Study Abroad Fair Tomorrow!

Don't miss out on the 17th Annual University of Georgia Study, Work &
Travel Abroad Fair that will be held tomorrow,  October 2, from 10:00 a.m.
to 3:00 p.m. in the Tate Student Center, Georgia Hall. We are expecting
representatives from 90  study abroad, work abroad, internship, volunteer
and travel organizations. The OIE will also have its own table, and there
will be a table with financial aid and scholarship information. This is a
great opportunity to meet the folks who run the programs, gather brochures
and have all your questions answered firsthand. For a list of registered
participants, see: <http://www.uga.edu/oie/fair/fairad.htm>. We look
forward to seeing you there!

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Essay Contest

Studyabroad.com and AIFS are co-sponsoring an essay contest in honor of
International Education Week. The first prize is a free summer study abroad
to London with AIFS for 3 weeks. Information about the contest can be found at
<http://www.internationaleducationweek.com>. The deadline is October 12th.

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Opportunities for Sports with International Students

The European Student Association is assembling a European Soccer Team.
They always welcome new members from anywhere in the world.  ESA says that
they will show people how soccer really should be played!  For more
information see <http://www.arches.uga.edu/esa>, [log in to unmask], or
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A couple of the World Ambassadors for the Office of International Student
Life are starting a kabaddi club at UGA. Kabaddi is a contact sport from
India that is a combination of wrestling and rugby. Two teams compete to
try to capture a raiding member of the opposing team and the raider tries
to touch one of them and return to his half of the court. More info on how
to play etc. can be found at the following website:
<http://www.hiindia.com/sports/Docs/kabaddi.htm>. They plan to have a
separate girls and guys team(s) (depending on the number of members who
sign up). If you are interested, please send your full name (1st, middle
and last), date of birth (required by student activities), and email
address to Aditya at <[log in to unmask]>.

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Campus Coffee Hour

A great way to meet international students on the UGA campus is to attend
the Campus Coffee Hour every Friday in the Memorial Hall Ballroom between
11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. You will have the opportunity to taste food from a
different part of the world every week as well as to socialize with around
200 students.

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Japanese Interpreter Needed

The City of Elberton sponsors a Sister City Program with Mure-cho, Japan.
They will be having an employee from Mure Town Office working at City Hall
Oct 2-11 and they need a Japanese translator. If you are interested, please
call Cindy Churney at 706-213-3105.

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Student Quotes

-From a student doing Semester at Sea
"Arriving in these different countries, I thought that most of the local
people would only speak their native language and then possibly English. I
soon found out that was far from the truth. For example, in Marrakech,
Morocco, I met a local salesman in the Jemaa El Fna who spoke Berber,
Arabic, French, Spanish and English."


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Office of International Education
University of Georgia
209 Barrow Hall
Athens, GA  30602-2407
Phone: (706) 542-7903
Fax: (706) 542-6622
http://www.uga.edu/oie
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