Communication #4: November 18th, 2011

Greetings from the IUHPFL Office!

At this point, IUHPFL Coordinators should have received an e-mail with an attachment of the results of the Fall 2011 language exam. When you open the attachment, you will see next to each students’ name will be either YES (meaning your student passed), NO (meaning your student did not pass), NOT TESTED (which indicates a student registered online but did not show up to take the test), or INVALID (which indicates the student has not paid the test fee and scores will be held until payment is received).

For those of your students who passed the exam, be sure to congratulate them!  The IUHPFL language exam is a college placement test, thus just passing it is quite a feat. Please console those students who did not pass with the knowledge that over 600 students took the language exam this fall!

Your students and their guardians will be receiving an e-mail from us – please see below – with the information in bullets. Please pay special attention to the newly announced Krefeld reduction in fees award as well as five new scholarships that will be awarded to Krefeld students, courtesy of Indiana University Bloomington (IUB) Germanic Studies with funding from the Max Kade Foundation (this is a big deal, German teachers!) as well as other scholarships and grants that are available to prospective IUHPFL participants.

• The Krefeld Program offers five $1,000 scholarships provided by the IUB Germanic Studies, funded by the Max Kade Foundation. No application is necessary as winners are selected from the applicant pool.
• All Krefeld students receive a $500 reduction in fee award toward their Program fees. No application is necessary.
• The Self-Inventory on our website assists you in finding out if the IUHPFL is the right study abroad program for you.
• If you ‘pass’ the self-inventory, we encourage you and your guardians to read up on the 'IUHPFL Need to Knows.'
• Read what our alumni have to say about their experiences with the Honors Program.
• To see a general overview of the application and acceptance processes, find out about spring Orientations (if invited to participate in the Program, you and one guardian must attend your Program’s Orientation) and departure dates for each Program, click here.
• See our Program Fees tab on our website about how to apply for Financial Aid, other scholarship and grant opportunities available and ideas on how to fundraise to pay for Program Fees, in the event you are selected to participate.
• The 2011-2012 IUHPFL application materials are now accessible online as well as the Financial Aid Application.  The Personal Application will be submitted online and will be due December 19, 2011.  The Financial Aid Application, which can be submitted electronically or by e-mail, will be due January 3, 2012.   As you can see, this year the entire application (personal application, appraisals, official transcript and copy of the student’s passport) is online. If you happen to be a student’s current foreign language teacher, the student will enter your information into his/her personal application as the contact for the foreign language (Part B) teacher appraiser. When the student submits his/her application, an e-mail will be generated to you directly to the e-mail address your student provides. This e-mail will contain a link for you to navigate to the foreign language (Part B) teacher appraisal to fill out for that specific student. You will receive an e-mail for each of your students applying for the IUHPFL. Please be checking your junk mail should the e-mail go there instead of your inbox.    As we mentioned to students, e-mails will not be generated to their appraisers until their application is submitted. We have asked them to be fair to their appraisers and give them plenty of time to fill out the appraisals, but we encourage you to remind your students to do so as well.  Please share this information with other teachers at your school who may likely be Part A or Part B appraisers, so that they know what information is being communicated to students who passed the test.

Thank you once again for promoting the IUHPFL within your school.  Please share this information with other teachers whose students took the language exam, so that they know what information is being communicated to their students.

Also, please note that the dates for the Krefeld Program have been determined: June 11-July 26 and have been added to our website here.
  
Do not hesitate to call or e-mail us with any questions.

Sincerely,

Stephanie

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Stephanie M. Goetz
Managing Director

Communication #3: October 7th, 2011

Greetings from the IUHPFL Office!

Registration for the 2012 IUHPFL qualifying language test is wrapping up http://www.indiana.edu/~iuhpfl/testregistration/. Deadlines vary by location as follows: Ft. Wayne/Evansville – Closed, South Bend – Closed, Bloomington/Indianapolis – October 9, and Crown Point – October 16. Please note that if a student intends to test in more than one language, s/he must submit a separate application and fee for each language.

2012 Program Dates are available for your and your students' information.  This area on our website also gives the mandatory spring orientation dates for accepted students.

For your students who are anticipating the costs of the Program, encourage them to go to our website to see ideas for early fundraising. 

Best,

Stephanie

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Stephanie M. Goetz
Managing Director

Communication #2: September 1st, 2011

Greetings from the IUHPFL Office!

Registration for the 2012 IUHPFL qualifying language test is now available at http://www.indiana.edu/~iuhpfl/testregistration/. Students must register and pay online by September 25, 2011. Please note that if a student intends to test in more than one language, s/he must submit a separate application and fee for each language.

Before registering, please encourage your prospective Honors Program students to:

• Visit the IUHPFL website at www.indiana.edu/~iuhpfl/
• Review the qualifications to participate
• Take the Self-Inventory

Test registration locations, dates and times are located at http://www.indiana.edu/~iuhpfl/testregistration/ 
We will send e-mail reminders about testing sites and Program specifics to registered students and school coordinators one week before the test.

Please contact us at iuhpfl@indiana.edu or 812.855.5241 if you have any questions.

Best,

Stephanie

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Stephanie M. Goetz
Managing Director

Communication #1: August 1st, 2011

Our foreign language students have returned to their classrooms with confidence and enthusiasm. The summer of 2011 has been highly successful for the IUHPFL and we are proud of our students’ accomplishments.

Bookmarks
As part of the new 2011/2012 Program cycle, we will soon mail you IUHPFL Promotional Bookmarks to be distributed to interested foreign language students. The Self-Inventory on the back asks students to consider a series of questions before taking the test to apply to the Program.

Factsheet und Competitive Review of Study Abroad Programs
The IUHFPL Factsheet, an overview of the Program, recommended for interested students, their parents and other teachers, can be downloaded from the IUHPFL website. The IUHFPL Competitive Analysis, an overview of how the IUHPFL compares to other popular study abroad programs, is recommended for interested students, their parents and other teachers, and downloadable from the IUHFPL website.

Whether you have encouraged your foreign language students to participate in the IUHPFL in the past or are new to the Program, we suggest visiting our website. Here you’ll find additional information, materials and ideas on how to promote the IUHPFL at your school and share the excitement and successes of the IUHPFL.

Next Steps
If you decide to learn more and move forward, please visit our website.

1. Print out the “Agreement to Participate” — All schools are asked to provide basic information that will help us stay in touch with you throughout the IUHPFL 2011/2012 cycle. Please return the completed form to us via e-mail, fax or U.S. mail by September 15, 2011.
2. Review our Web site and the High Schools & Teachers Tab — Information about the Program, how to promote the Program and communication with our office.
3. Introduce potential students to the IUHPFL Program.
4. Encourage them to register for the language test — a great tool to complement language instruction.

Thank you for your continued support for the IUHPFL. As always, we look forward to answering your questions and working with you and your students.

Best,

Stephanie

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Stephanie M. Goetz
Managing Director