
 
As an English Language student, Joseph Glover’s itinerary includes tours of the United Nations building and NBC Studios.  He has just spent the summer working in the USA at a summer camp. “I knew I wanted to go back to America, but never through it would be so soon!”