International Education Week 2014
<p align="center"> The Office of Intercultural Relations presents International Education Week 2014</p> <p> <strong>Date: 11/14</strong></p> <p> <strong>Diwali</strong><br /> The Festival of Lights is the most important Indian national holiday and has been celebrated for centuries by Hindus around the world.</p> <p> Time: 6-8 pm</p> <p> Location: North Café, Webb Center</p> <p> Indian Student Association<br /> Office of Intercultural Relations</p> <div align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /> </div> <p> <strong>Date: 11/17</strong></p> <p> <strong>Supporting International Students as a Conduct Advisor</strong><br /> Learn more about the student conduct process and how to support students who have been accused of violating policy. The session features ODU’s international student stories and transitional challenges. Attendees will have the option of supporting students by being added to our published list of Advisors.</p> <p> <br /> Time: 6-8 pm</p> <p> Location: Potomac-York River Rooms, Webb Center</p> <p> Office of Student Conduct & Academic Integrity</p> <div align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /> </div> <p> <strong>Date: 11/18</strong></p> <p> <strong>What Every Monarch Needs to Know About Academic Integrity</strong><br /> By working through real-life scenarios, this international student-focused presentation will outline ODU academic integrity policies and provide participants with strategies they can use to avoid academic integrity violations.</p> <p> Time: 11:00am-12:00pm</p> <p> Location: Chesapeake Room, Webb Center</p> <p> Office of Student Conduct & Academic Integrity</p> <div align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /> </div> <p> <strong>Date 11/18</strong></p> <p> <strong>Historical Perspective: Arab-Israeli Conflict</strong><br /> A lecture by Dr. Joseph Hodes, Department of History, regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict from a historical perspective.</p> <p> Time: 12:30-1:30 pm<br /> Location: Intercultural Center, 2114 Webb Center</p> <p> Hillel</p> <div align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /> </div> <p> <strong>Date: 11/18</strong></p> <p> <strong>ODU Writing Center's Top Tips for International Students</strong><br /> Learn about the most commonly-used resources for English Language Learners (ELL) from Writing Center tutors.</p> <p> <br /> Time: 1 pm</p> <p> Location: Learning Commons, Perry Library Room 1307</p> <p> ODU Writing Center</p> <div align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /> </div> <p> <strong>Date: 11/18</strong></p> <p> <strong>Behind the Blue Veil: Tuaregs in the Sahel and Mali</strong><br /> Screening of Robyn Symon's documentary Behind the Blue Veil, introduced by producer Linda Symon and followed by a Q & A with her. The film features displaced Tuareg tribes in the Sahel and Mali, and a nongovernmental organization, FACES, hard at work building schools.</p> <p> <br /> Time: 7:10-9:50 pm</p> <p> Location: Language Learning Center, BAL 3061</p> <p> Department of Foreign Languages</p> <div align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /> </div> <p> <strong>Date 11/19</strong></p> <p> <strong>Global Certificate Program</strong><br /> An opportunity to speak openly and learn freely from international students regarding their experiences at ODU and in the U.S.<br /> Time: 10am-12 pm</p> <p> Location: Virginia Beach Room, Webb Center</p> <p> Office of Visa and Immigration Service Advising</p> <div align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /> </div> <p> <strong>Date: 11/19</strong></p> <p> <strong><strong>International Men’s Day</strong></strong><br /> International Men's Day focuses on men’s health, improving gender relations, promoting gender equality, and highlighting positive male role models!</p> <p> Time: 12 – 2pm</p> <p> Location: North Mall, Webb Center</p> <p> Office of Counseling Services</p> <div align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /> </div> <p> <strong>Date: 11/20</strong></p> <p> <strong>FLET Forum</strong></p> <p> Experience a World Tour Semester via Foreign Literature in English Translation FLET 100. Meet global ODU students, hear about international education, and participate in the discussion about what your generation wants to know about the world.</p> <p> Time: 12:30-1:30 pm<br /> Location: North Mall, Webb Center</p> <p> Department of Foreign Languages and Literature</p> <div align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /> </div> <p> <strong>Date: 11/20</strong></p> <p> <strong>International Education & Country Fair</strong><br /> Showcase of ODU's diverse international community and an opportunity for the ODU community to travel the world in the North Mall of Webb Center.</p> <p> <br /> Time: 11:30am-1:00 pm<br /> Location: North Mall, Webb Center</p> <p> Office of Intercultural Relations</p> <div align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /> </div> <p> <strong>Date:11/21</strong></p> <p> <strong>Tax & Travel Signature Day</strong><br /> The VISA Office hosts the Tax & Travel Signature Day for international students/scholars to assist them with the 2015 tax package and have their visa document signed on location for travel to re-enter the U.S.</p> <p> <br /> Time: 9am-3 pm<br /> Location: ODU Research Foundation</p> <p> Office of Visa & Immigration Service Advising</p> <div align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /> </div> <p> <strong>Date: 11/21</strong></p> <p> <strong>Creative Writing Workshop: Writing Your Origin Story</strong></p> <p> This creative writing workshop emphasizes the communicative thread of writing one's origin story as a source of self-empowerment and building student community. Student work will be published in a special issue in TAYO Literary Magazine.</p> <p> Time: 2-5pm</p> <p> Location: Intercultural Center, 2114 Webb Center</p> <p> Instructor: MELISSA R. SIPIN: Assistant Professor in ODU’s English Dept and a writer.</p> <p> Office of Intercultural Relations</p> <div align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /> </div> <p> <strong>Date: 11/21</strong></p> <p> <strong>Persian Movie Night: A Separation</strong></p> <p> A Separation won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012, becoming the first Iranian film to win the award.</p> <p> Time: 6 pm<br /> Location: MGB 102</p> <p> Persian Students International Association (PERSIA)</p> <p> </p>
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Date: Thu Nov 13 10:18:20 EST 2014