San Diego National Meeting

We enjoyed monsoon weather in sunny San Diego while attending a very fun and informative national meeting.  One of four students in the whole country selected to be on a student panel, Tim was definitely the star with his humor and extraordinary talent playing the violin.

Happy Chinese New Year!

The CIEE New Year's Party was a huge success.  We ate delicious food and enjoyed great company.

Chi & Tim cooking for the CNY party 



Chi & Mary Beth



Jim & Mary in Chinese jackets





Black History Month

Kate, Brian, Charles, Tim, Marian, Marvin, Saskia, and Clara climbed aboard the big white van with Jim at the wheel to travel to Birmingham to tour Civil Rights sites. Birmingham was an important hub of activity during the Civil Rights movement. Here, they pose in front of the 16th Street Baptist Church, site of a bombing in 1963 by anti-segregation radicals, that killed four young girls during the height of the movement.

The Year of the Rabbit

Happy Chinese New Year!  Jim and Mary will be hosting a Chinese New Year's party at their house Sunday, February 13, at 5:00 p.m.  Please RSVP ASAP. (Sorry for the late notice.)




Please remember to attend the Civil Rights Tour (required of all grants students, cost covered by scholarship) Saturday, February 12.  We will depart Huntsville at 8:30 a.m. (we'll meet at a centralized location, based on who's coming) and return at approximately 4:30 p.m. The day will start with a tour of the 16th Street Baptist Church, site of a KKK bombing that killed 4 black girls in September, 1963, during the peak of the Civil Rights movement.  Next, we'll have lunch at Mrs. B's, a nearby restaurant specializing in soul food, and after lunch, we'll visit the Civil Rights Institute, a museum focusing on the Civil Rights movement in Alabama.  The combined cost for admissions will be $8 for students and $17 for adults.  Jim has reserved a 15 passenger van which the scholarships will pay for so there's no extra cost for that.  Lunch should be under $10 per person.  (Again, all costs are covered for grants students).

Grants Meetting in Atlanta

Marion, Saskia, Clara, Kate, and Krystyna attended the Grants Meeting in Atlanta,Georgia, with Jim, January 27-28.  They joined grants students from South Carolina, Florida, Chattanooga, TN, and Atlanta, GA, and had a great time touring the State Capitol, CNN, and the Federal Reserve Bank.

Congratulations, Tim!

Tim was one of four CIEE exchange students in the entire country to be invited to attend the upcoming CIEE National Meeting in San Diego, CA, February 18-20.  Way to go, Tim!!