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Send us Fan Mail In this our thirty second (32nd) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews International student Sophia Chang of Taiwan about her experience here at Seattle Colleges and about life in the United States.  1:19 - Introducing Sophia 4:44 - Working on campus as a front desk staffer in International Programs 9:58 - English Proficiency exam 10:56 - Family and living sit...

Send us Fan Mail In this our thirty first (31st) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews International student Hamza Cheema of Pakistan about his experience here at Seattle Colleges and about life in the United States.  1:19 - Introducing Hamza! 1:42 - Graduating with a BAS and being at all three campuses 6:33 - Interacting with instructors 8:23 - Thinking about studying oversea...

Send us Fan Mail In this our thirtieth (30th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews YSEALI (Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative) exchange fellow Linh Bui from Vietnam.  Launched in 2013, the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) is the U.S. government’s signature program to strengthen leadership development and networking in Southeast Asia. Through a variety o...

Send us Fan Mail In this our twenty-ninth (29th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews International student Handan Karakucuk of Turkey about her experience here at Seattle Colleges  and about life in the United States.  1:19 - Introducing Handan 2:17 - Differences between Turkey and U.S. education systems 3:23 - Thinking about studying in the U.S. 7:04 - Making friends in Sea...

Send us Fan Mail In this our twenty-eighth (28th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews International student Hung Truong (or simply 'Michael') of Vietnam about his experience here at Seattle Colleges  and about life in the United States.  1:26 - Introducing Michael! 2:34 - The weather 3:20 - The decision to study overseas and the visa interview 7:41 - Accomodations...

Send us Fan Mail In this our twenty seventh (27th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews International Student Advisor Michelle Barreto! 1:18 - Introducing Michelle! 5:36 - What's your schedule? 7:05 - Starting with advisors and the Front Desk 10:20 - Contact the Front Desk: intlnorth OR intlcentral OR intlsouth @seattlecolleges.edu 11:12 - Advocating for yourself 14:55 -...

Send us Fan Mail In this our twenty-sixth (26th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews international student Ester Efile Djamba of the Democratic Republic of Congo. 1:08 - Introducing Ester! 2:34 - Growing up in Congo 4:22 - Grey's Anatomy 5:27 - Learning English and SCIE 8:01 - Meeting the local people 12:20 - The visa process and using an agent 22:00 - Traveling to the...

Send us Fan Mail In this our twenty-fifth (25th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews Interim Director of International Student Services Lindsey Hoogkamer Smith about all the ways we support international students here at Seattle Colleges.  1:18 - Introducing Lindsey! 2:21 - Student Advising: Front Desk People 4:02 - Hours of Operation 5:30 - Starfish 7:15 - Registering for c...

Send us Fan Mail In this our twenty-fourth (24th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews international short-term certificate student Victoria Holler Omdahl about her experience here at Seattle Colleges in Seattle, Washington.  1:22 - Introducing Victoria! 2:04 - Short-term certificates 5:34 - Finding Seattle Colleges 7:33 - Housing, Light rail and ORCA cards 9:30 - A family of...

Send us Fan Mail In this our twenty third (23rd) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews three of our graduating international students in our first panel discussion: North Seattle student Diego Falcon Costilla of Mexico,  Seattle Central student Xinke 'Cola' Su of the People's Republic of China and South Seattle student Aliia Alimkulova of Kyrgyzstan. 1:40 - Intr...

Send us Fan Mail In this our twenty-second (22nd) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews graduating international student Gavriel Hadisenjaya, or simply 'Gavy', about his experience here at Seattle Colleges in Seattle, Washington.  1:57 - Introducting Gavy! 2:37 - I'm graduating, by the way 3:07 - How I got to Seattle 4:23 - Transferring and TAGs 6:12 - The Compu...

Send us Fan Mail In this our twenty-first (21st) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews the South Seattle campus Culinary Arts Program Chef Instructor David Hatfield about our Culinary and Hospitality programs! 1:16 - Introduction 1:47 - Culinary, the degrees you can earn and international student in the program 7:11 - Cooking the foods of your homeland 10:15 - Why would I come...

Send us Fan Mail In this our twentieth (20th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews international nursing student Mone Yoshida of Japan about her experience here at South Seattle College. 1:27 - Introducing Mone! 2:04 - South Seattle and the nursing program 7:56 - Coming to America 11:52 - What do you like about Seattle? 13:01 - Working on campus 17:05 - What do you do for fun...

Send us Fan Mail In this our nineteenth (19th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews international student Yu-Ho Wang of Taiwan about his experience here at Seattle Colleges 1:16 - Introducing 2:31 - Going to study abroad 3:23 - Studying in the U.S. 4:58 - Finance major 8:25 - Plans to transfer and TAGs* 9:44 - Family coming to visit 11:27 - Professors and classmates 14:23 - W...

Send us Fan Mail In this our eighteenth episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews Amanda Fletcher, the International Programs Director of Engagement. 1:15 - Introduction 2:25 - What is Engagement? 3:44 - International ambassadors 6:21 - Short term programs 8:53 - Study abroad 10:20 - Orientation 11:37 - Front desk 12:41 - Activities 18:13 - Time abroad 22:07 - Final advice 22:40 -...

Send us Fan Mail In this our seventeenth (17th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews Charles Hornstra, the EducationUSA REAC (Regional Educational Advising Coordinator) for Mainland Southeast Asia & China, Australia, New Zealand, and Samoa. Charles is based in Bangkok, Thailand. He shares with our audience information about EducationUSA - what it is and how the network he...

Send us Fan Mail In this our sixteenth (16th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews Seattle Colleges Intensive English Instructor Colleen Comidy about her experience here at Seattle Colleges and about how she helps students that want to come here to improve their English.  1:16 - Introducing Colleen! 4:51 - Teaching students from all over 7:02 - Class time 8:21 - Living in Ita...

Send us Fan Mail In this our fifteenth (15th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews International Programs Associate Director of Marketing & Outreach Gina Nakamura about her experience here at Seattle Colleges and about how she helps students that want to come here to study.  1:17 - Introducing Gina! 2:32 - ESL and ELL learners 4:07 - Asia 5:32 - Growing up in Seattle Coll...

Send us Fan Mail In this our fourteenth (14th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews international student Francisco Fonseca of Argentina about his experience here at Seattle Colleges here in Seattle, Washington.  1:26 - Introducing Francisco! 2:08 - Graduating soon and course of study 11:29 - Visas 14:09 - Hearing about and coming to Seattle Colleges 19:31 - International Amb...

Send us Fan Mail In this our thirteenth (13th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews international student Telvin Katuta Kameta of Kenya about his experience here at Seattle Colleges here in Seattle, Washington.  1:26 - Introducing Telvin! 4:25 - Doing the application 5:52 - Why the U.S.? 7:08 - Why Seattle? 8:33 - Why Seattle Colleges? 11:02 - Living situation 16:11 - Visa pr...

Send us Fan Mail In this our twelfth (12th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews international/domestic student Blaine Marc Relatado of the Philippines about his experience here at our North Seattle Colleges campus in Seattle, Washington.  1:15 - Introducing Blaine and coming from the Philippines 6:25 - Working at Central and business 9:32 - Volleyball and the MAC Center 11:5...

Send us Fan Mail In this our eleventh episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews International Programs Associate Director of Marketing & Outreach Beata Anderson about her experience here at Seattle Colleges and about how she helps students that want to come here to study.  Beata is the regional representative for students from Eastern Europe and Scandinavia (to include Turkey)...

Send us Fan Mail In this our tenth episode (#10!), Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews International Programs Advisor Shunsuke 'Shun' Kanazawa about his role helping students succeed here at Seattle Colleges.  1:18 - Introducing Shun! 5:15 - Hiking and running and... 9:04 - Coming to the U.S. - I-20s and F-1 visas 10:30 - Housing 13:29 - Making an appointment with an adviso...

Send us Fan Mail In this our ninth episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews international student Linh Tran of Vietnam about her experience here at our North Seattle Colleges campus in Seattle, Washington.  1:18 - Introducing Linh! and how she got here 6:14 - Transferring 10:30 - Vietnamese Club and food 12:40 - Experience living heree 17:10 - TAGs (Transfer Admission Guarantees)...

Send us Fan Mail In this our eighth episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews International Programs Housing Coordinator Olivia DeVille about housing and housing options here at Seattle Colleges.  1:17 - Introducing Olivia! 4:20 - Dorm rooms and how to get one 6:26 - When to apply for housing? 8:01 - The keys and the stuff inside 10:03 - Security and the RAs 11:52 - Housing Prices...