This month’s Career workshop series for African Students was focused on Awareness of Cultural Differences. The discussion included sharing experiences about cultural differences based on beliefs, language, behavior, practice, biases and what impact this had. The group brainstorms ideas on how to address these impacts. Understanding different communication styles that are uniform to most cultures across the world was also discussed and these included; linear versus circular conversations, direct versus indirect communication, detached versus attached communication, concrete versus abstract conversations, and intellectual engagement versus relational engagement. The session also featured four panelists who shared diverse experiences in regards to how they coped with students and work-life given the cultural differences. See our events below for upcoming workshops.