Thursday, September 17, 2009

Next ACEH meeting September 25: international students

WHO:         You, your friends, family, and coworkers

WHAT:       Alliance for Cultural and Ethnic Harmony

                   meeting with Hope College international students

WHEN:       Friday, September 25, at 7 p.m.

WHERE:     At Martha Miller Center Rotunda, 10th St. and Columbia Avenue, Hope campus, Holland

 

The World Studies at Hope:

International Students to Meet with ACEH

 September 25 at Martha Miller Center

 

It's a little out of the regular meeting schedule of the Alliance for Cultural and Ethnic Harmony, but on Friday, September 25, ACEH members and community friends will have an opportunity to hear from international students at Hope College.

 

The meeting, which starts at 7 p.m., will be held in the Rotunda of the Martha Miller Center on campus, located at 10th Street and Columbia Avenue, Holland.  The public is invited.

 

In the program, "The World Studies at Hope," international students will share their perspectives on global education and studying in the United States.

 

Amy Otis-De Grau, director of the Fried International Center at the college, said the gathering will be an opportunity for people to meet and greet students from a variety of countries. Local residents can become host families for students while they are at Hope, providing hospitality from time to time and developing friendships that could last a lifetime.

 

Twenty-eight foreign countries are represented in this year's student body of 3,200:  Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Brazil, China, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Mexico, Myanmar, Nether- lands, Nigeria, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Taiwan, Uganda, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Vietnam, and West Bank.