Dartmouth College’s international population has greatly increased in the past several years. The foreign national population is extremely diverse, with students, faculty, research scholars, and staff from over eighty different nations. In order to enrich the stay of our international students and to help ease their adjustment to a new culture, International Student Programs sponsors the International Friendship Family Program. This program gives new international undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to become acquainted with U.S. families in the Upper Valley. “Friendship Families” volunteer to help students adjust to college life and serve as a “window on American culture.” Students get to know their host families through occasional visits to their host families’ homes, and by spending time with them on special occasions and outings. Friendship Families also benefit from the opportunity to learn about another culture, another part of the world beyond the Upper Valley. Families can sign up by filling out an application and students can choose to be matched with a host family by completing a request form.
Twenty Friendship Families still needed for new international students. Learn about another culture and share a slice of your home life in the Upper Valley.
To participate download the family application form from the OPAL website noted below. Blitz it to ‘Friendship Family’ with the subject title ‘Friendship Family Program’ by October 1, 2009.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~opal/international/friendship/index.html
Twenty international students still hope for Upper Valley families!
