The opportunity that the university offers to members of the community in hosting foreign students to make them feel at home in a different country than theirs is priceless. It is the hope that these bonds forged under the program will help to foster a better understanding of America. We have been welcoming students for some thirty years and we still hear from the students today and are in contact. At the same time these students formed friendships that span from Asia to Europe to the Middle East which is vital (in my opinion) because the students are the movers and the shakers in their generation.