{"id":62358,"date":"2019-11-26T16:24:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T21:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=62358"},"modified":"2019-11-27T08:34:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T13:34:41","slug":"brock-community-encouraged-to-host-international-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2019\/11\/brock-community-encouraged-to-host-international-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock community encouraged to host international students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">A special dinner with family and friends, tobogganing, ice skating or watching a classic Christmas movie are just some events that many Brock Univeristy community members enjoy every holiday season. For a\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">growing number of international students at Brock, the time of year can be difficult as they remain in Canada and away from their loved ones. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cFor many students, the increased cost of travel makes the journey home unaffordable,\u201d said Sandra Gruosso, Associate Director of Brock International Services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Home for the Holidays program helps place international students with Brock faculty or staff over the winter break. The goal is to ensure no student has to spend the festive season alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Brock International Services feels a \u201csense of responsibility\u201d to ensure all students have an enjoyable winter break, said Gruosso.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cStudents have come to Brock from thousands of miles away and entrusted us with their experience,\u201d she said. \u201cAs Canadians, and members of the Brock community, we should all open our hearts and homes during the holiday season.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Home for the Holidays program brings the Brock community together by connecting a host and an international student for a traditional family event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of flexibility, which will make it easier for everyone to participate,\u201d said Gruosso.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Faculty and staff interested in hosting an international student during the holiday break, taking place Dec. 20 to Jan. 5, are invited to attend an information session on Wednesday, Nov. 27 from noon to 1 p.m. in WH 305.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Registration is not required and attending the information session is not a prerequisite to participate in the program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">For more information or to register as a host, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/international\/current\/international-services\/home-for-the-holidays-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">program\u2019s website<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Home for the Holidays program helps place international students with Brock faculty or staff over the winter break to ensure they don&#8217;t spend the festive season alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":62367,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,39,40,7,55,37,41,1,4,38],"tags":[159,6003,6002],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62358"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62358"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62369,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62358\/revisions\/62369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}