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In this our twenty third (23rd) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews three of our graduating international students in our first panel discussion: North Seattle student Diego Falcon Costilla of Mexico,  Seattle Central student Xinke 'Cola' Su of the People's Republic of China and South Seattle student Aliia Alimkulova of Kyrgyzstan.

1:40 - Introducing Cola!

1:54 - Introducing Aliia!

2:03 - Introducing Diego!

2:47 - Our graduate's backstories

7:29 - Diego's social media ambassador experience

8:45 - T-Mobile Park and graduation

9:24 - Next steps and the transfer process / OPT

15:48 - Housing and transportation

17:13 - Final advice from our graduates

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In this our twenty-second (22nd) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews graduating international student Gavriel Hadisenjaya, or simply 'Gavy', about his experience here at Seattle Colleges in Seattle, Washington. 

1:57 - Introducting Gavy!

2:37 - I'm graduating, by the way

3:07 - How I got to Seattle

4:23 - Transferring and TAGs

6:12 - The Computer Science program

13:01 - International Ambassador and Indonesian students

14:35 - What do you do for fun?

16:12 - Culture shocks

18:43 - Travel around the States?

19:48 - Living situation

20:24 - Trivia time!

26:07 - Final advice

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In this our twenty-first (21st) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews the South Seattle campus Culinary Arts Program Chef Instructor David Hatfield about our Culinary and Hospitality programs!

1:16 - Introduction

1:47 - Culinary, the degrees you can earn and international student in the program

7:11 - Cooking the foods of your homeland

10:15 - Why would I come to Seattle to learn how to cook?

12:45 - A typical day

15:00 - Are there any additional or special fees?

15:48 - Two culinary schools to choose from, instructors and knives

19:06 - David's background

20:43 - Are chef's in demand?

22:49 - When can an international student begin?

25:08 - Who to contact with questions

To learn more about our Culinary, Hospitality and Wine programs at South, please visit: https://southseattle.edu/areas-study/culinary-hospitality-wine

To learn more about our Culinary programs at Central, please visit: https://culinary.seattlecentral.edu/

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In this our twentieth (20th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews international nursing student Mone Yoshida of Japan about her experience here at South Seattle College.

1:27 - Introducing Mone!

2:04 - South Seattle and the nursing program

7:56 - Coming to America

11:52 - What do you like about Seattle?

13:01 - Working on campus

17:05 - What do you do for fun?

20:27 - Housing

21:49 - It's Trivia time!

25:56 - Final advice: Do not be afraid to try new things and don't give up.

To learn more about the nursing programs at Seattle Colleges, please visit these websites:

https://southseattle.edu/programs/registered-nurse
https://healthcare.seattlecentral.edu/programs/nursing
https://northseattle.edu/programs/pre-nursing

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In this our nineteenth (19th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews international student Yu-Ho Wang of Taiwan about his experience here at Seattle Colleges

1:16 - Introducing

2:31 - Going to study abroad

3:23 - Studying in the U.S.

4:58 - Finance major

8:25 - Plans to transfer and TAGs*

9:44 - Family coming to visit

11:27 - Professors and classmates

14:23 - Why Seattle Colleges?

15:26 - Gaokao and Xuece

19:34 - Trivia time!

22:04 - Final advice:  'Just do it'

*What is a TAG (Transfer Admission Guarantee)?  
To assist with the transfer process, Seattle Colleges has developed partnerships with the following universities, which offer you conditional acceptance upon admission to Seattle Colleges. If you are applying to either our University Transfer or our High School Completion Plus program, you can receive up to two Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) letters from these select partners by indicating your transfer preference(s)* on the admission application. 

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In this our eighteenth episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews Amanda Fletcher, the International Programs Director of Engagement.

1:15 - Introduction

2:25 - What is Engagement?

3:44 - International ambassadors

6:21 - Short term programs

8:53 - Study abroad

10:20 - Orientation

11:37 - Front desk

12:41 - Activities

18:13 - Time abroad

22:07 - Final advice

22:40 - Trivia time!

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In this our seventeenth (17th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews Charles Hornstra, the EducationUSA REAC (Regional Educational Advising Coordinator) for Mainland Southeast Asia & China, Australia, New Zealand, and Samoa. Charles is based in Bangkok, Thailand. He shares with our audience information about EducationUSA - what it is and how the network helps students around the world with their dreams of studying in the United States.

If you are a student, or the parent of a student, who is considering making the trip to the United States to pursue their education, this episode is for you.

1:59 - Introducing Charles Hornstra

3:20 - What is EducationUSA?

5:50 - Finding an EducationUSA center

8:14 - What EducationUSA centers don't do

10:23 - Visas

12:52 -  Opportunity Funds

16:30 - Support for educators

25:20 - Other great things about EducationUSA

26:57 - Final advice

* NOTE: In the podcast, Charles talks about 'reach schools'. A reach school is a college that is not likely to admit you, generally offering you less than a 30% chance of admission.

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In this our sixteenth (16th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews Seattle Colleges Intensive English Instructor Colleen Comidy about her experience here at Seattle Colleges and about how she helps students that want to come here to improve their English. 

1:16 - Introducing Colleen!

4:51 - Teaching students from all over

7:02 - Class time

8:21 - Living in Italy, New York and Israel

10:58 - Placement tests and levels

15:20 - Class materials

19:17 - Trivia time!

22:21 - Final words of advice

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In this our fifteenth (15th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews International Programs Associate Director of Marketing & Outreach Gina Nakamura about her experience here at Seattle Colleges and about how she helps students that want to come here to study. 

1:17 - Introducing Gina!

2:32 - ESL and ELL learners

4:07 - Asia

5:32 - Growing up in Seattle Colleges

8:06 - Transferring to UW Seattle*

11:58 - The domestic side

13:34 - Being a local and the local music scene

19:17 - South Seattle campus

22:43 - Trivia!

25:51 - Final advice

NOTE: 'UW' is often pronounced 'U DUB' and it stands for the 'University of Washington'. 

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In this our fourteenth (14th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews international student Francisco Fonseca of Argentina about his experience here at Seattle Colleges here in Seattle, Washington. 

1:26 - Introducing Francisco!

2:08 - Graduating soon and course of study

11:29 - Visas

14:09 - Hearing about and coming to Seattle Colleges

19:31 - International Ambassador and LATAM students at Seattle Colleges

22:18 - SCIE (Intensive English) and English Proficiency exams

25:39 - Advice!

27:15 - Trivia!

NOTE: Top Five Men's FIFA rankings as of 4/19/23 are:
1. Argentina
2. France
3. Brazil
4. Belgium
5. England

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