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Update from Community Engagement

We will meet once every two weeks and when events come up, we will meet once a week.
Our next meeting will be on Thursday, 29th of October, 5:30pm at Huntsman GSR Rm 366

Our committee is currently planning….

Movie Night: A tentative idea – BYO international food with an international-theme movie such as Crash, Babel, or something else.
American Sports Event: A gathering once in a while to watch an American sport together – most likely a Phillies game!
Committee dinner: There will be an AIS US Engagement Committee Dinner this Friday, after our committee meeting at 4:30pm. The location will be announced soon!
Community Service event: Every year, the AIS US Engagement Committee does a community service event for some local elementary/middle school students. We are looking for a different school to help out this year, and this event will most likely take place in November.
BYO event: US engagement committee has been assigned the task of organizing BYO events for the AIS as a whole.

Community Engagement

The Community Engagement committee is one that is dedicated to bridging the gap between international students and domestic students, both at Penn and in the greater Philadelphia community. We are currently planning a service trip wherein international students can share their experiences with elementary school children in Philadelphia and give [...]