French graduate student seeks sponsor family/housing Feb 2001 - June 2001

[Philip Koopman]

This is a female 22-year-old who has an internship with US Air and is
looking for housing this Spring.

On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 17:21:40 +0100, "virginie pelliard"
<pelliard...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Dear M. Koopman,
>
>I am a 22-year-old French student in a Graduate school of Aeronautics
>Engineering, at "ENAC",at Toulouse, and I have had the great opportunity to
>attend Ms. Karama KANOUN's classes. After discussing with her, she advised
>me to write you to obtain information. Indeed, I will make an internship at
>US Airways at Pittsburgh from February 2001 to June 2001. Therefore, I have
>to find an accommodation. Nonetheless, my ambition is to discover the
>American life in a family, and so to stay with local people for me to enjoy
>and benefit from American habits. Furthermore, I have already done this,
>with success, in an American family at Memphis.
>As a result, I would really like to experience this again. So, it would be
>kind of you to ask for information whether an American family at Pittsburgh
>would host a foreign student for 5 months.
>I am a very kind girl and determined to joyfully spend time with a hosting
>family (obviously with a certain amount of money per month).
>
>I thank you for your understanding and consideration. Perhaps, you could
>know some people interested by hosting a 22-year-old French girl. I am
>looking forward to hearing from you and wish you success.
>
>Yours sincerely,
>Virginie PELLIARD.

I inquired further and she is a non-smoker. I imagine that living in
the city near campus and taking the 28X out to her internship at the
airport would be OK. I don't know Virginie personally, but I respect
Dr. Kanoun's judgement (Karama can be reached at kan...@grieg.laas.fr if
you wish to check that reference).

-- Phil

Phil Koopman -- koo...@cmu.edu -- http://www.ices.cmu.edu/koopman