<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2026/siddhi-kawa.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>03/20/2026</pubDate><title>Why I Don’t Want to Graduate Just Yet: An International Graduate Student Reflects on Life at the University of New Haven</title><description>From campus traditions to supportive faculty, Siddhi Kawa ’26 MS shares the experiences that made her time as an international graduate student meaningful and transformative.</description><hide-description/><author>Siddhi Kawa '26 M.S.</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>March 20, 2026</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/business/news/2026/siddhi-jens.jpg" alt="Siddhi Kawa ’26 M.S. and President Jens Frederiksen, Ph.D."/></image><image-caption>Siddhi Kawa ’26 M.S. and President Jens Frederiksen, Ph.D.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>class-of-2026</tag><tag>college-business</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>program-grad-finance</tag><tag>year-2026</tag></tags></item>