tuesday, September 22, 1981
daily nebraskan
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Group needs friendly hosts
By Kirsten Nielsen
If foreign travel is too expensive, for
eign friendships can still be enjoyed
without leaving the city limits. The Lin
coin Friends of Foreign Students is an
independent community organization
that matches foreign students and Ameri
can hosts.
"The purpose of the organization is
to give the foreign students a chance to
experience a little more of American
life," said Linda Becker, board member
of LFFS, and student adviser for Inter
national Educational Services. "They're
only exposed to one segment on cam
pus." "The program is not a live-in arrange
ment, nor is the host family expected to
incur any major expense," she said. "It's
simply a friend relationship. The stu
dent is invited over occasionally for
meals or any other family activity."
The greatest period of involvement,
she said would probably be at the be
ginning, when the student has more
needs and is still adjusting.
Students often apply for the program
before arriving in the country, Becker
said. They give information about them
selves and their interests on the applica
tion. A placement coordinator then
talks to a family or an individual who
has applied to be a host, to see if a
match is feasible, she said.
Becker said at least 50 percent of
the foreign students coming to the uni
versity apply for an American host.
"Right now we have a 75 student
backlog, dating back to January," she
said.
The organization, started around
1962 as the Host Family Organization,
includes about 300 families, some host
ing more than one student.
Becker thinks the program is success
ful. "I get very good feedback on it, and
I've seen the development of some life
time friendships," she said.
Barbara Wright, president of LFFS,
and a host herself, agreed. "It's really a
learning experience, too," she said.
"My young son has grown up around
foreign students. He feels at ease with
anyone now, and we've really enjoyed
the cultural exchange."
In the past, Wright has sponsored stu
dents from Hong Kong and Iran. Pres
ently she is hosting two students, Nana
Ato-mensah from Ghana, and Ole Gronli
from Norway, a sophomore in journa
lism. Wright said in addition to meals and
family activities, the foreign students
have stayed with them over the holidays
and sometimes accompanied them on
vacations.
"LFFS itself also has three group ac
tivities a year for the students and their
hosts," she said. "We have a picnic in
the fall, a square dance in January and
an international potluck dinner in May,
for which the students cook a dish from
their home country."
Scholarships of financial aids will issue
National Direct Student Loan Checks to
day and tomorrow from 9:00 to 11:30
a.m. and 1 : 30 to 3:30 p.m. in the ballroom
of the Nebraska Union. Bring current stu
dent ID cards.
There will be a meeting of Alpha Ep
silon Rho Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in Avery
Hall 201 to discuss an initiation banquet
and fund-raising activities.
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