{"id":84955,"date":"2018-09-20T12:34:24","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T22:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=84955"},"modified":"2019-04-09T15:14:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T01:14:39","slug":"host-families-hilo-nternational-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/09\/20\/host-families-hilo-nternational-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Host families help UH<\/abbr> Hilo welcome 100 new international students"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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The new fall 2018 cohort of international students was welcomed to UH<\/abbr> Hilo by host families at a reception held on campus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\"international<\/p>\n

Nearly 100 new international students enrolled at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> in the fall 2018 semester were welcomed to their new island home by host families at a reception held on campus.<\/p>\n

The Host Family Program<\/a> matches international students with local families to help them adjust to their new life in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and develop a sense of ʻohana<\/span> in Hilo.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s a way for new students not only to become part of the local community beyond the campus, but for families to learn more about other cultures and countries,” said Jim Mellon<\/strong>, director of International Student Services. “The program builds bridges between the campus and the community, and between cultures and nations.”<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> Hilo has joined Welcoming America<\/a> and hundreds of communities nationwide in assisting the assimilation of international students and scholars, immigrants and refugees through activities such as the Host Family Program. A welcome party for new and returning international students, and a buddy program that pairs new international students with an American friend, are among the campus\u2019 activities.<\/p>\n

“These events are part of a powerful and growing movement in our country and around the world demonstrating that communities want to be welcoming,” said Rachel Peric, executive director of Welcoming America. “At a time of rising anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies that hurt families, Welcoming Week is a reminder of the resilient and inclusive spirit of American communities.”<\/p>\n

Read more at UH<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Host Family Program matches international students with local families to help them adjust to their new life in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[935,14,907],"class_list":["post-84955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-international-student","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-hilo-stories","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84955"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84988,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84955\/revisions\/84988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}