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Brought to you by High Priestess Piercing. i I Hi.li m Kilim FRIDAY, MAY 3RD Learning Session * 1 9:0 O a m - 1 0:1 5am EMU Ballroom "Measuring Success: Womens' Professional Sports featuring the sports industry's TO p W O M E N E X E C U Tl VE S Learning Session #2 1 0:30am -11 :45am EMU Ballroom "The Globalization of Sports Sponsorship” FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBSITE WWW.WARSAWCENTER.CqM or call: 684-9732 SPUHTS MARKETING OVHR THURSDAY, MAY 2ND Keynote Speech 7 : O O p m - 8:1 5 pm EMU Ballroom Sandra Baldwin, USOC President MAY 2-3, 2 DO 2 The nation's blood supply depends on you to donate regularly. lone memorial Bleed Bonk will be on campus Tuesday, April 30 from 10:00-4:00 Register in the EMU v Building Main a Iffey Lobby i Friendship through conversation ■Three related programs help international students adjust to campus life and American culture at the University By Robin Weber Oregon Daily Emerald University students can make a friend a world away with the Friendship Foundation for Interna tional Students. The private nonprofit organiza tion, which joined the University in 1950, now links international stu dents, spouses and scholars to com munity members through three programs — The International Friend Program, the Pre-orientation Homestay Program and the Conver sation Friend Program. The 484 volunteers in the Eugene-Spring field area donate funds and help the program thrive, FFIS coordina tor Hilary Lord said. “The idea is to form a lasting friendship and continue it through out school,” Lord said. “And it hap pens.” Although FFIS has been in the campus community for more than half a century, its leaders are con stantly seeking more able bodies to help the almost 1,400 international students in all areas of the program. To lend a hand, all volunteers need to do is apply. From there, the application is reviewed, interviews are conducted and a student-friend match is made. Often, once volunteers step into FFIS, they’re hooked. Conversation Friend Program Coordinator Peggy Rice said in her experience, the program is mutually beneficial for students and friends. The program opens a door for the students to spend about an hour or more a week chatting in conversational Eng lish with a volunteer. “It’s helpful to them as far as Eng lish, and enriches our lives because we get to learn about their cul tures,” Rice said. Students in the program agree. “I can improve my English and learn about America,” student Robin Weber Emerald Tingfang Wang practices English with Conversation Friend Program coordinator Peggy Rice of the Friendship Foundation for International Students. 5 Tingfang Wang said. Rice developed the program in 1995 after success working with a similar travel program for inter national students. She said she saw the necessity for students to learn English from other means besides textbooks when one of the scholars she was talking to needed a translator. Rice wanted students to be able to apply the language skills they were learning to everyday life. She also wanted to repay the favor to people of countries where she was the guest. “People in those countries are so helpful and a wonderful exam ple for us — we, too, need to be kind and understanding to them,” she said. The Pre-orientation Homestay Program in September matches in coming international students with hosts to act as a welcoming com mittee for a few days before fall term starts. Hosts make the transi tion easier for international stu dents with activities like shopping, setting up a bank account and learning to navigate Lane County. When Bulgarian graduate stu dent Lidia Karmadjieva came to Oregon, she got into the Pre-orien tation Homestay Program to douse her fears of not finding a new so cial circle. “You hear horror stories abVut when you come in and have nowhere to stay,” she said. But after being paired with hosts in Eugene, Karmadjieva said she made lasting relationships with her newfound friends while learning about American culture. Like the Pre-orientation Homes tay Program, The International Friend Program sets up students and Eugene locals, but with the aim of meeting throughout the year for informal get-togethers and day trips. Hosts are encouraged to bring American holiday customs to the newcomers. The FFIS program also has activ ities for students to interact with the entire University. International students are wel comed to the University with a fall picnic, a mixer for families and in ternational friends. Throughout the year, they can also take part in the Eugene Celebration Parade and the President’s Reception, a welcome to the state and the country by Uni versity President Dave Frohnmayer and community leaders. 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