I can hardly believe that only seven weeks are left for me before I go back home. Time has gone by so quickly. When I think of the day I first set foot on US soil, it seems as if it were yesterday. No wonder, all’s well that starts well. I still remember my warm welcome and I wish to express my most sincere thanks to my friends Jennifer, Maggie and Ryan. You made feel me at home from my very first encounter with America. When I try to figure out why time seemed so short, the only explanation lies in the great moments I spent here and the rich experience I shall take back home.

The city of Morgantown is totally different from what I had anticipated. It turned out to be a very pretty and welcoming home for students from a wide range of cultures. Morgantown hosts, in perfect harmony, students from almost everywhere in the east coast; New York, Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, Atlanta, as well as other countries. Such diversity gives the city a young, unique and distinctive look.

Prospect Street, Arnold hall, fourth floor or “the international floor” as everybody calls it here, is a real melting pot. Students from Denmark, Turkey, England, Ireland, Australia, Japan, China, Germany, USA, and of course Morocco are continuously, though unconsciously perhaps, laying the grounds for a world of mutual understanding and tolerance. This unique environment is a daily learning experience for each one of us.
Among the memories that will stay with me is the Governor’s visit to the university and the few words I had the privilege to exchange with him. I will never forget the parties I was invited to and the multicultural jokes I learnt here. Nor shall I ever forget the delicious dishes I was treated to by friends from all over the globe.

To my fellow-students in Morocco I highly recommend West Virginia University but wish to warn them that missing a couple of classes here may spoil your whole semester.

All in all, I shall miss the Wild and Wonderful West Virginia. I shall miss my friends but hope to see them again, either here or in Morocco. Who knows?

Naziha Bagui