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How to Spend Your Holidays in the USA:  A Guide for International Students
How to Spend Your Holidays in the USA: A Guide for International Students
November 16, 2023
This is a guide for international students to learn about holidays in the US. We showcase Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s and how you can spend them.
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Understanding Culture Shock: The Impact of Returning Home
Understanding Culture Shock: The Impact of Returning Home
November 8, 2023
Hello, friends! 😄 How’s it going? This is (sadly) the last post of our Culture Shock series… and I’d like to start our conversation by taking you back to your childhood. I assume you did some arts and crafts, using paint and mixing them to create new colors. Now imagine yourself being the paint — this Read more…
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Understanding Culture Shock: Challenges with Your Spouse
Understanding Culture Shock: Challenges with Your Spouse
November 2, 2023
Attention all married students and students who intend to be married– this post is for you! 🫵 You might have gotten married before ever thinking about coming to the United States, or maybe you got married with the intention of coming to the States with that special person of yours. 😍 The fact is that Read more…
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Podcast Episodes

Check out our podcast The World at Home to hear real stories of International students finding community

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The World at Home S2. Ep 1: About Us

Have you ever wondered why we serve international students here at IFI? Or who the faces are behind the name, International Friendships Inc? For Season Two of our podcast, we thought we would share a little more about who we are! Let's not be strangers, watch this episode to learn a little more about us :)

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The World at Home Ep 5: Building Community

In this episode, we meet with Samuel, an international student from India, at his house in Cleveland, Ohio to talk about Community! Make yourself some chai and join us on the couch!

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The World at Home Ep 4: Facing Uncertainty

Episode 4 of The World at Home Podcast, features Bhavana, an international student from India, who opens up about the emotional ups and downs of pursuing education in a foreign country — especially when the future feels unclear. How do you face uncertainty???

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