Friend-a-Student
Friend-a-Student is an opportunity where families and singles befriend international students. Families can choose to offer support with an international student by such means as attend a cultural event each semester, teach them American holiday traditions, invite them for a meal off campus, or just come visit with them from time to time.
One international student said: "My host family are the most amazingly people. They treat me as their own son. They invited me for lunch. I felt warmth in their hearts for me, and the satisfaction that I got after being at their place was amazing. They understood my feelings of being in a new place, and they respected my views and gave me important suggestions about how to live in America."
Interested in being a part of this program? Email mcoge@mc.edu for more information.
Conversation Partners
Conversation Partners is a program through the Intensive English Program where international students are matched with other Mississippi College students whose first language is English. They agree to meet with each other once or twice a week for an hour to practice speaking and listening. It is meant to be an informal time for them to get to know each other while conversing in English.
One student said, "He is a really cool person, and we’ve really connected well. We’ve had some good conversations. I really cannot ask for a better conversation partner." Another conversation partner commented, "We talked about our majors and jobs that we both want after we finished college. We’re both interested in teaching."
Would you like to be a conversation partner? Email mcoge@mc.edu or Rachel Dusenberry for more information.
