Friendship Foundation for International Students

Bridging cultures through international friendship

Newsletter Archives

  • FFIS News for January 2019

    A new year is here and it’s time to catch up on what’s new with FFIS: Conversation Friend Program: Sixty-three of the 68 Conversation Friend program students have been matched! We can always use more volunteers now and in the future. If you’re interested in learning more or participating, send an e-mail to FFIS.ConversationFriends@gmail.com. Winter Read more

  • 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 Read more

  • Happy New Year and Thank You to All of Our FFIS Volunteers!

    If you want to touch the past, touch a rock. If you want to touch the present, touch a flower. If you want to touch the future, touch a life. Dear FFIS Volunteers, Happy New Year!  The FFIS Steering Committee is very appreciative of your commitment, time, efforts, and sacrifices in truly embodying our mission – Read more

  • This Japanese Student Really Appreciated Her FFIS Conversation Friend

    The Conversation Friend Program is a unique opportunity for FFIS volunteers to connect with an international student during the student’s first year in Eugene. A student and a volunteer are matched on the basis of shared interests and meet for one hour a week in a public setting. This is what a Japanese student wrote about her FFIS Read more

  • FFIS News for November 2018

    Fall is here and the holidays are fast approaching. We’d like to update you on some of the FFIS activities the Steering Committee is working on. Share Thanksgiving (Nov. 22) – Thanksgiving is a very traditional American holiday. Thirty-five international students signed up to share this special day with an FFIS family. Seven families have Read more

  • 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. Read more