Gary and Margurite Dahlgren hosted a birthday party for Xiao Xiao from Suzhou China, a PhD. student in the Computer Science
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Welcome Homestay with the Harveys!
Posted at Jan 08, 2013 | | No Comments
Another wonderful homestay experience has come and gone. I am sending you a few pictures along with their descriptions. I hope
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Christmas with the Dahlgren’s
Posted at Dec 28, 2012 | | No Comments
Another wonderful Christmas with 6 U of O international students. All were on Santa’s “nice list” so he had Christmas stockings
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Kevin from France
Posted at Dec 08, 2012 | | No Comments
Kevin Aloui is a French exchange student from Mornant, France (near Lyon). He is studying business administration for one year at the
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Stephane from Haiti
Posted at Dec 06, 2012 | | No Comments
Student Spotlight: Stephane Durand Stephane Durand already had a successful career as an industrial engineer. He was working for commercial
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Conversation Friend Program
Posted at Dec 06, 2012 | | 1 Comments
Conversation Friends You can hear the excitement in Peggy Rice’s voice as she describes the beginnings of FFIS’s popular Conversation Friend
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Understanding French Culture
Posted at Dec 06, 2012 | | No Comments
Understanding the French Culture The French are private people and will have different rules of behaviour for people within their social
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Joseph from The Netherlands
Posted at Dec 06, 2012 | | No Comments
When Joseph Aborah flew into Eugene, it was a real eye-opener, especially when the taxi began heading through the farm land
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UO’s Allen Hall Public Relations Helps FFIS
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Friendship Foundation for International Students (FFIS) is always looking for ways to increase participation in and awareness of its programs. A
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Thanksgiving with the Dahlgren’s
Posted at Nov 27, 2012 | | No Comments
We were very happy to share our Thanksgiving feast with seven of the Chinese International Students this year. Three of them
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