The FIUTS blog is updated several times a week with stories and news from the FIUTS community of students, hosts, staff, alumni, and more.
The FIUTS Homestay Program is committed to promoting culture exchange and cross-cultural understanding between our Puget Sound host community and our international students. Recently, we surveyed our students and asked them what they have learned about American culture during their time with an American family. Here are some of their responses…
Read MoreOur Japanese orientation intern, Satomi, used her time at our FIUTS event Community BBQ to meet international students and find out more about her future friends. Read her interviews here and meet two of our students! …
Read MoreFIUTS Facilitators are student leaders from all over the world who welcome new international visitors, help organize events, and lead activities for hundreds of students each quarter. Read on to find out more about the FIUTS facilitator experience from Terry Jung and join us today! ...
Read MoreWelcome Week is just around the corner! FIUTS is very excited to introduce (at last) our practicum exchange intern, Holly, as well as two interns from Japan, Maaya and Satomi. All of them have been working hard and are absolutely instrumental in helping us put together our quickly approaching orientation weeks for incoming international students! Wave and say hello when you see them! Here they are, introducing themselves to our community…
Read MoreIn late August, students from various countries in the Caribbean were in Seattle for a program coordinated by FIUTS, in a contract with World Learning, called Youth Ambassador Program. We have been posting the students' reflections and experiences, and here's the final post by Adiel, an ambassador from Barbados…
Read MoreFor the past week and a half, students from various countries in the Caribbean were in Seattle for a program coordinated by FIUTS, in a contract with World Learning, called Youth Ambassador Program. We will be posting the students' reflection and experiences over the next week. Here's a post by Joashaha, an ambassador from Guyana…
Read MoreFor the past week and a half, students from various countries in the Caribbean were in Seattle for a program coordinated by FIUTS, in a contract with World Learning, called Youth Ambassador Program. We will be posting the students' reflection and experiences over the next week. Here's a post by Amani, an ambassador from Suriname…
Read MoreFor the past week and a half, students from various countries in the Caribbean were in Seattle for a program coordinated by FIUTS, in a contract with World Learning, called Youth Ambassador Program. We will be posting the students' reflection and experiences over the next week. Here's a post by Adrian, an ambassador from Trinidad…
Read MoreFor the past week and a half, students from various countries in the Caribbean were in Seattle for a program coordinated by FIUTS, in a contract with World Learning, called Youth Ambassador Program. We will be posting the students' reflection and experiences over the next week. Here's a post by Sefanja, a student from Suriname…
Read MoreFIUTS Facilitators are student leaders from all over the world who welcome new international visitors, help organize events, and lead activities for hundreds of students each quarter. Read on to find out more about the FIUTS facilitator experience from Hassan and join us today! …
Read MoreFIUTS is very excited to have two new friendly faces at the front desk, returning mails, answering phone calls, researching, working on events and activities, and greeting walk-ins. Fatih and Sara are our work-studies for the summer and you will see them around! Here they are, introducing themselves to our community…
Read MoreIn addition to English classes in the morning and activities around Seattle in the afternoon, our two-week Seattle Summer English Program also placed 22 high school students from Guangzhou, China in host families in and around Seattle for a weekend of cultural exchange. For many of our students, the homestay was a highlight of the program…
Read MoreFor about a month, students from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka came to Seattle for a program coordinated by FIUTS: the Study of the U.S. Institute for Student Leaders in Journalism and New Media (SUSI). This program brought 20 undergraduates participants to study journalism and new media, and to participate in volunteer and service activities, leadership workshops, and cultural excursions…
Read MoreWe love our homestay hosts and the time and space they volunteer to our international students! Here is Cathy Farrar, sharing her stories of why she became a host and why she continues to host after six long years! …
Read MoreAmy Bergstrom joined FIUTS last week as our new Manager of Student Programs and we’re so glad to welcome her to our office! She will be working on international student orientation, student program development, events and activities, and many others! Here’s Amy, introducing herself to the FIUTS community…
Read MoreBy FIUTS Facilitator Noel H. Kimber: “Camping outdoor? Why would anyone leave the comfort of his or her own home and spend a night in a tent, cooking with limited resources and stay disconnected to the internet?” One might ask. Camping trip may not make any sense in terms of productivity, but there is a mysterious force that calls smooth handed city dwellers out to the nature once in a while. FIUTS students decided to find out what it is…
Read MoreBrianna Mercker has been the Manager of Student Programs at FIUTS since 2011, and has made a huge impact on so many students and members of the UW campus community! During her time here, she managed 15 International Student Orientations for thousands of students, advised the CulturalFest performance committee to produce shows that got better and better each year, represented FIUTS across campus and beyond, oversaw student leadership programming, and was a trusted friend and mentor to many members of the FIUTS family…
Read MoreBea Chang joined FIUTS last week as our new Manager of Community Programs and we’re so glad to welcome her to our office! She will be working with our hosts, homestay programs, communications, Wednesday lunches, and lots more—all of the wonderfully large shoes left behind by Ellen Frierson, who is moving into her new role as our Manager of Education Programs…
Read MoreThe alumni of the Youth Leadership Program with Bosnia and Herzegovina are hard at work using what they learned in the U.S. to do great projects back in their home communities. Here's a blog post about an initiative from four participants in last Fall's program! …
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