FRIEND Program
The FRIEND Program aims to Foster: Relationships, Intercultural Experiences, Navigation skills, and Discovery!
This is a semester-long program that pairs international and American students one-on-one to meet once a week to build friendship, learn about each other's home countries and cultures, and explore all that 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 has to offer together. Partners will be given a bingo card of activities to do together throughout the semester, including: exploring downtown, going to a 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State sporting event, and going to a FAB event together. Partners are free to meet whenever works for their schedules as long as it is for one hour each week for ten weeks during the semester. Everyone in the program will come together twice during the semester for a kick off event where you meet your partner and an end of program celebration.
Expectations of being in the FRIEND Program:
- Commit to the program for one semester
- Meet with your partner for one hour each week, at minimum
- Meet in person, always in mutually agreeable places
- Attend the kick off event (Sep. 9 from 12-1:30 p.m.) and end of program celebration (Dec. 2 from 12-1:30 p.m.)
- Fill out a short survey each week saying what you and your partner did together
- Be respectful of your partner and your potential differences
Benefits of becoming a FRIEND:
International Students:
- Adjust to life at an American university
- Discover resources, events, and ways to get involved on and off campus
- Reduce homesickness
- Learn about the American culture and American university culture
- Make new friends
- Share your culture/background
- Expand your worldview
- Improve English language speaking abilities
American Students:
- Make new friends from a different country
- Discover resources, events, and ways to get involved on and off campus
- Attend exciting events with a global focus
- Learn about a new culture
- Expand your worldview
- Develop intercultural competence skills
- Improve language speaking abilities for a language you are learning/interested in learning
Interested in joining?
Sign up now to be a part of the FRIEND Program for the Fall 2025 semester! The opportunity to sign up will close on Monday, September 1 at midnight. There will be 25 pairs selected for this semester, which means 50 students can participate in the program. We will email people to inform them they've gotten into the program by Friday, September 5.
If you have any further questions about the FRIEND Program, or have any difficulties with the application form on this website, please direct your inquires to isl@kent.edu.