{"id":31769,"date":"2014-11-18T03:14:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T08:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=31769"},"modified":"2014-11-17T13:02:46","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T18:02:46","slug":"host-an-international-student-for-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/11_18_2014\/host-an-international-student-for-thanksgiving","title":{"rendered":"Host an international student for Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for International Studies and Programs is inviting UT faculty and staff to host an international student for Thanksgiving. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/turkey-dinner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/turkey-dinner.jpg\" alt=\"turkey dinner\" width=\"347\" height=\"233\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-31913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/turkey-dinner.jpg 347w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/turkey-dinner-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><\/a>Share in a cross-cultural experience as you celebrate the holiday. American families are invited to volunteer and open their homes to eat a meal with international students. <\/p>\n<p>Thanksgiving is Thursday, Nov. 27, and many U.S. families will host a dinner on this day. However, some families may serve dinner on another day. Even if you celebrate Thanksgiving on another day that weekend, you are invited to sign up as an American host family.<\/p>\n<p>Register at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utoledo.edu\/cisp\/thanksgiving\/\">utoledo.edu\/cisp\/thanksgiving<\/a> by 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a great opportunity to meet new people and bring different cultures together,\u201d Diane Engbretson, assistant director for the Center for International Studies and Programs, said. \u201cThis is the center\u2019s third year of coordinating this event, and we encourage the UT community to participate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Engbretson at <a href=\"mailto:diane.engbretson@utoledo.edu\"> diane.engbretson@utoledo.edu<\/a> or call 419.530.4232.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for International Studies and Programs is inviting UT faculty and staff to host an international student for Thanksgiving. Share in a cross-cultural experience as you celebrate the holiday. American families are invited to volunteer and open their homes to eat a meal with international students. Thanksgiving is Thursday, Nov. 27, and many U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/11_18_2014\/host-an-international-student-for-thanksgiving\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31769"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}