Explore these great opportunities for alumni to help our students:

• Become a homestay host to an international student. Join the Sydney Alumni Homestay Program and help give a newly-arrived international student a warm and nurturing welcome to Sydney, while being paid as well.
• Become an online mentor. Simply log in to AlumniOnline and follow the links to the Mentoring Community to register as a mentor and discover the rewards of helping a student develop his or her career. No previous experience needed.
• Join our Fun, Fare and Future Alumni program, where you can host a lunch or dinner for a small group of new students, providing opportunities for these students to meet and engage with their fellow students and alumni families. (This program is closed for 2010 and will recommence in Semester 1, 2011)
• The Study Abroad Internship Program. Provide Internships for the best and brightest from overseas. A new and exciting initiative designed to connect the best and brightest international students with Australian industry. The Program is currently looking for organisations to provide 15 days of meaningful and professional unpaid work which complements the student’s academic study.
  
  In 2009 the Internship Program placed 25 students from 12 different nationalities in work placements with leading business, industry, Government and community organisations.
  
  Contact Internship Program Coordinator Fiona Tschaut on 02 8627 8327 or to fiona.tschaut@sydney.edu.au.
  
• Teach English to international students’ partners. The International Student Support Unit (ISSU) runs an Accompanying Partners Program to help the partners of enrolled international students attain better English skills and adjust to life in Sydney.
  
  The ISSU is seeking one or two alumni with some experience in teaching English as a second language to volunteer their time and skills in this program for about three hours a week.
  
  The contact is International Student Counsellor Jill Abeshouse on 8627 8440 or to j.abeshouse@usyd.edu.au.