Enjoy the friendship of American hosts while you are here!

Date/Time
21 Aug 2024 until 21 Aug 2025
All Day

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There are wonderful families and individuals in the local community surrounding the University of Illinois who really enjoy cross-cultural friendships with international students and visiting scholars. Enrich your time here by taking advantage of this opportunity! International Friendships can arrange connections for you with American friendship hosts. We try to coordinate this with the preferences that you are asked to indicate below.

Get connected! Enjoy a meal together, experience some fun activities, and share valuable times of conversing and hearing each other’s stories, life perspectives and goals! IFI will help to coordinate the details in a manner that keeps your busy schedule in mind. If your have family members living here with you, they are very welcome to participate. Just list those members, along with the ages of any children, below. Don’t pass up this opportunity to enjoy some local hospitality and friendship! Sign up today!

First Name:(Required)

Last Name (family/surname):(Required)

Phone(Required)

Email(Required)

Your local address (street, apt.#, ciry):(Required)

The country that you are from (a citizen of):(Required)

Your sex (M or F):(Required)

Other family members staying here with you (or say None) List children's ages if applicable:(Required)

Foods that you do not eat (explain or say None):(Required)

What is your native language?(Required)

When will you complete your stay here? (Month/Year):(Required)

What degree/department are you here for? (if other reason, describe):(Required)

Please list your areas of interest (hobbies, talents, sports, entertainment, etc.):(Required)

Are you ok with pets in the home? (Yes or No - if Yes, explain):(Required)

Do you have any allergies or health issues that your host should know about? (Yes or No - if Yes,explain)

Do you have a car and are able to transport yourself to host location? (yes or No):(Required)