Organization of Latin American members from UIS visit P.N.G

April 11th the OLAS organization from UIS visited PNG. Before we started the session we began by introducing ourselfs to them and vice versa. The O.L.A.S. organization explained that we should all continue our education outside of high school either by attending a university/college or a technical school. The O.L.A.S. explained what to do during high school; such as being involved in extracurricular activities, community service, and school clubs in order to have a better resume towards college applications. We also talked about admissions at UIS, and financial aid available to all applicants whether the applicant is a US citizen or not. They each asked us what our career interests are, we all one by one said what our interests were. We enjoyed having them as our speakers for the day. We were all motivated to finish high school and attending a school to further our education.

PNG at UIS for International Day

April 18th the Organization of Latin American Students (OLAS), took us to UIS University at Springfield because they had an International Day of ethnic groups, the tour started with the gym, because most of the girls from PNG are involved in track and they wanted to see the track field, and the guys liked the weight lifting so we went to see the weight room. Every body was hungry at that time, so we went to eat diverse types of foods from different countries like, Mexico, India, China, Jamaica, Italy, etc. and the food was fascinating. During that time in the basketball gym where we were eating, there was a guy from Puerto Rico teaching people to dance salsa and different types of Latino music, so after the PNG group finished eating we went to dance, and every body was enjoying their time. After that, the OLAS group gave us a tour around the university, and we went to the library, the cafeteria, the theater, and then they showed us the tunnels that they take when the weather is bad. Before we left an OLAS member gave us a quick tour at the Lincoln hall dorms, which houses only freshmen’s. And finally Ricardo Montoya, PNG mentor, took us on a quick tour of his town house.