The OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Presents:
A Celebration of International Education Week
International Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. Departments of State and Education to promote global understanding through international education and exchange. To highlight the importance of international education at CreightonUniversity, the Office of International Programs and other academic departments and groups are sponsoring special events beginning Monday, November 13th.
Schedule of Events…
Monday, November 13, 2006
1:15-2:00 p.m. “Creighton Summer School in Ireland” - Dr. David Gardiner and past student participants will talk about the Irish Summer School, where Creighton students go to attend classes at Trinity College to learn how twenty-first century Ireland is cultivating its culture.— Skutt Student Center, Rm. 105
3:30-4:15 p.m. Culture Series: New Zealand—Ashley Nielsen will talk about her experiences while studying abroad in NewZealand.–SkuttStudentCenter, Rm. 104
7:00-8:00 p.m. Culture Series: Ireland—Catherine O’Neill, Samantha Peterson, Kate Ryan and Kelli Mutchler, students returning from study abroad, share their experiences during their program at the University of Limerick in Ireland.—Skutt Student Center, Rm. 104
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
2:30-3:15 p.m. Culture Series: Lithuania—Jurgis Vilcinskas, an exchange student from Vilnius University in Lithuania, will speak about Lithuania’s regional stance, foreign policy, modernization, people, etc. –Skutt Student Center, Rm. 104
4:00-4:45 p.m. Culture Series: Dominican Republic—Margarita Dubocq, Program Coordinator, Institute For Latin American Concern (ILAC), and international students from the Dominican Republic, will speak about the D.R.—Skutt Student Center, Rm. 104
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
2:30-3:45 p.m. Culture Series: China—Dr. Jinmei Yuan will give a presentation on the faculty-led trip to China this summer. Diane Mora, who extended her stay beyond the end of the program, will talk about what she experienced while teaching with the Soong Ching Ling Foundation and for Mary Knoll in Jiangmen, her participation in a silent retreat at Xavier House on the Chong Chau Island of Hong Kong, her work with the Hsing Hue Leprosarium Village, and her research at the Holy Spirit Study Center.SkuttStudentCenter, Rm. 104
4:00-5:00 p.m. Greenblatt & Seay Performance—you won’t want to miss this!-instrumentalists Debby Greenblattand David Seay perform Celtic, Irish, Swedish, Danish, Klezmer and other international folk music on a variety of instruments including the hammered dulcimer, fiddle and guitar.—Union Pacific Room, Lower Level - Reinhert Memorial Library
Thursday, November 16, 2006
4:00-5:30 p.m. Public Reading by James Norcliffe- co-sponsored by CreightonUniversity’s AsianWorldCenter (Dr. Maorong Jiang, Director) and the International Writing Program, University of Iowa.James Norcliffe, a poet, novelist, fiction writer, editor and Chinese interpreter who was born in New Zealand, has published five collections of poetry, a collection of short stories, and five novels for young adults. His writings are widely known in the U.S. and New Zealand. He has been awarded the Lillian Ida Smith Award (1990), the Robert Burns Fellowship (2000), and the Christchurch Press Literary Liaisons Honour Award (2003). A member and officer of the New Zealand Society of Authors, he is currently the president of the New Zealand Poetry Society. SkuttStudentCenter, Rm. 209
Friday, November 17, 2006
4:30-5:15 p.m. Culture Series: Saudi Arabia- Mahdi AlBahrani, Hashim AlGhafly, Maryam AlOmair and Nawaf AlOmran, Intensive English Language Institute students, will give a presentation on Saudi Arabia.SkuttStudentCenter, Rm. 104
6:00-7:00 p.m. Multinational Ambassador Program (MAP) Gathering – for current MAP members AND anyone who is interested in becoming a MAP partner. The Multinational Ambassador Program, sponsored by the Office of International Programs, pairs international students with American students to promote and encourage cross-cultural friendships wherein American and international students learn about each other’s culture. Lower St. John’s