International Education Programs Office
International Education Week 2007
Central Florida Community College Celebrates
International Education Week
November 12 - 16, 2007
International Education Week (IEW) is November 12 - 16, 2007 and there are many activities across Central Florida Community College to celebrate this important week!
IEW is an opportunity to celebrate diversity, raise global awareness, and to highlight the benefits of International Education and Exchange worldwide. This joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education is part of an effort to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States.
Currently, CFCC has sixty-seven (67) International Students on campus from over twenty (20) different countries. Every year many CFCC students participate in study abroad opportunities. In addition, CFCC hosts international scholars and visitors annually and many faculty and administrators travel abroad for research, recruitment, and professional development. Finally, many student clubs and staff organizations celebrate the important diversity that is a part of CFCC’s daily life.
CFCC International Education Programs Office encourages participation of all students, faculty, and staff in the important activities planned for International Education Week.
CFCC International Education Week 2007
Celebrate our Diversity and Increase our Global Literacy!
CFCC closed - Ideas to broaden Global Awareness:
· Watch a Foreign Language Film
· Dine on International Cuisine at a local restaurant
· Listen to World Music or International News
· Increase your Global Literacy! Take the Global IQ Quiz: http://iew.state.gov/
· Take an International Student to Lunch!
· Country Table Displays – Have a “Virtual” Visit to these countries:
Japan, Argentina, Korea, China, Puerto Rico, Turkey
Where: Bldg. 5, 1st Floor When: 11:30-1:30
Sponsored by: International Student Club, Hispanic-American Association for Cultural Exchange & Recognition, Muslim Student Association
· International Film Series- A Prairie Home Companion, 2006
Final film by Robert Altman, one of America’s greatest film directors.
Where: Bldg. 8-110 When: Two showings: 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Sponsored by: CFCC Foundation—Film Series
· Country Table Displays – Have a “Virtual” Visit to these countries:
Japan, Argentina, Korea, China, Puerto Rico, Turkey
Where: Bldg. 5, 1st Floor When: 11:30-1:30
Sponsored by: International Student Club, Hispanic-American Association for Cultural Exchange & Recognition, Muslim Student Association
· A Taste of India!
Enjoy authentic Indian cuisine; listen to Indian Music as performed by Pallovar Vaidyananthan; view photographs from the Musical Instrument Museum in Chennai.
Where: Bldg. 5, Patriot Café When: 11:30-2:30
Sponsored by: International Student Club, Council for Diversity and Global Awareness, Patriot Café
· Panel Discussion, “Diversity in Religious Worlds: Religious Tolerance in a Global Context”
Bring your lunch to hear brief presentations on religious diversity and discuss ways to nurture religious understanding and tolerance at CFCC
Where: Patriot Dining Room When: 12-1 p.m.
Sponsored by: Liberal Arts and Sciences Division
· Citrus Campus – Student Sponsored Poster Series on International Issues on display throughout the campus
· Watch for our International Students on the plasma screen! Student life will highlight some of CFCC’s diverse International Student body all throughout the week!
· Watch for the “Interesting International Fact of the Day” broadcasts!
All Events are Open to the Public!
For more information or questions, please contact Ramona Kirsch, International Education Programs Office, 352-854-2322, ext. 1624
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