When Hamdah Munir and Midhat Urooj came to Virginia Tech from their universities in Pakistan during the summer, the Sister 2 Sister Exchange Program participants knew they wanted to finish their degrees in mechanical and computer engineering respectively. But they also understood taking courses in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, a program partner, would round out their Blacksburg experience in unexpected ways. As first-time visitors to the U.S. and the only Sisiter 2 Sister participants to travel abroad and participate in on-campus activities in 2021, instead of virtually, both are returning home, having learned the value of studying internationally.
