Student Exchange Programs

Ross Abdallah Alameddine, 20, of Saugus, Mass., according to his mother, Lynnette Alameddine.
- Christopher James Bishop, 35, according to Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany, where he helped run an exchange program.

- Brian Bluhm, 25, a civil engineering graduate student, according to an announcement by the Detroit Tigers and friends. He had previously lived in Iowa, Detroit and Louisville, Ky.

- Ryan Clark, 22, of Martinez, Ga., biology and English major, according to Columbia County Coroner Vernon Collins.

- Austin Cloyd, an international studies major from Blacksburg, Va., according to Terry Harter, senior pastor at First United Methodist Church in Champaign, Ill., where Cloyd and her family lived before moving to Blacksburg.

- Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, a French instructor, according to her husband, Jerzy Nowak, the head of the horticulture department at Virginia Tech.

- Daniel Perez Cueva, 21, killed in his French class, according to his mother, Betty Cueva, of Peru.

- Kevin Granata, age unknown, engineering science and mechanics professor, according to Ishwar K. Puri, the head of the engineering science and mechanics department.

- Matthew G. Gwaltney, 24, of Chester, Va., a graduate student in civil and environmental engineering, according to his father and stepmother, Greg and Linda Gwaltney.

- Caitlin Hammaren, 19, of Westtown, N.Y., a sophomore majoring in international studies and French, according to Minisink Valley, N.Y., school officials who spoke with Hammaren’s family.

- Jeremy Herbstritt, 27, of Bellefonte, Pa., according to Penn State University, his alma mater and his father’s employer.

- Rachael Hill, 18, of Glen Allen, Va., according to her father, Guy Hill.

- Emily Jane Hilscher, a 19-year-old freshman from Woodville, according to Rappahannock County Administrator John W. McCarthy, a family friend.

- Jarrett L. Lane, 22, of Narrows, Va., according to Riffe’s Funeral Service Inc. in Narrows, Va.

- Matthew J. La Porte, 20, a sophomore from Dumont, N.J., according to Dumont Police Chief Brian Venezio.

- Henry J. Lee, also known as Henh Ly, 20, a first-year student majoring in computer engineering from Roanoke, Va., according to Oakey’s Funeral Service in Roanoke.

- Liviu Librescu, 76, engineering science and mathematics lecturer, according to Puri.

- G.V. Loganathan, 51, civil and environmental engineering professor, according to his brother G.V. Palanivel.

- Partahi Lombantoruan, 34, of Indonesia, civil engineering doctoral student, according to Kristiarto Legowo, a spokesman for the foreign ministry.

- Lauren McCain, 20, of Hampton, Va., international studies major, according to a statement from the family.

- Daniel O’Neil, 22, of Rhode Island, according to close friend Steve Craveiro and according to Eric Cardenas of Connecticut College, where O’Neil’s father, Bill, is director of major gifts.

- Juan Ramon Ortiz, a 26-year-old graduate student in engineering from Bayamon, Puerto Rico, according to his wife, Liselle Vega Cortes.

- Minal Panchal, 26, a first-year building-science student from Mumbai, India, according to foreign ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna.

- Erin Peterson, 18, of Chantilly, Va., an international studies major, according to her father, Grafton Peterson.

- Michael Pohle, 23, of Flemington, N.J., according to officials at his high school, Hunterdon Central High.

- Julia Pryde, age unknown, a graduate student from Middletown, N.J., according to Virginia Tech professor Saied Mostaghimi, chairman of the biological systems and engineering department.

- Mary Karen Read, 19, of Annandale, Va. according to her aunt, Karen Kuppinger, of Rochester, N.Y.

- Reema J. Samaha, 18, a freshman from Centreville, Va., according to her family.

- Waleed Mohammed Shaalan, of Zagazig, Egypt, a doctoral student in civil engineering, according to the university.

- Leslie Sherman, a sophomore history and international studies student from Springfield, Va., according to her grandmother Gerry Adams.

- Maxine Turner, 22, a senior majoring in chemical engineering from Vienna, Va., according to her father, Paul Turner.

- Nicole White, 20, a junior majoring in international studies from Smithfield, Va., according to a family statement released by the Suffolk, Va., Police Department.

Ross Abdallah Alameddine, 20, of Saugus, Mass., according to his mother, Lynnette Alameddine.
- Christopher James Bishop, 35, according to Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany, where he helped run an exchange program.

- Brian Bluhm, 25, a civil engineering graduate student, according to an announcement by the Detroit Tigers and friends. He had previously lived in Iowa, Detroit and Louisville, Ky.

- Ryan Clark, 22, of Martinez, Ga., biology and English major, according to Columbia County Coroner Vernon Collins.

- Austin Cloyd, an international studies major from Blacksburg, Va., according to Terry Harter, senior pastor at First United Methodist Church in Champaign, Ill., where Cloyd and her family lived before moving to Blacksburg.

- Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, a French instructor, according to her husband, Jerzy Nowak, the head of the horticulture department at Virginia Tech.

- Daniel Perez Cueva, 21, killed in his French class, according to his mother, Betty Cueva, of Peru.

- Kevin Granata, age unknown, engineering science and mechanics professor, according to Ishwar K. Puri, the head of the engineering science and mechanics department.

- Matthew G. Gwaltney, 24, of Chester, Va., a graduate student in civil and environmental engineering, according to his father and stepmother, Greg and Linda Gwaltney.

- Caitlin Hammaren, 19, of Westtown, N.Y., a sophomore majoring in international studies and French, according to Minisink Valley, N.Y., school officials who spoke with Hammaren’s family.

- Jeremy Herbstritt, 27, of Bellefonte, Pa., according to Penn State University, his alma mater and his father’s employer.

- Rachael Hill, 18, of Glen Allen, Va., according to her father, Guy Hill.

- Emily Jane Hilscher, a 19-year-old freshman from Woodville, according to Rappahannock County Administrator John W. McCarthy, a family friend.

- Jarrett L. Lane, 22, of Narrows, Va., according to Riffe’s Funeral Service Inc. in Narrows, Va.

- Matthew J. La Porte, 20, a sophomore from Dumont, N.J., according to Dumont Police Chief Brian Venezio.

- Henry J. Lee, also known as Henh Ly, 20, a first-year student majoring in computer engineering from Roanoke, Va., according to Oakey’s Funeral Service in Roanoke.

- Liviu Librescu, 76, engineering science and mathematics lecturer, according to Puri.

- G.V. Loganathan, 51, civil and environmental engineering professor, according to his brother G.V. Palanivel.

- Partahi Lombantoruan, 34, of Indonesia, civil engineering doctoral student, according to Kristiarto Legowo, a spokesman for the foreign ministry.

- Lauren McCain, 20, of Hampton, Va., international studies major, according to a statement from the family.

- Daniel O’Neil, 22, of Rhode Island, according to close friend Steve Craveiro and according to Eric Cardenas of Connecticut College, where O’Neil’s father, Bill, is director of major gifts.

- Juan Ramon Ortiz, a 26-year-old graduate student in engineering from Bayamon, Puerto Rico, according to his wife, Liselle Vega Cortes.

- Minal Panchal, 26, a first-year building-science student from Mumbai, India, according to foreign ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna.

- Erin Peterson, 18, of Chantilly, Va., an international studies major, according to her father, Grafton Peterson.

- Michael Pohle, 23, of Flemington, N.J., according to officials at his high school, Hunterdon Central High.

- Julia Pryde, age unknown, a graduate student from Middletown, N.J., according to Virginia Tech professor Saied Mostaghimi, chairman of the biological systems and engineering department.

- Mary Karen Read, 19, of Annandale, Va. according to her aunt, Karen Kuppinger, of Rochester, N.Y.

- Reema J. Samaha, 18, a freshman from Centreville, Va., according to her family.

- Waleed Mohammed Shaalan, of Zagazig, Egypt, a doctoral student in civil engineering, according to the university.

- Leslie Sherman, a sophomore history and international studies student from Springfield, Va., according to her grandmother Gerry Adams.

- Maxine Turner, 22, a senior majoring in chemical engineering from Vienna, Va., according to her father, Paul Turner.

- Nicole White, 20, a junior majoring in international studies from Smithfield, Va., according to a family statement released by the Suffolk, Va., Police Department.

we went out for long, we were both very much in love. we talked about being together forever and all those things. and we lost our virginity to each other, it was very special. however, she was an exchange student and finally moved back home.. we tried the long distance thing but everythin slowly fell apart. after several months, she s now with another guy and loves him! this girl IS the love of my life! if i go to her country in a couple of years, after study, could i get her back?

we went out for long, we were both very much in love. we talked about being together forever and all those things. and we lost our virginity to each other, it was very special. however, she was an exchange student and finally moved back home.. we tried the long distance thing but everythin slowly fell apart. after several months, she s now with another guy and loves him! this girl IS the love of my life! if i go to her country in a couple of years, after study, could i get her back?

I am in French IV Honors. There are 5 of us (we’re combined with French III because there’s only one French teacher and she would have like 8/9 classes, but there’s only 7 pds). At the beginning of the school year, my teacher said she wasn’t going to make the Fr IV and V classes take a final exam. We weren’t sure if she was actually going to keep that promise b/c she always changes her mind about everything and claims to not have said whatever it was she promised. But there was 2 weeks of school left and she was still saying no exam! Great! But yesterday, she had us making up practice exams for Fr I & II (her job!). So we were doing it how she had said to do it. Then she started getting mad b/c we weren’t doing it right. She was telling us no! you should be doing it this other way! (the way she had specifically said to NOT do it btw) Then the German foreign exchange student was trying to explain to her what we were doing, so she starts yelling at him. Hang on…
Then she starts yelling at him for all this crap from the past couple weeks (stuff which she had previously admitted to being miscommunication on both their parts) and she’s blaming it all on him. So then he starts being disrespectful. (nothing big-he just wouldn’t lift his head up off the desk when she said to.) So then she says “just for that EVERYBODY has to take the exam!” The other 4 of us didn’t do anything wrong!!! The exam is 20% of either the semester or year grade (not sure), so we can’t just not show up b/c it’ll screw up our GPAs. What makes it worse is that HE is a senior and he has gotten straight A’s this year in French, which means he’s exempt from the exam!!! And knowing this, my teacher is STILL making the rest of us take the exam! And on top of that, she suddenly decided to give us NEW work to do, instead of doing an exam review, which she’s doing for every other class! Does that sound completely unfair to you?

I am in French IV Honors. There are 5 of us (we’re combined with French III because there’s only one French teacher and she would have like 8/9 classes, but there’s only 7 pds). At the beginning of the school year, my teacher said she wasn’t going to make the Fr IV and V classes take a final exam. We weren’t sure if she was actually going to keep that promise b/c she always changes her mind about everything and claims to not have said whatever it was she promised. But there was 2 weeks of school left and she was still saying no exam! Great! But yesterday, she had us making up practice exams for Fr I & II (her job!). So we were doing it how she had said to do it. Then she started getting mad b/c we weren’t doing it right. She was telling us no! you should be doing it this other way! (the way she had specifically said to NOT do it btw) Then the German foreign exchange student was trying to explain to her what we were doing, so she starts yelling at him. Hang on…
Then she starts yelling at him for all this crap from the past couple weeks (stuff which she had previously admitted to being miscommunication on both their parts) and she’s blaming it all on him. So then he starts being disrespectful. (nothing big-he just wouldn’t lift his head up off the desk when she said to.) So then she says “just for that EVERYBODY has to take the exam!” The other 4 of us didn’t do anything wrong!!! The exam is 20% of either the semester or year grade (not sure), so we can’t just not show up b/c it’ll screw up our GPAs. What makes it worse is that HE is a senior and he has gotten straight A’s this year in French, which means he’s exempt from the exam!!! And knowing this, my teacher is STILL making the rest of us take the exam! And on top of that, she suddenly decided to give us NEW work to do, instead of doing an exam review, which she’s doing for every other class! Does that sound completely unfair to you?

I just signed up for a student exchange program and where is this school located that they are expecting me to go to…

Ishimine Junior School..
And if you know any other Japanese High Schools that i might be going to tell me now…
Please and thank you!!

I just signed up for a student exchange program and where is this school located that they are expecting me to go to…

Ishimine Junior School..
And if you know any other Japanese High Schools that i might be going to tell me now…
Please and thank you!!

I just signed up for a student exchange program and where is this school located that they are expecting me to go to…

Ishimine Junior School..
And if you know any other Japanese High Schools that i might be going to tell me now…
Please and thank you!!

I’m planning to be a high school exchange student for a year in monterrey. What is it like over there? How’s the weather. Will it be ok to wear jeans everyday? Will I ever need a thick sweater or jacket? How are the people? Are they inviting and friendly? What do they look like, wear, do for fun? Is it really a lot like the USA? If so, will I still get a good Spanish language and Mexican cultural experience. How is UDEM? Anyone know anything about the high school at UDEM? Do I have to wear a uniform? Is English sponken as much as Spanish is there? How’s the shopping? Tell me anything you know about Monterrey, please. Thanks.