Opportunities in Providence
After spending so much time at the American
Embassy, maybe you have developed a heart for immigration services.
International House is an independent meeting place and program
center for all foreign students in the city. It provides orientation
to American life, housing lists, English language classes, an
international fair, nationality dinners, organized trips to Boston,
New York, local beaches, parks, musical events, and theatrical
events. Included in its programs are activities for children and
special programs for women. Contact the International House (located at 8 Stimson Avenue or by phone at 401 421.7181)
for more information.
The French
American School on Hope Street is always looking for French
speakers. While abroad, you may have grown immensely in your language
skills. A great way to maintain your fluency is with Brown Medical School's Interpreter’s
Aide.
These are just a few of the ways you can get involved
in helping the Providence community. The Swearer
Center has a great database with local organizations that
could use your help. Check out the website or stroll over to the
office at 25 George Street.
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Opportunities at Brown
There is a club
at Brown for just about everything under the sun. Start
attending the weekly meetings and see how your experience in a foreign
country can breathe new life into a student group. Learn to stick
dance with the Chinese Student’s Association or sit in on a
Latin American Student’s Association meeting.
Drop by the Watson
Institute for International Studies and see what programs,
seminars or guest lecturers are being sponsored.
Think about doing a Group Independent Study Project
or and Independent Study Project. Learn Swahili with five of your
closest friends or study the political practices of Turkey on your
own. See the Resource
Center in Rhode Island Hall for details.
Asian History Month is in October. Caribbean Heritage
Week is in March. All of the programming is done through the Third
World Center (on the corner of Waterman and Brown). If you
have interesting snapshots that could be used in a slide show or
own a Senegalese flute, let a programmer know about it.
Faculty members at Brown
have been all over the world. Go to the office hours of a professor
in the Comp Lit Department or the Portuguese Studies department
and compare notes. Drop by Rochambeau or Machado and see about opportunities
to TA a language course.
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Opportunities at the
Office of International Programs
See the OIP's events listing for information on opportunities for returned students.
Volunteer with Friends of Foreign Visitors!
Office of International Programs matches our visiting international
exchange students with a volunteer Brown student of similar interests.
As a volunteer, you will meet with your exchange student partner
in the beginning of the fall semester and be available throughout
their time at Brown if they have questions or concerns. Friends
of Foreign Visitors will advise on non-academic matters (ie:
social life at Brown, local restaurants, and entertainment).
Submit a diary entry, poem or short story to Journal
of Study Abroad, the OIP journal. Submissions may be forwarded to the OIP Resource Library for consideration.
Fill out a Program
Evaluation and add your name to the Contact List for
your school or program. You will be a valuable resource for students
thinking about going abroad–they actually want you to rave
or rant about your time abroad.
Submit photos to the Photo Contest
during second semester. Your photo may even be selected for the
cover of the FAQs of Study Abroad.
Thinking about a thesis for senior year? If you
can incorporate your international experience into your thesis,
you can win $200 through the OIP Scholars Award.
If you performed a worthy
service project while abroad, enter to win $200 in the OIP
Service Award.
Is your room a shrine to your country? Bring some
of those trinkets and posters to the Study Abroad Fair
in February. Represent your study abroad program in a room of
international sounds, sights, and colors and tell interested students
about your experience.
Share your experience at a Wednesday in
the World Lunch Series. Present to professors and students
in the OIP library.
Come work for us! We hire only once a year, so
check the Student
Employment Website during August to apply to be a Peer
Counselor in the Resource Library. It’s the best job on
campus. Really.
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