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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS GAIN HOMEY FEELING DURING HOLIDAY

	For international students who cannot return home during the
holidays, the end-of-semester break can be bleak.  The University of
VirginiaÕs International Studies Office/International Center tries
to give students a feeling of being home for the holidays.

	Lorna Sundberg, program coordinator at the International
Center, arranges for foreign students to visit area homes, where
they enjoy meals and holiday festivities.  She notes that students
from 92 countries are attending U.Va. this semester.  For details on
how some international students will be spending the holiday,
contact Sundberg at (804) 924-7983, office, or (804) 973-5240, home.

	Thomas W. Payne Jr., associate dean for external affairs at
U.Va.Õs McIntire School of Commerce, and his wife, Joanne, will be
hosting Guangcao Ji, a Chinese graduate student, and his wife.
Payne can be reached at his office, (804) 924-4169, or at home,
(804) 977-9458.

	In addition, several area families are members of
International Host Programs (IHP), a community-based group that
welcomes foreign students to Charlottesville.  The families contact
students in their native country before they arrive in
Charlottesville, often meet them at the airport, and may arrange
get-togethers during their stays here.

	IHP member Gerda Pirsch expects to host at least two Chinese
graduate students for Christmas dinner this year.  She can be
reached at (804) 982-3584, office, or (804) 973-6016, home.


OFFICE RETURNS TO OLD HOME

	The International Studies Office, which coordinates
activities pertaining to foreign students and scholars, has returned
to its former location.  The office, which provides advisors to
foreign students and coordinates overseas studies and international
exchanges, is once again located on the second floor of Minor Hall.
(The International Center remains at 21 University Circle.)  For
more information, contact the office at (804) 982-3010.



December 20, 1994