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International Student Union

This month, the ISU had undertaken three major activities. On the 30th of September, 2005 the ISU has organized a party in the Old Café Bodega. This was organized for two reasons: fare well to the former ISU board members and also welcome to the new board members and all international students. Even if the party was organized by the ISU, many Norwegian students had also taken part. Because the ISU has, as one of its projects, the task of creating understanding between Norwegian and international students. It is also an indication that all ISU activities are wide open for all the student community at the University of Tromsø.

The ISU has also started a move to materialize the Host Family Program, in which case voluntary Norwegian families will pick up voluntary international students as their ‘family’ until the student complete his/her studies. For this purpose, the ISU had dispatched a letter demanding international students to respond if they wanted to have a ‘family’ here. Many students responded and expressed their eager interest in the project. Their names have now been compiled and the Union will soon start discussions with the Counseling Center at the university to plan the next move.

The President and the Vice-President of the Union also attended the ISU- National Assembly in Oslo from 7-9 October. Here some important decisions were made. Some of these are payment of 1000 NOK per delegate on each ISU-National Assembly, revision of the ISU-National Constitution, and Cooperation between the different branches of the ISU. The Vice-President was delegated to be member of the Revision Committee.