Location: University Suites Building C
Number of students participating: 24
What are the benefits of living in the Global Village Community?
- Having suitemates from different cultural backgrounds
- Increasing your world knowledge as you learn about other cultures and countries
- Having the opportunity to teach other GVC members about your culture
- Living in a multi-lingual community
- Being a part of a supportive community network
- Participating in floor dinners, cultural programs, language nights, faculty presentations, and other activities
- Gaining academic credit for something you love
What are the expectations for living in the Global Village Community?
- Maintain an open mind when interacting with students from backgrounds different than your own
- Hear, listen to, and respect everyone’s ideas and/or suggestions
- Communicate with the staff about issues and concerns
- Be mindful of GVC events when scheduling work and outside commitments and obligations.
Residency Requirements
The GVC is one of three learning community programs in University Housing. Specific hall locations have been chosen for each learning community. Due to limited space, only a select number of students may reside in the residential learning community. The staff will evaluate participation and membership each semester and may make decisions about the continuation of a student’s participation in the community.
If a student is not meeting minimum expectations as set forth by the Assistant Director of Residential Education, he or she may be moved out of the current residential setting and placed in another residence hall as space is available. Even though a student may be removed from the living-learning community and placed into another hall, the student will not be released from the Housing Agreement and will be held accountable for all terms and conditions of the Housing Agreement. A student may also be removed for violations of university regulations or state/federal laws.
Christy Babcock Quintero
is the Coordinator for International Student Services at Boise State University. She has been working at Boise State since January 1995. Christy has lived as an exchange student in Sweden and a Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica. She strives to travel both internationally and within the US as often as possible. Christy loves to speak Spanish and enjoys dabbling in other foreign languages too. Ask Christy about how to get involved with the International Student Association. (It isn't just for international students!)
Neda Shefa
"Hey everyone, I am Neda and I am the program assistant for Global Village. I am a junior with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry. In my free time I enjoy reading, doing Yoga, bicycling, going for coffee and a lot more.
Being an international student, I have come to realize the importance of interaction between different cultures and of a global community. My goal for the upcoming year is to help build such a community of motivated young people where they not only learn from and about each others' cultures but also develop a culture of their own, where they respect and appreciate each one’s individuality and at the same time fuse in to a group of young people going through the same kind of experience."
