Advisory Board Member Applications, Friend of OISS, Events
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Student Life is inviting international students to apply to serve as Advisory Board Members. Applications are still being accepted for undergraduate and graduate students who want to enhance campus culture and speak with administrators about the issues that matter to them.
Apply by September 30.
Maria Fernanda Marquez from Venezuela and the U.S.
“When I think of the U.S., I think of college: living in the dorms, walking on the Green, going to classes and the library, going to get coffee with a friend. It’s just like in the movies: that essence of being on campus. It is beautiful. And really, there is no other place in the world that has the college experience like the United States. I have many friends from other countries who have had different college experiences, and none are like this. They are jealous when I tell them about it. It’s so unique. There are always students walking around. It’s a real community, not just a place you come and go to classes. You are surrounded by the college experience the entire time you are here. And then when you leave, you want to come back to it.”
Maria is an alumna of University of Delaware, with bachelor’s degrees in English and Spanish Literature and Spanish Language and Culture and a master’s degree in Teaching English as a Second Language. She is originally from Venezuela but grew up in the U.S. and has lived in Spain and Thailand. She began working at Las Americas Aspira Academy in Newark this fall. She says even with all the places she has lived and traveled, going to the University of Delaware was the best experience of her life and she wouldn’t have chosen any other place to go to college. Maria is this week’s #FriendofOISS.
Start your Weekend with Coffee Hour
Friday, September 27
4 to 6 p.m.
Trabant University Center
Where can you go every Friday afternoon to meet hundreds of people from around the world, get free coffee, tea and snacks and get in the mood for the weekend? International Coffee Hour! Everyone is welcome and no registration is necessary.
This event's cultural partner is Asha for Education, a graduate student organization at UD whose mission is to catalyse socio-economic change in India through the education of underprivileged children. The event series is co-sponsored by the Office for International Students and Scholars, Division of Student Life and UD Dining Services.
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