The ELI Weekly
Out and About: Squirrels, Squirrels Everywhere
by Yeseul Han & Dahyoung (Sandy) Kim, RW41
CIP Weekday Activities
Special Friday Event
Friday, October 18th – Homecoming Parade – 11:00am – 1:30pm
Celebrate the Gators with this UF tradition! Watch the parade with floats from all over town, decorated for the Gator spirit in honor of the football season! Dress in orange and blue and cheer on UF with LAs and ELI friends! Meet at 11am in front of the Tigert Hall stairs for a great seat to watch the parade!
Address: 300 SW 13th St, Gainesville, FL 32611
You must sign up to attend this event: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C4BA9A823A02-52119076-homecoming
PLEASE NOTE: There is no Game Room activity this Friday, only the Homecoming parade.
Other CIP Reminders
Conversation Partners (CPs)
Want to meet with a fluent English speaker and make a new friend? Sign up for a CP! If you choose to sign up, you must meet with your partner for one hour a week. It can take up to two weeks to get a partner from when you sign up. Please sign up at this link: https://forms.gle/CZoP2zQ7nxWD4wcA8
Please email Rachel at conversationpartners@eli.ufl.edu for any issues, questions or concerns or visit her in the CIP Office during office hours.
CIP Passports
Don’t forget to get your CIP Passport hole punched from the activity leaders AT the event (not after). We don’t hole punch passports after the event. Redeem your completed passport for a small gift, a photo for the ELI Instagram, and your name published in the ELI weekly!
Need a new CIP Passport? Stop by the CIP Office!
Remember the CIP Pineapple is hidden in a new place every Monday in the CIP office. Stop by and find it for hole punches!
Notes from the Office
Homecoming Holiday: UF homecoming is on Friday, October 18. There are no classes, and the ELI office will be closed on Friday. You can attend the UF Homecoming Parade with the ELI, though!
People Out: Christine is out of the office from October 18-24. Please plan around these dates if you need to talk to Christine.
Community College Workshop: Representatives from the Santa Fe College and the College of Central Florida will speak to ELI students on Wednesday, October 30, at 5:00pm in Matherly Hall. We will announce the room number next week. This is great opportunity to learn about SF and CF, hear about the application process and timeline, and you can meet their International Student Services team.
Student Voices
Every semester, we have amazing student writers, so we take your writing and publish it in an online collection called Student Voices. In past semesters, students have written paragraphs, essays, creative stories, recipes, letters, obituaries, poetry, and more. You can see past editions of Student Voices (https://eli.ufl.edu/news-publications/, scroll to the bottom of the page) for inspiration.
We encourage you to submit anything of your work that you wish to see published. It can be from any class or something you have written on your own but ask your teachers for help editing! You can email it to Olga Moody (omoody@ufl.edu) or to your teacher. Please include your name and class on your submission. The deadline for submissions is Friday, November 1st.
Photo of the Week: Gator Soccer Fans
Birthdays!
Manners & Culture
Q: What is homecoming and why is it a holiday?
A: Homecoming is a US tradition for colleges, universities, and high schools to welcome alumni back to the campus for a visit in the fall. Homecoming is associated with a football game, and other events like parades, pep rallies, tailgating, and even selecting a homecoming king and queen.
It is actually unusual for a school to have the day as a holiday from classes, but the University of Florida makes the day more special by having a day off for students to participate in the activities. You can see more about the UF homecoming events here: https://www.gatorgrowl.org/gallery.
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.
Joke of the Week
How much does it cost to swim with sharks?
An arm and a leg!
Notes From the Editor
Come by my office (221 MAT) and help me write the Out and About section! There are so many topics to write about–a fun activity, an interesting place on campus, a club or hobby that you enjoy, or even tell us about a place to visit in your country. Bring a photo of your experience and put it in the Weekly.
Send stories and grammar, manners, or culture questions to Maya Shastri (mshastri@ufl.edu).