Show International Club With the efforts of International al Students Services of University University University sity of Utah a sort of Mini International International International Inter Inter- national Conference was held at their Campus was invited and represented for the first time After a brief introduction we were asked to attend what turned out to be a friendly little informal Roundtable Conference Gerald Harris of ISS explained explain explain- ed the purposes of such conferences conferences conferences confer confer- and said that these get will contribute toward better communication and greater great great- er understanding and cooperation cooperation cooperation tion among the International Students Students Students Stu Stu- dents and officials concerned with them on various campuses The Conference was not well attended and it was suggested tomake to tomake tomake make further efforts to attract the rest of the Universities and Colleges to attend the future con con- A number of problems relating to International Students were brought up and discussed Different Different Different Dif Dif- ferent views were presented on the requirements of proficiency in English Language Test It was mentioned that although proficiency proficiency proficiency ency in the English Language Test was very important something something something some some- thing should be done so that students would not have to travel long distances to get to the test centers and would not have to spend so much time in registering register register- ing and waiting for the result The Test of English as Foreign Language which is a standard test required by most Universities ties and Colleges was extensively extensive extensive- ly discussed state Out-of-state fees and the financial condition of International Students were also mentioned The conference was quite lively and all the people attending took active part in the discussion In our view the conference was wasa a success but only as a stepping steppingstone steppingstone steppingstone stone for the future ones We Ve feel that such conferences can be a great help to various International International International In In- Students organizations organizations organizations on various campuses so they can have better communication tion and coordinate their ties It will take a lot of effort from a lot of people but the results will be worth it |