What is hosting?

Hosting means sharing your culture and hospitality with an international student, scholar or professional. There are a wide variety of hosting opportunities from inviting an international visitor to your home for a family meal, to providing a place to stay during a week-long training program to a semester or academic year. A few hosting opportunities include:

  • Sharing your home with a student for the school year or semester
  • Hosting a teacher during an international exchange
  • Hosting a scholar, professional or international visitor while they participate in training or exchange
  • Expand your world by participating in short-term hosting options like:
    • Sharing your home for an evening, a few days, or a week
    • Hosting dinner for an international visitor
    • Meeting a group of participants out for dinner
    • Picking up international participants at the airport
    • Spending time with international visitors on the weekend

In their own words

Photo of Anita Bevan next to plaque saying "May all who enter as guests leave as friends."
Anita B. Host/Volunteer United States International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) United States Read the story
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