LINC Buddy application window closes in Jan.
The Holmes Cultural Diversity Center invites you to participate in the Linking Internationals in the Community (LINC) program.
The LINC program supports and assists Mississippi State international students with finding and building community through connecting them to individuals in our Bulldog family. 小黄书 students, faculty, staff and Starkville community members can apply to serve as buddies for international students in the program.
聽The benefits of being a LINC Buddy include:
鈥擬ake a difference in a student's life by creating memories that will last a lifetime.
鈥擫earn about another culture, traditions and customs.
鈥擡xpose yourself and your family to a new world of learning.
鈥擣oster a new and meaningful relationship.
What's expected of our Buddies?
鈥擮ne semester commitment (January to May).
鈥擜ttend LINC program kickoff and closing dinner.
鈥擬eet once per month with your international student(s).
鈥擜ttend one Holmes Cultural Diversity Center event per semester.
鈥擲how your student(s) you care.
聽to complete the application.
The deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m. Jan. 20. Visit for more information about the program. Email questions to Chacha Scroggins, assistant director for international initiatives and engagement, at tscroggins@adi.msstate.edu.