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 Telemark International Student Association (TISA) ISU National Assembly 12th October 2007, Bergen, Norway Contents Telemark University College 1 International Students 2 TISA 3 Telemark University College Telemark University College (TUC) is the fifth biggest among 25 state university colleges. TUC consists of five campuses: B� Drammen Notodden Porsgrunn Rauland Telemark University College B� The Faculty of Arts and Sciences Notodden The Faculty of Arts, Folk Culture and Teacher Education Rauland Norwegian Folk Culture Programs Porsgrunn - The Faculty of Technology - The Faculty of Health and Social Studies - The Faculty of Art, Folk Culture and Teacher Education Drammen Some programs in teacher education Students Overall amount of students in Telemark University College is around 5000 The number of international student is approximately 100 and 50 of them are studying in Porsgrunn International students are represented by more than 15 countries Students International students came here by various programs such as Quota Scheme Erasmus, Leonardo and Socrates Programs Academic cooperation and student exchange programs Self-financed students Telemark International Student Association (TISA)? Celebrating Diversity TISA What is TISA? student organization (fully governed by students) non-profit non-religious helps students to build bridges between diverse cultures makes easy adaptation process for foreign students provides international students with necessary and significant information makes staying of students more fun and interesting TISA IDEA The main idea is to break the boundaries of nations, religions and cultures, and give to all students a multi-culture environment for both education and social life TISA Structure Executive Board President � Xiaojie Song Vice President � Almat Bedelbayev Financial Manager � Joachim Lundberg HR Manager � Chameera Jayarathna IT Manager � Zhimin Xi Executive Board �Warming up� events Italian culture and language course (held by Erasmus exchange program student � Massimiliano Madaio)? Yoga courses (held by student from Iran � Samaneh Hosseinpoor Arab)? Sunday Movie Watching China culture and language course (held by Xiaojie Song)? Future events Welcoming new students Information and language support of students Norwegian language courses Student issues �Your Kitchen� Festival Sharing the experience (for exchange students) Outdoor activities Help in finding summer job, making CV's database Trainings for international students IT support (TISA web page, ClassFronter etc)? Collaboration ISU and TISA Why we want to be a part of ISU Norway? Part of big �family� Experience Wider perspectives The power is in unity Experience exchange