To adjust to a new culture, volunteers offer a 3-day Home Stay to students arriving in the U.S. for the first time. Twice weekly, a volunteer staff offers small classes of beginning to advanced instruction in conversational English to international women at the Crossroads Conversation School.
Costs are low and limited child care is available.
Other programming and activities include a Spanish Conversation Group, receptions, the Winter Break Party, and Spring All-American Picnic. Crossroads works closely with the University, the Corvallis School District, and the community. A recipient of the 1985 OSU Distinguished Service Award in recognition of its contribution to the University, Crossroads includes hundreds of community volunteers who offer hospitality and assistance to international students, scholars, and their families. T he Corvallis Community Corvallis is a community of about 45,000 people located in the mid-Willamette Valley. Nov. is cool and rainy.