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OIP Holds Town Halls for Students

The Office of International Programs is using town hall meetings this semester as a way to better assist the more then 600 international students on our campus. The meetings are designed to provide a public forum for international students to discuss their problems with administrators and each other.  The next one is at 6 p.m. [...]

IEP Could Use Your Help

UCA receives a fresh batch of international students every semester. These students are a long way from home and face a lot of challenges. One of them is mastering the English language. You can help. It just takes one hour a week and all you have to do is have a conversation. Who knows? You [...]

Conversation Club Ends Today

Today is your last chance to attend the Conversation Club. It begins at 6 p.m. at Baptist Collegiate Ministry. You can stay as late as want. The Conversation Club is sponsored by International Friendship Outreach (IFO). Meetings have been held every Tuesday night for the past five weeks. The club brings together international students with [...]

Student Takes Long Road to UCA

Yongxin Chi gives new meaning to “the road less traveled.” He may be the only student in the history of UCA to ride more than 1,400 miles on a bicycle to attend classes here.   Chi, 21, who translates his name in English to Chi Obama, left New York City on July 30 on his bicycle traveling [...]

Acting vs. Language in Snow Today

Can acting bridge the language barrier in theater? Two international theater students from Japan believe it can and are presenting a show to prove it today in the Black Box Studio Theatre in the Snow Fine Arts Center. The show, “Muzyun,” will be performed during X-period today and again Thursday. The story of “Muzyun,” which [...]

Meet the IEP Observer

The Echo and The Fountain aren’t the only student-produced news sources on campus. There’s also the IEP Observer. The international students in the Intensive English Program (IEP) produce the IEP Observer as a monthly newsletter that reports on events, people and issues within the international student program. With more than 600 international students from more [...]

Students Learn U.S. Easter Traditions

Many of our international students learned about the American tradition of the Easter Egg hunt this Easter weekend. The Intensive English Program sponsored the hunt as part of a program to explain the Christian holiday to students from Buddhist and Muslim countries. About 50 international students attended the event, according to Phillip Taylor, an IEP instructor. The [...]

Tuition Hike to Hit 600 Students

UCA has more than 600 international students from 68 countries, the second-highest amount of any state university, but that could change with university policy next year. UCA plans to charge international students out-of-state tuition beginning with the fall 2011 semester. Currently, international students pay the lower in-state tuition rate if they maintain at least a 3.0 GPA [...]

Conversation Club Builds Skills

About 100 international students attended the last meeting of the semester yesterday of a conversation club sponsored by International Friendship Outreach. The conversation club is designed to help international students improve their English skills, meet other international students and learn about American culture. The IFO throws in a free dinner, too. IFO also offers a [...]

Free Fun Friday for Foreigners

Looking for some fun tonight? Try International Student Fun Night at the Peace Lutheran Church Family Life Center, 800 Donaghey Dr. The event begins at 5 p.m. Shuttle bus rides begin at 4:45 p.m. from Stadium Park. The event is designed to allow international students a chance to meet new people, make friends, share ethnic [...]