The ELI Weekly
Where in the World?
This semester, the ELI has 143 students from 27 countries. Ask your classmates where they are from!
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Notes from the Office
Student Addresses: It is important that the ELI has each student’s address. If you have an F or J visa, you should report a change of address within 10 days of any change. You can update your address in myELI using the ‘Basic Information’ tab in your ‘My Profile’ page. If you are outside of the United States, please provide the address in your home country. All students should update their address in myELI by Friday, September 17. If you need help updating your address in myELI, please contact Daryl at studyenglish@eli.ufl.edu or talk to him in Matherly 223.
Deadlines: The deadline to drop or add a class, pay tuition, submit proof of insurance and immunizations, and turn in financial guarantees, is Thursday, September 9th. If you miss any of these deadlines, you could be removed from classes or charged a late fee! If you have questions about paying tuition or submitting a financial guarantee, email Jennifer Vann at jvann@eli.ufl.edu. If you have questions about insurance or immunizations, email Victoria Dolce at vcshelly@ufl.edu.
Withdrawing: Students who withdraw from a course or from the ELI after the drop/add deadline (September 9) will not be able to receive a refund or credit for their courses. Their transcript will have a grade of W (withdraw).
Masks: Please wear your mask in ELI classes and offices. We know that some of our new students have not had time to be vaccinated yet, and many of our faculty and staff have children at home who are not old enough to be vaccinated. In order to help everyone have a successful and healthy semester, we need to take care of each other.
CIP Weekday Activities
Sign up for all activities this week here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C4BA9A823A02-student8
Monday, September 6th – No Activity – Labor Day Holiday
Tuesday, September 7th – Soccer – 6:30 – 9:00pm
Come play soccer on campus at Flavet Field! No experience necessary! You must sign up on the weekly activity signup to attend this activity.
Wednesday, September 8th -Volleyball – 6:30- 9:00pm
Play volleyball and hang out at Lexington Crossing Apartments Phase 2! No experience necessary. Take bus 34 or 35. You must sign up on the weekly activity signup to attend this activity.
Thursday, September 9th – Rotating Activity – GNV Farmers Market – 5:30-7:30pm
Come see Gainesville’s Farmers Market downtown at Heartwood Soundstage! Try food and see local arts and crafts while listening to live music! Bring money if you would like to buy something. Take bus 1, 5, or 46 then walk! You must sign up on the weekly activity signup to attend this activity.
Friday, September 10th – Movie Night (Zoom)– 6:30 – 9:00pm
Gator Nights is cancelled this week so we will do a Movie Night on Zoom! Come watch a movie in English and chat in the chatbox with friends! Vote between the new Cinderella Movie, the Green Lantern and Ferris Bueller’s Day off!
Weekend Activity
Saturday, September 11th – Nature Walk at Sweetwater Wetlands Park – 3:30-6:00pm
Walk this beautiful Florida trail with friends! See gators and birds and lots of greenery! You won’t want to miss this picture perfect Florida nature. Meet at Norman Garage at 3:30pm. Bring water, comfortable shoes, and sunscreen!
You must sign up on the weekly activity signup to attend this activity. ELI provided rides are limited. If there are no spaces left, email Tate at tquinones@eli.ufl.edu if you have your own ride or rideshare and will meet us at Sweetwater Wetlands Park at 3:45!
Conversation Partners!!!
Want to meet with an English speaker once a week and make a new friend?! Sign up here! https://forms.gle/ctQAzW8EjXgvhYgHA.
This is optional, but if you sign up, you agree to meet your partner once a week for one hour to speak English and respond to them when they contact you to make plans to arrange a meeting.
Try meeting them on campus or a coffee shop. Try chatting about your family or home country, and get practicing English! CPs are excited to meet you! Wait two weeks after signing up to be paired.
Birthdays!
Students:
9/8–Maria Segura Navarro
9/9–Wilson Macareno Seba
9/12–Carlina Gutierrez Lameda
Staff: None
Notes from the Editor
The ELI Weekly needs you! You can participate in several ways:
- Email grammar questions for me to answer in the Weekly.
- Email culture and manners questions for me to answer in the Weekly.
- Write a paragraph about your experiences this semester. You could write about an ELI activity, a Gainesville event, or even a place or event in your country.
Send your questions and reports to Maya (mshastri@ufl.edu).
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