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share your story

 To the Easton and Lafayette Communities:
 
   Do you live "between cultures" or in multiple cultures at once? Would you like to share your story?
   We want to hear from you!
 
   If you would like to share your story, please fill out the questionnaire below.
   We will be posting a selection of  answers on a rotating basis here
 
  Instructions:
   Please do not share any information that you do not feel comfortable seeing posted on the website. 
   You may use your full name, first name, a nickname, or request anonymity.
  Answer the questions as fully or as briefly as you like; skip any questions that do not apply.
  Edited selections will be posted on a rotating basis, but we cannot guarantee that all respondents will have
   their answers posted.
 




Please indicate the name you would like to be identified by on the website
(eg: full name, first name or nickname only, or "Anonymous," if you prefer not to be named)
 
OPTIONAL Email:
Please provide an e-mail address so we may respond to your submission (optional, will not be shared or posted on the website!!)
 
FOR LAFAYETTE COLLEGE STUDENTS
(Easton Residents - please skip to below section)

What year will you graduate?  
What is your major (and minor)?  
What activities, sports teams, social or special interest groups are you a member of?  
Why did you choose to come to Lafayette?  
Have your experiences at college matched your expectations? If yes, how so? If not, why not?  
Are you majoring in a subject different from what you thought you would when you entered college?  
Where is your home residence (city, state, country- include neighborhood, if appropriate)?  
What do you miss about home?  
Do you feel the Lafayette College community is open to/accepting of difference? Do you feel the larger Easton Community is? Why or why not? Please share an example.  
Have you ever felt like an outsider at Lafayette? If so, please describe.
When and how have you felt most accepted at Lafayette? Please describe.
 
What are some assumptions that people make about people from your culture or background?  
Other comments?  
FOR EASTON RESIDENTS
Where and when were you born?  
How long have you lived in Easton?  
If not originally from Easton, why did you come to Easton?  
What is your profession?  
Do you have a professional or personal connection to Lafayette College? If so, please describe.  
What language(s) did you speak growing up?  
If not born in the US: where were you born, what year did you arrive in the US and how old were you?  
If not born in the US: what were you expecting life in the US to be like? What did you find it to be like upon arrival?  
What are some assumptions that people make about people from your culture?  
If no longer living in your culture of origin or country of birth, what do you miss? For example: foods, holidays, traditions, etc  
Do you feel the Easton Community is open to/accepting of difference? Why or why not? Please share an example.  
Please share some of your thoughts and feelings about living "between cultures" or in multiple cultures at once? What kind of impact has it had on your life, what kinds of hardships have you faced, what kind of benefits has it had for you, how has it shaped you as a person?  
Other Comments?  




   



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