Since 1990 ISI Santa Cruz has offered friendship and practical help for all international students, scholars and their families at the University of California Santa Cruz and Cabrillo Community College. Volunteers from 14 local Christian churches do airport pickups, temporary housing,weekly Conversation Partners, monthly Friendship Partners, etc. Help our poor culture-deprived Americans share the adventure of getting to meet great international leaders like you!
Friendship activities: Parties, Game Nights, International Movies, Banana Slug hikes, etc.
For those students/scholars interested, activities to explore Christianity.
Past & Future Events
Yosemite Homestay weekend May 15-17 Graduation Beach Bonfire Thursday June 11 -------------- ISI Northern California hosted 175-200 international students and friends to the Santa Cruz Beach-Boardwalk, Cocoanut Grove. Featured speaker Dr. Promod Haque, venture capitalist. Ranked by Forbes magazine as...more
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Meet ISI Santa Cruz Staff
Mrs. Peggy Pollard: ISI Santa Cruz organizer since 1994, staff since 2001. See "About Me" page to get to know Peggy.
Meet ISI's President
Dr. Doug Shaw Indian-born Dr. Doug Shaw, once an international student himself, leads ISI as President/CEO. Dr. Shaw brings a wealth of experience to ISI. His family heritage includes a great-grandfather who was a Muslim convert to Christianity and a grandfather who was a yogi in the Himalayas of...more
