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Volume 143, Issue 8-October 26

TheELI Weekly

Out and About: El Indio

–by Melina Jimenez

Have you ever heard of taco Tuesdays? Well, my favorite place for tacos is El Indio! There are two locations in Gainesville and they’re both great! One of the locations is on 13th Street close to campus. My favorite order is a fajita burrito and fries. It’s A LOT of food, but it’s also the most delicious thing you could eat in Gainesville. If you’re feeling adventurous, you should also try horchata, which is a sweet rice milk beverage drink .

Melina’s burrito pendant shows the detail of a tortilla stuffed full of vegetables, meat, beans, and cheese. Photo credits: Melina Jimenez

 

CIP Activities

Monday October 26th – Game Night (Zoom) – 6 – 8pm 

Play fun virtual games with LAs and classmates! This week we will play Code Names!

 https://ufl.zoom.us/j/96129662095?pwd=TmdIdmgvWkFIekhBc0FwdFdOeW9NZz09

  • Meeting ID: 961 2966 2095
  • Passcode: gamenight

Tuesday October 27th – Campus Tour & Plaza Hangout (In-Person) – 5:30 – 7:30pm

If you are new student, this is your chance to see UF campus with a full tour! If you are returner, you can help us lead the tour and make new friends! We will also have the option to stay and hang out in the Plaza!

Sign up here:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C4BA9A823A02-plaza4

  • You MUST sign up, have attended the CIP overview or met with Tate, and be campus cleared to attend this activity
  • At this activity, you must wear a mask and stay 6 feet apart
  • Please see signup link for more details

Wednesday October 28th – Coffee and Culture Talk (Zoom)– 6:00 – 8:00pm 

Join us this week for our Halloween culture discussion!

https://ufl.zoom.us/j/99582032927?pwd=UlFOQ1pjaiswa3huUk41cnBuMEFiQT09 

  • Meeting ID: 995 8203 2927
  • Passcode: 926123

Thursday October 29th– Movie Night (Zoom) – 6 – 9pm

Come vote on a movie and watch it with LAs and ELI friends as we chat in the chatbox! Stick around for a fun discussion afterward! Movie choices this week are Hocus Pocus, Sleepy Hollow, and Nighmare Before Christmas.

https://ufl.zoom.us/j/92962712031?pwd=dnZhVnh5WTJxWE5FNGZaRndyOFN0UT09

  • Meeting ID: 929 6271 2031
  • Passcode: movienight

Saturday October 31st-Virtual Halloween Party (Zoom) – 6-8:30pm

Celebrate Halloween at the ELI! Watch some funny Halloween pranks, virtual haunted house, watch extreme pumpkin carving, and make Halloween bat decorations with just paper, a toilet paper roll, tape or glue and a black marker or paint! And of course other spooky activities!

Dress up in a Halloween costume if you can! Here is a list of easy Halloween costume ideas: https://www.pennlive.com/life/2019/10/easy-last-minute-halloween-costumes-for-kids-and-adults.html

 https://ufl.zoom.us/j/92411936922?pwd=ZFJmeTRpTy80WGZTSHcwcVZLaks5QT09

  • Meeting ID: 924 1193 6922
  • Passcode: halloween

CONVERSATION PARTNERS: We still have volunteers waiting to be paired! Do you want a second partner? Or maybe a third?Get paired today by emailing conversationpartners@eli.ufl.edu.

Tuesday Plaza Hangout

Notes from the Office

Santa Fe College Recruitment: Learn everything you need to know to become a student at Santa Fe College. Join the Zoom Workshop on October 28th, at 4:00 p.m. Join with this link:

https://sfcollege.zoom.us/j/95054028865?pwd=K0paUUpZbUozVjdIZERBbjFpRFdpZz09

  • Meeting ID: 950 5402 8865
  • Passcode: 657777

Expanded Office Hours: Beginning November 2nd, the ELI Main Office in 223 Matherly will be open for document drop-off and pick-up only between 10:30am and 3:30pm Monday through Friday. All advising sessions will be held over Zoom. You can mail individual faculty and staff to set up a Zoom meeting at the addresses found here:

https://eli.ufl.edu/faculty-and-staff. You can also reach the ELI main office by calling 352-392-2070 between 8am and 4:30pm, Monday through Friday.

Time Change: Daylight Savings Time in the US ends on November 1, 2020. That means we should all set the clocks back one hour. For example, on Sunday at 2:00am, you would change the clock to 1:00am. Most US cell phones will do the change automatically. Remember to check other clocks in your house. If you are in your home country, you will need to remember the time change for class, starting Monday, November 2, 2020.

International Education Week: The ELI would like to feature your country on our YouTube page for International Education Week in November. We need your expert help. Email Christine Voigt (christinevoigt@ufl.edu) if you would like to make a video to represent your country.

ELI Spring Classes 2021: You may have heard that UF will be offering in-person classes beginning with the Spring 2021 semester.  The ELI will do the same thing as UF.  Beginning with the Spring C 2021 semester, all ELI core classes for F-1 students will be offered in-person on campus.  Online sections of classes may also be available, depending on new regulations from the US government. We will give more information about the Spring C 2021 semester in November.

Birthdays!

Student:    Rakan Alotaibi 10/28

Staff:         Christine Voigt 10/30

Grammar

Q: I get the prepositions confused! Can you explain study in vs. study at?

A: It depends on what you are trying to express with the full sentence. If you are answering this question:

Where are you studying?

Then you can say:

  • I am studying at the University of Florida.

If you are answering this question: 

What are you studying?

You can say:

  • I am majoring in engineering.
  • I am studying engineering.

You can combine ideas like this:

  • I am majoring in engineering at the University of Florida.
  • I am studying engineering at the University of Florida

Here are some other examples:

  • He is a professor in the Physics Department at Harvard University.
  • I am a PhD student in Business at MIT.

TheELI Weekly needs you! Send your reports about activities, book/movie reviews, and grammar/culture questions to Maya Shastri (mshastri@ufl.edu).

 

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