Central Arizona College/Northeastern University Exchange Program Needs Host Family Volunteers 

In an effort to expand the cultural awareness of its students, faculty, and staff, Central Arizona College for the past several years has been reaching out to forge new international relationships. Central Arizona College and Northeastern University in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, The People's Republic of China, have formed an educational partnership designed to vigorously create collaborative exchanges between the two colleges. Both CAC and NEU recognize the value of and need for international cooperation between educational institutions.

Such cooperative ventures serve to further not only the needs and interests of students and faculty, but also of the community in general. Believing that education cannot be contained within political or geographic boundaries, both schools have agreed to establish a long-term exchange program between CAC and NEU students, faculty, and staff. And every member of the community can contribute to this valuable program by being a host family for a visiting Chinese professor, Brazilian professor, student, and/or staff member from Northeastern University during their stay at Central Arizona College.

Host families can interact with our visitors in any of the following ways:

• Invite an exchange student or teacher home for dinner, or to visit and/or stay in your home for a short time, especially during holidays.
• Plan activities and short trips to popular Arizona tourist spots and/or events that will give a foreign student or teacher a true sense of American culture. If possible, travel with him or her out of state.
•  Be genuinely interested in learning about a foreign student or faculty's culture and family. Accompany him or her to an event celebrating his or her country.
• Provide a foreign student or teacher with a point of contact if he or she has any questions or problems, or just wants to talk.

For more information on how you can become involved, call Dolores Underwood at 520-836-3823, or e-mail her at lolounder@msn.com.