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Thank you for attending our International Student Mixer
Sunday, November 8th, 2009Dear Students
We want to express our sincere appreciation to you for attending our first International Student Mixer.
It was a tremendous opportunity for us to familiarize you with our company and services and to help you connect with other International Students and Foreign Exchange Visitors in town. We had a great time meeting you, and I hope you enjoyed your time with us.
You will find bellow our presentation, pictures and quiz, so that you can review them and eventually share them with your friends and classmate.
Click here to download the quiz and the answers.
Before we end for now, we have a favor to ask you. As you realized, our goal is to make life simplified for international students and foreign exchange visitors in the USA. To do that and to better assist you in the future, we need to know more about you. Therefore, could you please send us an email at contact@uintheusa.com in which you will describe your concerns and difficulties as international students or foreign exchange visitors in Los Angeles? What is missing for you to have a superior experience and make the most of your time in California?
Finally, share your experience with your friends & classmates and join our Fan club on Facebook.
We look forward to helping make the most of your experience and keep your dream alive.
In the meantime, please do not hesitate to call us or stop by our office if you have any questions or concerns relating to life in the United States.
Sincerely,
U in the USA
Despite Its Woes, California’s Dream Still Lives
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009Hi everyone,
We came across a great article from the Time in which they illustrate how California is still a place where”dreams” can be achieved.
California, you may have heard, is an apocalyptic mess of raging wildfires, soaring unemployment, mass foreclosures and political paralysis. It’s dysfunctional. It’s ungovernable. Its bond rating is barely above junk. It’s so broke, it had to hand out IOUs while its leaders debated how many prisoners to release and parks to close. Nevada aired ads mocking California’s business climate to lure its entrepreneurs. The media portray California as a noir fantasyland of overcrowded schools, perpetual droughts, celebrity breakdowns, illegal immigration, hellish congestion and general malaise, captured in headlines like “Meltdown on the Ocean” and “California’s Wipeout Economy” and “Will California Become America’s First Failed State?” Actually, it won’t.
Ignore the California whinery. It’s still a dream state. In fact, the pioneering megastate that gave us microchips, freeways, blue jeans, tax revolts, extreme sports, energy efficiency, health clubs, Google searches, Craigslist, iPhones and the Hollywood vision of success is still the cutting edge of the American future — economically, environmentally, demographically, culturally and maybe politically. It’s the greenest and most diverse state, the most globalized in general and most Asia-oriented in particular at a time when the world is heading in all those directions. It’s also an unparalleled engine of innovation, the mecca of high tech, biotech and now clean tech. In 2008, California’s wipeout economy attracted more venture capital than the rest of the nation combined. Somehow its supposedly hostile business climate has nurtured Google, Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Facebook, Twitter, Disney, Cisco, Intel, eBay, YouTube, MySpace, the Gap and countless other companies that drive the way we live.
Click here to read more.
You don’t have to read everything , but we think the first part will provide you enough information to understand the overall context.
Enjoy the article and let us know your thoughts.
All the best,
U in the USA
Yelp’s Fall-ing for Pumpkin
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Good morning everyone,
Hope you are doing well despite our windy and cold weather.
This morning, we are sharing with you this interesting post from Yelp. It’s all about Pumpkin,
No matter which way you carve it, nothing says fall like the mighty pumpkin. Restos all around town agree as they’re busy reincorporating this most festive of fruit back into the kitchen – and for some, it never left. On the off chance you suffer cucurbitophobia (a fear of pumpkins), we must warn you that this Weekly Yelp is dedicated to the King of ‘Kins, in all of its glorious forms! Click here to read their post.
To learn more about Pumpkin, we also found this great website called Pumpkin Patch. They have everything you need to know about Pumpkin for Halloween.
Happy Halloween.
U in the USA
College Students get Windows 7 for $29.99 – Sweet Deal! Hurry – Get it Today
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009Hi Everyone,
We just came across this great offer which will most likely interest some of you.
For a limited time, eligible college students can get the sweetest deal on Windows 7 – for only $29.99* USD.
That’s less than most of your textbooks! Hurry — offer ends January 3, 2010 at 12:00 am CST.
To get it today, click here.
Enjoy.
Hot News at U in the USA …
Monday, October 12th, 2009Hi Everybody,
We hope you had a great Week-end, and you are all enjoying your time in Los Angeles.
Once again, we thank all our fans who participated in our last events and sent us precious comments and suggestions.
We listened to you, and we are happy to share with you some great news.
1. We are now giving you the opportunity to have a full access to our events and workshops via a full month membership. For more information, visit our Membership page. Hurry up ! We have a special offer for you.
2. To help you have more fun in Los Angeles, you will now receive daily notes on free things to do in Los Angeles, and this will be available on our Fan page on Facebook.
3. To create more bonds between international and domestics students, we have the pleasure to inform you that U in the USA will hold a FREE International Student Mixer on November 6. Click here to have all the details and reserve your spot. Hurry up! You can enter to WIN iPods, Universal Studios Tickets, Gift Card and more.
4. Also, this week we will visit your schools, SMC, UCLA Extension and West Los Angeles College to promote our activities and to explore ways to better assist you.
5. Moreover, we are making available to resource to help you navigate and explore Los Angeles like a local. This resource is called Not For Tourists Guide to Los Angeles, and we partnered with the publisher to make it available to you at our location.
WHAT IS NFT?
The Not For Tourists Guide to Los Angeles is filled with essential information neighborhood maps, local business listings, and editorial content about parks, transportations, sports, arts and entertainment. It is the prefect tool to help new residence and visitors alike explore the city. For more details, click here to watch a video presentation of the guide.
WHY NFT?
The NFT Guide will help you navigate LA. It will help you find your way around and feel more comfortable in your new surroundings without feeling like a tourist!
The book is listed at $25 (including shipping), but you can get it at $20 at U in the USA. If you want to take advantage of our special discounted price, contact us at contact@uintheusa.com or call us at 1.800.464.7681 to reserve your copy.
Before we end for now, we wanted to update on our upcoming events.
Note that we adding two new events : International Movie and Coffee Break and Cross-Cultural Activities.
• Tue, Oct 13 – Support Group (3:30 – 5:30 pm)
• Wed, Oct 14 – First Weeks in Los Angeles (3:30 – 5:30 pm)
• Thu, Oct 15 – First Weeks in Los Angeles (3:30 – 5:30 pm)
• Fri, Oct 16 – International Movie & Coffee Break (3:30 – 5:30 pm). This week, we will be playing a great movie called L’Auberge Espagnol.
• Sat, Oct 17 – Cross-Cultural Activities (3:30 – 5:30 pm).
You can also download a copy of the events calendar in Adobe PDF format.
We look forward to seeing this week.
“Right now you are one choice away from a new beginning.”
~Oprah Winfrey
U in the USA
Los Angeles – Best of L.A. 2009 – Things to do in Los Angeles
Monday, October 5th, 2009Hi everyone,
We hope your week-end went by well.
Last week was very enlightening.
We wanted to say Thanks to all of you who came out and participated.
It was great meeting you, and we all learned lot a lot from each other.
We will send you copies of the presentations and unique addresses to help you navigate easily in Los Angeles.
Also, we will inform you very soon of the date of our special event cocktail.
We are looking forward to the next events as we hope you are.
Please find enclosed the upcoming events. This week, we add a new event called Support Group.
The Support Groups are a series of interesting two-hour group discussions where international students, foreign exchange visitors, and American students have a rare opportunity to communicate with each other (face to face) with the help of a U in the USA facilitator. It’s a great way to ask all your questions and find personalized answers. We are sure you will enjoy this experience.
Mon, Oct 5
First Weeks in Los Angeles (3:30 PM – 5:30 PM PST)
Tue, Oct 6
Support group (3:30 PM – 5:30 PM PST)
Wed, Oct 7
First Weeks in Los Angeles (3:30 PM – 5:30 PM PST)
Thu, Oct 8
First Weeks in Los Angeles (3:30 PM – 5:30 PM PST)
Fri, Oct 9
First Weeks in Los Angeles (3:30 PM – 5:30 PM PST)
PS: we just received this email from LA Weekly. They just published the 2009 edition of Best LA. They really emphasized things that are good values.Enjoy and let us know what are your favorite places in LA? Click here to access Best of L.A. 2009 – Things to do in Los Angeles
See you there.
U in the USA
Greetings and Welcome !
Sunday, September 20th, 2009Congratulations to those who just made it to Los Angeles. For the returning students, we hope you had a great summer break. While you were enjoying your vacation, U in the USA was busy working on unique activities and events that will help international students and exchange visitors to the U.S., absorb, adjust, integrate, and successfully adapt to America. We also invest our time, energy and resources on building activities that will help American students gain valuable intercultural experience. We can’t wait to meet with you and start our activities. To begin with, we will offer free orientation tours in the Westside to new international students in Los Angeles. Our agenda of events will be updated very soon, so sign up for our newsletter and stay tuned. In the meantime, we found a very cool video for those who are discovering Los Angeles for the very first time.
Enjoy it and have a great Sunday.
Source : http://discoverlosangeles.com/
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