Tag Archives: front desk
Una casa lontano da casa
To read this blog post in English, click here: A House away from home Basta abitare anche solo per un semestre all’International House di Berkeley che si rimane studenti dell’I-House per sempre. E’ per questo che, lavorando al Front Desk, ricevo … Continue reading
The Language Game – Part II
Ok, dearest residents. You really follow this blog, don’t you? How do I know? Well, last week the Language Game went kind of viral. Some residents came to the Front Desk to ask for a tennis racquet and would not … Continue reading
The I-House Language Game – Part I
New I-House residents have finally moved in. Corridors are full all day (and night!), the Front Desk is as busy as it gets, new faces are all around full of excitement and big expectations for the upcoming academic year. This … Continue reading
The Rockin’ I-House Mailman
Ciao Riccardo! This is how I greet Richard, one of the beloved I-House mailmen, at least twice per day. Richard has been on the US Postal Service’s so called Panoramic route for the last 40 years and at I-House we are … Continue reading
Buongiorno I-House
A job at I-House is not your everyday job. We still clock in and out, write reports, have supervisors and hold meetings. But there is more than that here: we are part of a big community made by smart International … Continue reading
A House away from home
Once an I-House resident, forever an I-House resident. That’s why during my days at the I-House Front Desk I receive so many visits of people who 10, 20, 30, 40, 44 years ago spent some time between these walls and … Continue reading
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How I-House became a window to Cameroon
This is the story of a future African leader who is already a role model in her country. But it’s also the story of how her family helped her to come to the United States after getting an important government fellowship. … Continue reading
Say Cheese!
It happens at I-House on an ordinary day. Two Chinese students from Hunan province, Yang and Tian Yi, come to the Front Desk and out of the blue ask me what Caprese is. Apparently they have just eaten this very … Continue reading
I-House: Where UC Berkeley Meets the World 