Summer 2 Activities

Learn about International Coffee Hour, Culture and Language Exchange Program, and other UA activities by visiting the ELI & UA activities page.

Welcome Activity and Campus Tour

Friday, June 27, 1:00 pm, BB Comer 109

Join us for pizza and drinks, and then take an optional campus tour in the ELI van.

Time/Place: 1:00 pm, 109 BB Comer

Sign up: None

Cost: Free

Number of students: No minimum or maximum

Dinner at a Local Restaurant

Tuesday, July 1, 5:30 pm, BB Comer 109

Come join us for dinner at a popular restaurant in Tuscaloosa (student’s choice).

Time/Place: 5:30 pm, meet outside of the ELI office at 5:15 pm

Sign up: Wednesday, June 25 – Monday, June 30

Cost: Free, bring money for dinner

Number of students: No minimum or maximum

Friday Seminar - Banana Pudding!

Friday, July 11, 1:30 pm, BB Comer 109

Learn how to make this traditional Southern treat!

Time/Place: 1:30 pm, BB Comer 109

Sign up: None

Cost: Free

Number of students: No minimum or maximum

Shopping to The Summit and Lunch at the Cheesecake Factory

Saturday, July 12, 9:30 am, Birmingham

Time/Place: 9:30 am, meet outside the ELI office at 9:15 am

Sign up: Thursday, July 3 – Thursday, July 10

Cost: $10 for transportation

Number of students: 5 minimum – 11 maximum

ELI US Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama

Friday Seminar - US Space & Rocket Center

Friday, July 18, 1:30 pm, BB Comer 109

Learn about the US Space and Rocket program in Alabama.

Time/Place: 1:30 pm, BB Comer 109

Sign up: None

Cost: Free

Number of students: No minimum or maximum

Day Trip to Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Saturday, July 19, 10:00 am, Birmingham

Time/Place: 10:00 am, meet outside of the ELI office at 9:45 am.

Sign up: Thursday, July 10 – Wednesday, July 16

Cost: $10 for transportation, bring money for admission and lunch

Number of students: 5 minimum – 11 maximum

Friday Seminar - Speak Like a True Southerner

Friday, July 25, 1:30 pm, BB Comer 109

Do you want to sound like a true Southerner? Come and learn words and phrases that are often used only in the South.

Time/Place: 1:30 pm

Sign up: None

Cost: Free

Number of students: no minimum or maximum

Pottery Painting at the Art Bar

Saturday, July 26, 2:00 pm, Tuscaloosa

Choose a piece of pottery and paint it in a local art store.

Time/Place: 2:00 pm, meet outside the ELI office at 1:30 pm

Sign up: Thursday, July 17 – Wednesday, July 23

Cost: Free transportation, bring money for your piece of pottery

Number of students: 5 minimum – 11 maximum

ELI Certificate Ceremony

Friday, August 1, 2:00 pm, 2100 Student Center

Make sure that you attend the certificate ceremony on the last day of the session after your student/teacher conferences! This will be a good opportunity for you to say good-bye to the ELI students that will not be here the next session, or to the other students if you are not going to be here!

Time/Place: 2:00 pm, 2100 Student Center

Sign up: None

Cost: Free

Number of students: No minimum or maximum

ELI Student Activities

Summer 2 Activities

Welcome Activity and Campus Tour

Dinner at a Local Restaurant

Friday Seminar - Banana Pudding!

Shopping to The Summit and Lunch at the Cheesecake Factory

Friday Seminar - US Space & Rocket Center

Day Trip to Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Friday Seminar - Speak Like a True Southerner

Pottery Painting at the Art Bar

ELI Certificate Ceremony