{"id":9115,"date":"2021-12-14T11:35:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T16:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=9115"},"modified":"2021-12-17T09:00:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T14:00:53","slug":"student-spotlight-zayan-rahman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2021\/12\/14\/student-spotlight-zayan-rahman\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight: Zayan Rahman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9116 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/12\/IMG_0023-Painting.jpeg?resize=333%2C224&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Watercolor painting depicting a building, trees, water and three ducks.\" width=\"333\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/12\/IMG_0023-Painting-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/12\/IMG_0023-Painting-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C690&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/12\/IMG_0023-Painting-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C518&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/12\/IMG_0023-Painting-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1035&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/12\/IMG_0023-Painting-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1381&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/12\/IMG_0023-Painting-scaled.jpeg?resize=816%2C550&amp;ssl=1 816w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/12\/IMG_0023-Painting-scaled.jpeg?w=1986&amp;ssl=1 1986w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Detroit Mercy student Zayan Rahman recently shared her marvelous watercolor that she painted for her Conversation Partner, Zongming Jiang. Rahman had hoped that the painting, based on Jiang&#8217;s description of his hometown city, would make him feel more at home here in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>This is just one example of how Conversation Partners is building bridges within our Detroit Mercy community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/udmercy.campuslabs.com\/engage\/organization\/conversationpartners\">Conversation Partners<\/a> is a student organization established to build cultural bridges between domestic and international students, as well as help international students who are non-native English speakers enhance their conversation skills. Individuals or other student organizations are welcome to join this student organization and students don&#8217;t need to belong to any organization on campus in order to participate!<\/p>\n<p>Contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/about\/people\/university\/admin\/iso\/alcp\/katie-franklin\">Catherine Franklin<\/a> at <a href=\"mailto:franklca1@udmercy.edu\">franklca1@udmercy.edu<\/a> or visit the Conversation Partners <a href=\"https:\/\/udmercy.campuslabs.com\/engage\/organization\/conversationpartners\">website<\/a> for more information or to sign up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Mercy student Zayan Rahman recently shared her marvelous watercolor that she painted for her Conversation Partner, Zongming Jiang. 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