Julien Vidal
BIE 2013
The BIE is one of the main association of the INP. This association is the linked between the foreign students of the INP and the french culture. We help them by organising integrations, parties, hiking, canyonning and a lot of others activities to help them to discover how a french mind function.
When I began to learned languages, I must confess I was not the more hard-worker among the others, but I started doing well with English and I discovered all the possibilities this knowledge offer me, I was as a blind man who open his eyes for the first time. For that moment - especially at Grenoble which is one of the most cosmopolitan city - I want to spend my time with foreign students to learn about them, about their culture and about their way to work.
I entered in the BIE to concretise this willingness and I must say I am not disappointed. One of the main engagement of the BIE consist in linking two people together by an unofficial relation of godfather-godson/goddaughter. When I was a 1st year, I chose a Bresilian as godson and thanks to him and his friends, I spend among the best months of my life: parties, skiing, music festival It was a really rewarding experience.
Of course there is other association among the other universities which welcome and integer students but the BIE is one of the best and assuredly one of the most appreciated by french and erasmus students.