One word to accurately describe La Roche is diverse. With students from 28 countries and different economic and social
backgrounds, diversity is something that La Roche prides itself on. In 1993, former College President Monsignor William
Kerr established the Pacem in Terris Program (Latin for “Peace on Earth”) to help young people from conflicted and
developing countries get an education. This scholarship-based program brings students here from around the globe in hopes of helping them understand how to end the international conflicts that plague their native countries. When they
graduate, students in this program are expected to return to their homelands and help educate their fellow countrymen.
As you walk across campus, you’ll hear Spanish, English, French, Arabic, Albanian, and other languages. Look across the sea of faces, and you’ll see students from Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, Bosnia, Kosovo, Yemen, Nepal, Jamaica, and the U.S., among others. Special services offered to international students include an English lab, international student center, ESL programs and classes, host family programs, and special orientations. Most students are happy to be a part of such a diverse community during their college years, and the ones who aren’t usually end up transferring before the end of their freshman year.
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La Roche has many international students as well as different races and abilities. La Roche is sometimes thought of as an international school because there are so many foreign students. the percentage is slightly higher than American students. There are students from different parts of America but most American students are from Western Pennsylvania.
Mar 05, 2012
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Very Diverse Student Body.
La Roche has a very wide variety of students and countries represented in the student body. There are a lot of global acceptance programs (for example, the G.L.O.B.E. group, which stands for "Globalization for La Roche - One Beat on Earth").
Feb 25, 2012
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Lots of Races
There are a lot of mix races at La Roche. They also have a lot of students that can not or hardly speak English, sometimes that makes it harder in classes when teacher pay special attention to those student or when giving speaches on topics that will be on exams or grades group projects.
May 24, 2011
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