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Office for International Students and Scholars. VESTA INITIATIVES = Welcome and Intercultural activities. VESTA? Quid?. Vesta refers to the Roman Goddess of the hearth fire. In the Roman Vesta-Temple, the Vestal Virgins had to maintain the eternal fire. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Office for International Students and Scholars
VESTA INITIATIVES = Welcome and Intercultural activities
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VESTA? Quid?
• Vesta refers to the Roman Goddess of the hearth fire. In the Roman Vesta-Temple, the Vestal Virgins had to maintain the eternal fire.
• VESTA at K.U.Leuven stands for: welcoming international guests and make them feel at home: the fire of hospitality.
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Vesta Committee
• The Vesta-Initiatives are taken by a Committee, composed of: colleagues of the Social Services for international students (housing, social service), some International Programme Co-ordinators, the person responsible for of the international students associations and for Pangaea (our international meeting centre).
• For, myself, I’m the co-ordinator of VESTA
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Vesta Initiatives
1. Orientation Days for new International Students & Scholars (Sep & Feb)
2. Buddy Programme 3. Follow-up Activities during the
Academic Year for students: information & intercultural sessions
4. Intercultural Training Programme for K.U.Leuven staff
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1. Orientation Days
- Welcome Day: welcome speech, information fair, guided tours, lecture on the history of K.U.Leuven & Belgium
- Practical Day: sessions on ‘Living in Leuven’, ‘Traffic Rules’, ‘Computer Facilities’, ‘Student Employment’, ‘Health Insurance’, ‘Dutch Survival Kit’ etc.
- Intercultural Day: sessions on our culture, intercultural games, sports activities
- Weekend Trips to Bruges
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2. Buddy Programme
• Sometimes called ‘tandem-programme’: International Students can ask for a Flemish buddy in order
to be helped during their first weeks and months
to bring the Flemish and the International Community closer in contact
to learn about each other’s culture
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3. Orientation Days Follow-up
• Session on Culture Shock• Session on Examination Regulations• ….
(activities (trips, St-Nicholas or Christmas Parties …) organised by Pangaea, International Contact Club and by the associations)
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4. Intercultural Training Programme for Personnel K.U.Leuven
• Sessions on Intercultural Awareness for international officers
• Workshops on intercultural diversity for residence-employees (technical and maintenance staff)
• Information Sessions: presentation of the several services and their staff working with and for international guests; a session on the English Language Tests (Toefl, IELTS)
• China Day etc.