All UCSC, Cabrillo, Bethany
international students, scholars, and families
are cordially invited to our
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ISI Welcome Picnic
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Oct. 10, 2009  Saturday 1-5 p.m.
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Our biggest Fall event!

FOOD* GAMES * FUN * FREE!
Students we invite you to share something from your culture

@801 High Street
Messiah Lutheran Church patio

badminton, croquet, mixer games Meet New Friends

signup for rides to picnic

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Yosemite Homestay weekend May 15-17

Graduation Beach Bonfire Thursday June 11
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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 top Dealmaker 2004, featured in "The World is Flat" go to "haque" webpage for details

Oct. 1 2008
Welcome new UCSC, Cabrillo, Bethany and UC Merced International Students!
Peggy's still trying to find good channels of communications to meet new I-students scholars here. Thanks to the UCSC Indian Student Org who were so friendly last night. Thanks to Chinese Student Scholar Assoc. who've been gracious and helpful to network for years. We have more fun the more we help each other. Hope we can be helping your groups too.
Check our latest I-student/scholar news on "News" page. Signup with Peggy to get our latest ISI news

Aug 15, 2008

Getting ready to welcome incoming international slugs here. Weather at beach: cold & windy, just like in photo above. :-(
Puerto Rico was nice though, I experienced afresh being a cultural outsider, and the importance of locals reaching out a little.
My new best friend in Puerto Rico, Emma, saw I was a bit lost and invited me to join in, introducing me to the camp leaders--it was my best experience on the trip, to make real friendships with locals! Thanks Emma!
This fall we offer our usual activities, Welcome Picnic Oct. 12-- but are also lining up a great guest speaker, Dr. Promod Haque, a top venture capitalist in Palo Alto, and ISI alumni. Our ISI Bay Area staff are planning a Bay Area event with Dr. Haque, originally in the fall, but we're postponing till springtime.
ISI international staff conference was at Niagara Falls in June, awesome to be at the bottom of the falls, to FEEL the overwhelming rush of water over the cliffs. Like God's love that He wants to FILL our lives with!
As I reconnect with current ISI students, its fun to hear what they're doing this summer: internships in Boston, Silicon valley, and even stuck here at UCSC labs, and even one is at the Beijing Olympics.
I'm sad I didn't go too, but cheering for the great job some of my old friends are doing putting it on!! A beautiful event to bring the world together in positive competition--like no other event in the world.
I hope we can do a little of that in ISI, how about a silly-Olympics contest for our Welcome Picnic. Choose whatever kind of event you think you can win and we'll try it. (math problems, creative writing, folkdance, etc.)
Send me your ideas! Hope to see you all Oct. 12 @ the Welcome Picnic
Cheers-- Peggy

Sept 27, 2007--
Hi new Banana Slugs! Badminton Saturday Sept 29, 10-12.

International Movie "Crazy Stone" (Chonqing, China) Oct.6.

And.. the funnest kind of event: Community Service Project. We're now gathering ideas for local service opportunities.

Activities with ISI Bay Area Yosemite/ Snow-Ski trips



Spring 2007--
Upcoming: Yosemite May 4-6, sign up now!
June 14, Thursday, graduation BEACH BONFIRE
Afghan youth Fundraiser(planning)


April 22, 2007 --
Uh... its been a while since I updated. A busy year with my trip to S.Korea/Beijing last year, (THANKS, Komapsumnida, GangXie) to my fabulous hosts there, all Int'l scholar alumni at UCSC & UCBerkeley!see story /NewsFile)


Fun playing Poker, Food Shopping, Elephant Seal Hike, Snow Trip, student Leadership Retreat (great singing performances)
meangful discussions at Bible study, matching more Friendship partners this week.

Fall 2006 we welcomed about 30 new International friends.

June 4,2006 --
Two great concerts next weekend Korean music Saturday 7:30,@250 California St. Methodist church, and Sunday is benefiting Afghan schoolchildren with Moroccan music.

Celebrate end of school year at ISI Beach Bonfire June 15, we'll save some hot tofu dogs and marshmallow S'mores for you!

Waves at Cowell's are getting sweet now that the weathers warming up. Sign up for surf lesson w/Richard Schmidt Surf school, to be scheduled.


October 2005 -- Welcome Picnic Sunday Oct. 9, UCSC and Cabrillo International students are invited for food, friendship fun, FREE!
Friendship Partners are being matched now. contact Peggy.

Surfing lessons & other activities will be planned during the year.
Finals/Christmas Party Dec 2.



May 25, 2005 -- Two more surfing lessons, two benefit yard sales to help Ugandan orphans in the village of ISI Alumni Godfrey Kasosi.
26 Friendship Partners are winding up the year, plans for a triple baby shower in August!

 

Feb 4, 2005 --A great Yosemite snow weekend. Four student/scholars tried downhill skiing for the first time. Albanian-Christian music, Mariposa families hosted 40+ Bay Area students.

1/22 surfing lesson -- the Japanese storm waves died down just in time for a beautiful afternoon with 6 students, 5 instructors, at Cowell's cove. Two students stood up on the waves, one, a first-time surfer!

International Curious Friends met twice this month to surf the power of the Holy Spirit in the book of Mark.

UPCOMING 2/17 "God in the Middle -East" panel discussion and more surfing! check it all out on our Calendar!

-- Peggy