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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.
E-mail reporter Robin Weber
at robinweber@dailyemerald.com.
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