Category: FFIS Homestay Program
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What Was the Most Rewarding Part of Your FFIS Homestay?
The FFIS Homestay Program matches international students with local community volunteers for a short-term homestay when the student first arrives in Lane County. Volunteers open their hearts and home to young adults far from home, helping them to get oriented and settled. The friendships built during that brief period often last well beyond when the student has…
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FFIS Homestay Program Creates Friendships That Bridge Time and Distance
“Hi Dad! How’s it going?” That was the Facebook message that I read from an international student that my wife and I hosted six years ago. I replied with news about what we’d been up to lately. She answered by saying that she felt close to us and asked if she could visit us next…
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FFIS Homestay Students Ride Snowmobiles for the First Time
Donia from Egypt enjoying snowmobiling for her first time University of Oregon international students don’t know what to expect when they first arrive in Eugene to begin their studies at the University of Oregon. Donia from Turkey and Yohan from France certainly didn’t expect that they’d be riding snowmobiles for their first time just a…
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Nervous UO International Student From Asia Meets His FFIS Host Family
The young Asian university student steps off the Amtrak train as it arrives in Eugene, Oregon, a few days after he has arrived in the United States from halfway around the world. He’s still overcoming jetlag and he’s spent the last few hours sitting beside a stranger who mumbles to himself. He’s far from home…
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Australian Homestay Student Keeps in Touch With His FFIS Host Family
The FFIS Homestay Program matches University of Oregon international students with local community volunteers for a short-term homestay when the student first arrives in Lane County. Volunteers open their hearts and home to young adults far from their home, helping them to get oriented and settled. The friendships built during that brief period often last well beyond when…
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FFIS Homestay Students Prepare A Meal For Their Host Family
FFIS volunteers have many wonderful experiences with the University of Oregon international students that they meet through the Short-term Homestay Program. Fast friendships are formed during the first few days the students stay with a host family after arriving in Lane County. The interactions usually continue well beyond when the student moves into an apartment…
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Chinese Student Appreciates Having an FFIS Host Family
The FFIS Homestay Program matches University of Oregon international students with local community volunteers for a short-term homestay when the student first arrives in Lane County. Volunteers open their hearts and home to young adults far from their home, helping them to get oriented and settled. The friendships built during that brief period often last well…
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Turkish Father is Thankful to This FFIS Host Family for Taking Such Great Care of His Daughter!
International students aren’t the only ones who are nervous about traveling so far from their familiar home and culture to study at the University of Oregon. Their parents also worry, since they are too distant to be able to quickly lend help and support should their child encounter difficulties. FFIS’ home stay program is much…
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New Zealand Student Shares Her Experience in the FFIS Homestay Program
The FFIS Homestay Program matches international students with local community volunteers for a short-term homestay when the student first arrives in Lane County.
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FFIS Host Families Share Their Thoughts About Hosting a University of Oregon International Student
The FFIS Homestay Program matches international students with local community volunteers for a short-term homestay when the student first arrives in Lane County. Volunteers open their hearts and home to young adults far from home, helping them to get oriented and settled. The friendships built during that brief period often last well beyond when the student has…
Friendship Foundation for International Students 