Seeking Hosts For Exchange Students
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The University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley
is hosting 14 students from around the world, beginning in mid-August
2002. Each of the students is in need of a host family to help take
care of their individual housing needs for the 2002-2003 academic year.
Leea Glasheen, UWFox's Coordinator for the internationally
recognized Youth For Understanding program, is the campus contact for
families interested in finding out more about hosting one of the students.
Glasheen feels that this is a wonderful opportunity for
local families "to learn more about other cultures. We want our host families
to have fun with the student that stays with them, and help that student
learn more about our American culture. Sometimes, as citizens, we can
take things for granted … when you see things through the eyes of a student
new to the USA, you can begin to appreciate what we have even more.
"It's a exciting time for our local families to find out
about another culture, and make a life-long connection," Glasheen said.
This year's YFU class brings students from South Korea,
Denmark, China, Netherlands, Russia, Ghana, Switzerland, France and Latvia
to the Menasha campus. Individual profiles and pictures of the YFU students
are listed, below.
For local families and qualified individuals that are
interested in finding out more about becoming a host family during the
2002-2003 academic year, please contact Glasheen at 920-832-2683, or email
her at dglashee@uwc.edu for more
information.
UWFox 2002-2003 Youth For Understanding Students
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Christine Schroeder
Ronne, Denmark
- Age: 18
- Academic Interests: History
- Activities and Interests: Traveling, reading, hockey, and going
to the movies
- Brothers and Sisters: Morten, age 23; Soren, age 12
- English: 8 or more years
- Other Language: German 5 years and Spanish 2 years
- Restriction: Non-smoking family; allergic to corn and tomato
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San Kim
Deagu, Korea
- Age: 20
- Academic Interests: Teacher
- Activities and Interests: Basketball, swimming, and Tae Kwon
Do
- Brothers and Sisters: None
- English: 8 or more years
- Other Language: Chinese 1 year· Restriction: None
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Maytrie Ramanand
Den Haag, Netherlands
- Age: 17
- Academic Interests: Arts, communications, and physical education
- Activities and Interests: Basketball, computers, music-listen,
soccer, swimming, volleyball, and wind instrument
- Brothers and Sisters: Vinay, Ritesh, and Minalishi
- English: 8 or more years
- Other Language: French 6 years
- Restriction: Does not eat beef or pork
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Girts Starks
Jurmala, Latvia
- Age: 18
- Academic Interests: Politics
- Activities and Interests: Basketball, fishing, and traveling
- Brothers and Sisters: (brothers) Martin, Karlis, and Mara (sister)
- English: 6 years
- Other Language: Russian 6 years
- Restriction: None
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Raphaela Hurschler
Luzern, Switzerland
- Age: 20
- Academic Interests: Art
- Activities and Interests: Art, drawing, jogging, skiing, and
traveling
- Brothers and Sisters: Benjamin and Barbara
- English: 5 years
- Other Language: French 7 years
- Restriction: no red meat/occasionally eats poultry, fish, dairy;
afraid of big dogs
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Maxim Sotnik
Lukhoritsy, Russia
- Age: 17
- Academic Interests: Business and marketing
- Activities and Interests: Computers, drawing, fishing, and
gardening
- Brothers and Sisters: None
- English: 7 years
- Other Language: None
- Restriction: None
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Kirsten Kalverda
Utrecht, Netherlands
- Age: 18
- Academic Interests: Communications
- Activities and Interests: Baseball, dancing, movies, and shopping
- Brothers and Sisters: Stefan Kalverda
- English: 6 years
- Other Language: French 6 years and German 5 years
- Restriction: None
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Dmitriy Tsai (Still needs a host
family in Spring 03)
Rudni, Russia
- Age: 17
- Academic Interests: Business
- Activities and Interests: Art, computers, music-listen, films,
and guitar
- Brothers and Sisters: Tsai Svetlana (sister) 6 years old
- English: 3 years
- Other Language: None
- Restriction: None
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Diana Glauser
Chur, Switzerland
- Age: 20
- Academic Interests: Communications, Marketing/PR, Psychology
- Activities and Interests: Volleyball-Main, Travel/Sightsee-Main,
Swimming, Bicycling, Basketball, Movies, Music-Listening, Reading
- Brothers and Sisters: None
- English: 4 years
- Other Language: French, 7 years
- Restriction: No homes with pets
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Cyril Onatzky
France, Allaucill
- Age: 18
- Academic Interests: English Language, History, Literature
- Activities and Interests: Baseball, Basketball, Hiking/Backpacking,
Reading-Main, Skiing-Snow, Tennis, Theater Attend, Theater Arts-Main
- Brothers and Sisters: None
- English: 7 years
- Other Languages: None
- Restrictions: Non
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Joana Fordjour
Accra, GHANA
- AGE: 20Academic
- Interests: Marketing/Public Relations, Communications
- Activities and Interests: likes animals, arts and crafts, very
involved in church, computers, volunteering
- Brothers and Sisters: Magdelane, Jennifer, Josephine, and Doreen
- English: 8 or more years
- Restrictions: Allergic to cigarette smoke
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Posted 12/18/2000
