Celebration of World Cultures – International Week 2011

I’ve neglected this little blog! There’s always something going on in IELI to keep me (and the students) busy. We welcomed 96 new students for our Spring 2 term! I think the new students are settled in and starting to feel at home here in Denton. That’s my hope at least! We have our PALs [...]

Summer Welcome

It’s officially the first day of summer, and it is already 100 degrees in Denton. Thank goodness for swimming pools and air conditioning! This summer, we welcomed 90 new students to IELI. That’s a big number for the summer term! The 90 new students included a group of 28 students from Zirve University in Turkey, [...]

Spring 2 Wrap-Up

Take a look at some of the fun things that took place in IELI this term: At the ranch, students and teachers relaxed, played volleyball, basketball, and soccer, flew kites, went on tractor rides, played field games, went through a giant maze (see below), and had a great lunch. It was a perfect day to [...]

Snow, Valentine’s Day, and New Year!

Happy Valentine’s Day and Lunar New Year! We’ve had some excitement at UNT in the last few days. First, it started snowing on Thursday last week, and UNT closed early because of the weather. It snowed all night, so school was cancelled on Friday too. Usually, if it snows, the snow melts right away. But [...]

Six Flags

I’m back! I’m sorry I have neglected this blog. Life in IELI has been as busy as ever. I’ve been working hard to publish the IELI student writing magazine, The STAR. I finished it a few days ago and sent it off to the printer. In addition to the paper copies, The STAR will be on the [...]

International Education Week

Next week is International Education Week, celebrated by universities across the United States. UNT-International is participating in this special week by offering a wide range of special activities for students and the community. Here’s our schedule of events. My favorite event? The annual American Thanksgiving Dinner, hosted by Global Interact, UNT and TWU. International Education [...]

IELI in the Homecoming Parade

Last Saturday was a BEAUTIFUL day, and the students and I had a great time representing IELI in the UNT Homecoming Parade. The students showed up early on Saturday to help put our float together. It turned out pretty good! Check out the photos: Unfortunately, UNT lost the football game that afternoon, but it was [...]

UNT Homecoming

This week is a busy one for IELI students. The Fall 1 term is wrapping up, so our students have exams this week. The good news is that they have a vacation next week before the Fall 2 starts again. This weekend is also UNT Homecoming! Homecoming is one of my favorite university traditions. IELI, [...]

WorldFest on the Square

UNT-International, with groups from the Denton community, put together the first ever WorldFest on the Square last Saturday. Check out the article that the Denton Record-Chronicle wrote about WorldFest. The weather was perfect, the food was great, and the students who performed dances and musical numbers were tremendous. WorldFest was a fun way for UNT students and [...]

IELI Stats

Hello readers! I thought some of you might be interested in this information. This term in IELI, we have 366 students enrolled in classes. This includes 130 new students. Here’s the break down of our students by country: China – 144 Saudi Arabia – 55 Korea – 52 Taiwan – 42 Japan – 25 Libya [...]