The ELI Weekly Weekend Event Saturday, March 23rd – Kanapaha Botanical Gardens: Spring Garden Festival – 9:30am – 12:30pm Visit Gainesville’s beautiful botanical gardens with over 60 acres of amazing plants and walking paths throughout. It is a special weekend to visit because it is the Spring Garden Festival! There will over 100 booths offering […]
The ELI Weekly Out and About: Salsa by Rolande Yahano Pagoui, RW 50 and Jake Lasi, RW40 The Gator Salsa last Thursday was so fun! There were a lot of people, including many ELI students. In fact, there were three classes, and two of them were mostly composed of ELI students. The classes were organized […]
The ELI Weekly Out and About: Latin Dancing in Gainesville by Patricia Moon Since many of our students are from Latin America, many know how to dance cumbia, salsa, bachata, and merengue. Which country has the best dancers? For salsa, I’ve always heard it was the Colombians! Especially the Colombians from the city of Cali. […]
The ELI Weekly Out and About: My First Experience in the ELI by Yureidy Chinchilla, RW60 When I finished my first semester in ELI, I could say it was one of the best experiences of my life. So, it all started in August of last year. I was in Colombia when I made the decision […]
The ELI Weekly Weekend Events We have two weekend events this week! You are welcome to attend both but if you do, you will need to leave the first event early to make it to the second event on time. Both activities are on the same sign up. Please only sign up if you are […]
The ELI Weekly Out and About: My First Week at the ELI by Joao Ambrozio, RW 30 In my first week at Gainesville taking classes, I had new experiences as a student as an independent person. It’s very difficult and tiring manage even my small apartment by myself. My first day alone was a strange […]
The ELI Weekly Out and About: Timor-Leste by Jake Lasi, RW 43 Timor-Leste or East Timor is also known as known as ILHA LAFAEK, which means the crocodile island. There is a legend of Timor-Leste that says the island WAS MADE FROM A CROCODILE. Those myths were famous within the island, where some of the […]
The ELI Weekly UF Campus Landmarks: Century Tower One interesting landmark on the University of Florida campus is Century Tower. The tower was built in 1956 and is 157 feet tall. The top of the tower is the home of a carillon, or a set of bells. The UF carillon has 61 bells that are […]
The ELI Weekly Commencement Ceremony Friday December 8th at 10:00am, University Auditorium Congratulations on making it to the end of the semester! We hope you learned more English, made some wonderful friends and had some fun, as well. You should all be very proud of yourselves, and we’d like to celebrate your accomplishment at our […]
The ELI Weekly Scholarship Winners Congratulations to the recipients of the ELI scholarships for the Spring 2024 Semester! Dr. Jayne C. Harder Memorial Scholarship: Jiyeon “Journie” Park Dr. J.C. Casagrande Peace Scholarship: Danney Pamplona Cardenas First Runner-Up: Yureidy Chinchilla Romero Second Runner-Up: Jaime Baeza Hernandez Third Runner-up: Diana Barragan Caicedo Out and About: Down the […]