With the new semester starting so too are the careers (here, anyway), of new professors, and this year marks the coming of several new faces. Here is one.

Professor Aryal, Lake State’s newest professor of Physics, hails from the western part of Nepal, about 600km from the capital. He went to his early schooling there, though he spent most of his life in Kathmandu, where he also obtained his bachelor’s degree. “Even though I was born in a different town, I spent most of my life there, so I say that I am from Kathmandu”, Aryal said.

He moved to the U.S. in 2002, to attend Kansas State University, where he obtained both his Master’s and his PhD. He said that possibly the biggest differences in the educational systems were that the university he attended in Nepal used a yearly system rather than semesters or terms, and that classrooms in the US were mush more interactive, whereas most of his earlier classes were seminar style – sit down, be quiet, and listen.

“When I finished at the University, I decided that I wanted to work here (in the US), I like the educational system better, and I wanted to use my expertise in this country, so I decided to work for a university… I was most interested in an institution like this one (LSSU), where class sizes are smaller, and I could interact with the students, know them personally… a class like that.”

He then applied here and was accepted, and also says that the people here have all been very nice. His wife and child have moved here with him as well, and he hopes for a great year here at LSSU.

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