International Student Hosting Program
GCIV is pleased to announce its new and exciting international student hosting program. As another channel for citizen diplomacy, hosts have the opportunity to share their home with students and scholars from around the world while creating cross-cultural friendships and engaging in international understanding. Students are enrolled at local universities or intensive English institutes and stay anywhere from two months to a year or more.
Hosting an international student in your home can enrich you, your family, other household members and your community by providing each an opportunity to become better informed about and connected to the world beyond U.S. borders.
Hosts provide a private room and a comfortable, safe learning environment that the students can call home. Students choose a Breakfast Only or Breakfast and Dinner option. Hosts receive a stipend to cover the costs of providing a room and meals.
Host homes must be located near public transportation to universities or ESL centers. For more information and to receive an application, contact Shell Stuart at 404-832-5560 x 21 or shell@gciv.org.
Below please find a list of participating schools.
Atlanta English Institute, Chamblee
English for Internationals, Roswell, Lawrenceville
Emory University, International Students and Scholars
ESL Instruction & Consulting, Downtown Atlanta
Georgia Institute of Technology, Language Institute
Georgia Perimeter College, ESL Department, Clarkston and Dunwoody
Georgia State University, Intensive English Program
Interactive College of Technology, Chamblee
Kennesaw State University
Mercer University, English Language Institute, Chamblee
Morehouse College
Savannah College of Art and Design
Southern Polytechnic State University, ELS Language Center, Marietta
Spelman College
Troy University, ESL Department, Dunwoody