Fady Al-Banna is thriving as a student leader and finance major at Wright State, just a few years after his family fled his native Iraq.
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A young man whose family left the violent turmoil of Iraq has become a campus leader at a southwestern Ohio college with a fast-growing international student population.
Fady Al-Banna, a 23-year-old senior, is the director of international affairs for student government at Wright State University. He also is on a dean of students advisory board.
New international students at Wright State increased by 42 percent last fall to 1,477, the school said.
Al-Banna said he enjoys the diversity of Wright State and appreciates the efforts to recruit students from other countries.
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