International Students Inc. (ISI) Ministry Banquet

Sunday, October 23, 4 – 7 p.m. at Mt. Hermon Banquet Hall

Bruce McPherson will be the featured guest speaker at the ISI Ministry Banquet. He is currently the 5th District Supervisor in Santa Cruz County and is formerly the Secretary of State for California, State Senator and State Representative as well as the former editor and owner of the Santa Cruz Sentinel newspaper.

He will be speaking on “Global Impact of UCSC International Leaders: lessons learned from My Journey in Leadership”

Dan Aldrich, III will be giving the introduction. He is the former Assistant Chancellor at UCSC and Vice Chancellor of UC Riverside, and now serves as the Senior Advancement Associate in the office of President of the University of California system.

Schedule

• 4 – 5 p.m. Social hour and display tables with UCSC International students & Scholars
• 5 – 6 p.m. Dinner
• 6 – 7 p.m. Program: Music:  singer YuJiu Fan, pianist Susan Bass Testimonies, Speeches

The Santa Cruz ISI is part of a nationwide International Students, Inc. program. ISI offers respectful cross-cultural, cross-religious friendship and hospitality to all college/university international students, scholars and families.

The local Santa Cruz American volunteers are from more than 30 Christian churches. You can be matched with one volunteer for a monthly Friendship Partner visit, weekly English Conversation Partners, or join the weekly English Conversation group at UCSC.

Internationals can join any of the ISI Friendship Activities — parties, hikes, weekend trips.

Those interested to learn about Christianity can visit Church with a volunteer or join an ISI small Bible discussion group.

Since this summer, 50 new UCSC Masters, Ph.D. students, postdoc researchers & Professors have been welcomed. At the banquet you will meet many UCSC international students undergrads, Masters & PhD students, and postdoc scholars and professors, and learn why they are so globally strategic.