INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK
About IEW
IEW is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. The week is dedicated to enhancing international awareness across Boston College campus as well as to reinforcing the importance of the exchange of students and scholars across borders.
Initiated in 2000 by the US Department of State and the Department of Education, International Education Week emphasizes the importance of increasing knowledge and awareness of the world's cultures, peoples and languages, and affirms the critical role the international education plays at Boston College.
View Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's statement about International Education Week
IEW Publicity
Heights Article: Campus to Celebrate Int’l Education
Chronicle Article International Education Week, Nov. 14-18
Heights Article: The Real World: IEW, Learning cultural tolerance one meaningful event at a time
Kaleidoscope: ICBC publication featuring international education week
Heights Article: The World Through Our Eyes, International Photo Exhibition
International Education Week is a collaborative effort co-sponsored by: Office of International Students and Scholars, Office of International Programs, International Studies Program, Center for International Higher Education, Center for Human Rights and International Justice, Irish Institute, Residential Life, Graduate School of Social Work International Programs, Connell School of Nursing, BC Libraries, BC Dining Services, BC Bookstore, International Club of Boston College, Graduate International Students Association and several other intercultural clubs.
Week Long Events
International Photo Exhibition: O’Neill Library Level One Gallery
Photos submitted from across the BC Community will be exhibited. All photos chosen for the exhibit are international and of particular significance to the photographer.
International Book Display: McElroy Bookstore
In celebration of IEW, the Boston College Bookstore will be displaying a number of internationally themed books some of which were written by BC faculty members and administrators. Many of the books will be available for purchase.
Burst the Heart Open: An Exhibition of Irish Paintings
Burns Library Fine Print and Irish Rooms
International Offices Fair
Welch Dining Hall, the "Rat," Lyons Hall
11am-3pm
To kick-off International Education Week (IEW), the IEW committee will be hosting the 2nd annual International Offices Fair. Come to the Lyon’s Dining Hall (the “Rat”) on Monday, November 14th, to learn about exciting international and cultural opportunities available to you on BC campus, in Boston and abroad. Representatives from a number of offices and student organizations will be there to inform you of ways to get involved with international education and cultural events. Participating offices and organizations include: the Office of International Students and Scholars, Office of International Programs, Center for International Higher Education, Center for Human Rights and International Justice,The Irish Institute, GSSW Global Practice Program, Global Service and Justice Program, International Club of BC, and the Graduate International Student Association.
Trends and Challenges in International Higher Education: Discussion
Campion 202
12pm-1pm
What are the trends and challenges of international higher education? What does internationalization mean other than studying abroad and international students? The Center for International Higher Education hosts a roundtable discussion about key trends of international higher education, that include the growing global interest in liberal education, higher education in post-conflict societies, academic mobility of students and scholars, and the growth of branch campuses overseas. CIHE Graduate Research Assistants—Ivan Pacheco, Kara Godwin, Yukiko Shimmi, and Dave Stanfield— will be the main presenters of the day.
Educational Systems in Singapore: Discussion
Devlin 010
2:30-3:30pm
Singaporean students from the Lynch School of Education and the Harvard Graduate School of Education will discuss the Singapore Education System. Topics will include a quick overview of the Singaporean education system, some of the measures Singapore has taken to improve its education system in recent years, as well as some potential challenges the country may face in the future. The discussion will also include a question and answer section. You can email your questions in advance to SingaporeSession@gmail.com to be sure your questions are answered during the session.
International Economic Policy and Political Economy Seminar (IEPPE): Post 3/11 Japanese Economy with guest speaker Takeo Hoshi from the University of California, San Diego.
Higgins 310
4-5:30pm
ICBC is working with Professor Ghironi for this semester's IEPPE Seminar. This interdisciplinary seminar series (of Professor Fabio Ghironi) focuses on topics of relevance for current economic policymaking, including analysis of political and strategic dimensions. The series features speakers from the academic world with experience in policymaking and/or a record of policy-relevant research as well as speakers from policy institutions. The seminars will focus on the substantive insights that the speakers will offer on present-day policy questions rather than technique. For IEW, the seminar will be focused on Post 3/11 Japanese Economy. The guest speaker will be Takeo Hoshi from the University of California, San Diego. http://irps.ucsd.edu/faculty/faculty-directory/takeo-hoshi.htm
Pan American Nursing Education Panel Presentation
Cushing 411
4-5pm
Join fellow students, faculty, and staff to learn about the many global initiatives CSON offers and the type of work and education being done in each country. Graduate Education and Research- Across Time and Countries: Sr. Callista Roy
Global Health Perspectives Course in Ecuador: Joyce Pulcini
Community Health Clinical in Ecuador: Cathy Read and Donna Cullinan
Community Health Clinical and Service in Haiti: Donna Cullinan
Community Health Clinical and Service in Nicaragua: Ronna Krozy, Rosemary Byrne, and Sherri St. Pierre
Living and Working Abroad: Lecture and Discussion with Greg Stoller
Fulton 453
7pm-8pm
Greg Stoller, adjunct lecturer in the Carroll School of Management's Operations Management department, will be giving a lecture and leading a discussion on living and working abroad.
Global Passport Night- International Club of Boston College (ICBC)
Walsh Function Room
7-9pm
To kick-off International Education Week, ICBC is hosting their 2nd Annual ICBC GLOBAL PASSPORT NIGHT event for International Education Week. The aim of the event is to promote different cultures around the world, especially those represented at Boston College. We would have different tables for each culture club to represent their different cultures. ICBC would provide passports for students to stamp as they visit each table and those who get all stamps are automatically submitted in the raffle to win a $25 White Mountain Gift Card! Moreover, there will be performances at the end of the night (last year we had Fuego del Corazon and Masti perform!)
International Scholars Reception
Connolly House
3pm-5pm
RSVP Required to bcis@bc.edu
A reception for international faculty, researchers and scholars to meet and mingle over some light refreshments.
International Dining Night
BC Dining Halls: Corcoran (Lower), McElroy, and Stewart
4:30-8pm
In celebration of International Education Week, BC dining halls will be serving a number of international dishes for dinner on Tuesday, November 15th. The dishes will be prepared by BC dining hall staff and will represent their diverse cultural backgrounds. Students will have the opportunity to try foods from a variety of cultures including Puerto Rico, Morocco, Thailand, Greece, Scandinavia and the Azores.
Lessons Learned: Leadership in a Global World wth Karen Morin
Yawkey Center: Murray Function Room
5pm-6pm
Internationally recognized for her expertise in nursing education and leadership, Karen Morin will discuss the critical need for nursing leadership in the global arena, and the singular skills of effective, innovative global nurse leaders. A reception will follow the presentation.
BC Summer Seminars Abroad: Information Session
Higgins 280
6-7pm
The Office of International Programs will be holding an information session for interested students on BC faculty-led summer seminars.
Irish Dance Open Rehearsal
6:30pm-8pm
O'Connell House Dance Studio
The BC Irish Dance team is a performance group for Irish dancers of the intermediate and advanced level. There are approximately 40 members, several of whom are ranked Irish Dancers at the regional, national, and World Championship level. The dancers, who perform in both hard and soft shoe, dance in a variety of choreographies, from the more traditional step dancing to choreography to modern songs by Dropkick Murphy's, Gaelic Storm, and other contemporary artists. BCID recently performed at a runway show in Boston Fashion Week and has been featured twice in Irish Dance Magazine as one of the top collegiate level Irish Dance organizations. Tonight from 6:30-8 PM they will be rehearsing a few of their pieces to be featured in their spring showcase. Come watch the dancers as they learn some new choreography!
International Practicum Pizza Party for LSOE Students
Campion 139
6:30pm
This is an opportunity for students in the LSOE interested in teaching abroad to learn more about the steps needed to apply, to better understand the requirements of this additional practicum experience, to hear what is "fact" and "fiction" about the opportunity, and to ask questions of former BC students who have taught internationally in elementary and secondary schools.
Irish Fiddle, Piano, and Accordion
2101 Commonwealth Ave- Brighton Campus
6:30-8:30pm
The Gaelic Roots Music, Song, Dance, Workshop and Lecture Series presents a concert by Gráinne Murphy and Kathleen Boyle.
Raidin the Wake, the Finnegans Wake Reading Group
Institute for the Liberal Arts, 10 Stone Ave.
7:30pm-8:30pm
Raidin the Wake brings together students and faculty dedicated to exploring Joyce's most astonishing text in an informal, fun, and exciting session each week. Led by Professor Nugent, the group has been seven years on the go, usually managing to read as many as ten or even twenty lines of this astonishing text per week. Everybody welcome--no Joycean experience necessary.
Occupy Wall Street Event with Charles Derber and BCOC (Boston College Occupies Boston) ICBC is presenting a talk regarding the Occupy Wall Street movement to discuss its root causes and effects to the country and around the world. Professor Charles Derber will give a presentation on the movement’s development, their demands and give a forecast of what is to happen. Lastly the Boston College Occupies Boston club will inform the audience of how they can get involved with the movement on campus. Charles Derber is a writer who studies the "big picture" of American culture and global capitalism. His recent books focus on climate change, capitalism, globalization, terrorism, the culture of hegemony, and the power of multinational corporations. He has also written extensively on the American Dream and the crisis of individualism that defines American life, showing how our problems of community are organically tied to economic and political forces. |
"No Education Left Behind? : Decentralization Reform and Local Government in Ethiopia"
12pm
Lyons 301
"Aberra is a Ph.D. candidate at Boston University. He is currently working on his dissertation research, which examines the impact of decentralization reforms on local government in Ethiopia. The main research question, therefore, is: “Does decentralization reform in Ethiopia improve local accountability in basic service delivery or might problems of accountability increase as power shifts, or appears to shift, downward?” He seeks answers to this question based on his own hypothesis that decentralization does improve local accountability in basic service delivery if local governments have real autonomy in decision-making power, adequate financial and human resources, and the active participation of their citizens in planning, monitoring and implementation of public policies."
International Book Discussion-RSVP Required
Connors Family Learning Center
12-1pm
The faculty and administrator book club will be celebrating IEW by reading and discussing One Day Of Life by Manlio Argueta. Books can be purchased in the Boston College Bookstore. Lunch will be served. RSVP is required to attend. Please RSVP to barretsc@bc.edu
Un coin francais special: Le Quebec
RSVP Required- Will be notified of location upon RSVP
12-1:30pm
Marc-Antoine Bédard, from the Delegation of Québec in Boston will speak about his native region and give a crash course on Québec (history, economy, traditions, where to go, what to do, etc). Lunch will be provided to those who RSVP. Please RSVP to conboya@bc.edu
Higher Education and the Arab Spring
Campion 010
12-1:30pm
Political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa resulted in revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, a civil war in Libya, and protests in many other countries. This movement commonly referred to as “the Arab Spring” has now spread beyond the Arab world. What is the impact of the Arab Spring on Higher Education in Arab countries and the world? The Center for International Higher Education will host a panel of experts on Higher Education and the Arab Spring. Lunch will be served.
Presenters include the Center’s Director, Monan Professor, Dr. Philp G. Altbach of the Lynch School of Education, Dr. Kathleen Bailiy of BC's Department of Political Science, Dr. Manar Sabry, a graduate of the State University New York at Buffalo who specializes in higher education in The MENA region, and Dr. André Elias Mazawi, professor in the Department of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia, who is also an affiliate professor at the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research, University of Malta.
Ireland’s Relationship with the Holy See Reconsidered – From the End of the Civil War (1923) to the Papal Visit in 1979
Burns Library
4-5pm
A lecture by Burns visiting scholar Dermot Keogh. Response by Reverend Liam Bergin, Rector, Pontifical Irish College, Rome. Reception to follow.
Axis of Hope: Educating Global Citizens
Cushing 335
5-7pm
Meal Provided- RSVP required
A presentation/lecture from Carl Hobert, founder of Axis of Hope, a non-profit organization dedicated to developing in young adults an understanding of alternative, non-violent approaches to resolving complex conflicts locally, nationally and internationally. Please RSVP to isp@bc.edu
The View of the US From Abroad: Panel Discussion
Devlin 221
6-8pm
The Office of International Programs will be hosting a lively discussion on the perceptions/misperceptions of the U. S. and America that Boston College study abroad students encountered while studying and living abroad. A light dinner will be served.
A Voice in Pictures: Empowerment in Romania
Gasson 304
7-8pm
Photovoice is a grassroots method of participatory action research that uses photography and narratives for social change. Three Graduate School of Social Work students and an alum will describe Photovoice and their work in Romania with 3 non-governmental organizations—Fundatia Estuar in Cluj which works with young adults with mental health problems; Fundatia Inocenti in Bistrita which works with abandoned and special needs children and their parents; and Fundatia Ruhama in Oradea which has developed an advocacy and education forum for Roma youth.
We Still Live Here: A Film Viewing and Discussion
Merkert 127
8-10:30pm
SNAP will be screening “We Still Live Here,” a documentary about the relevant cultural and modern issues of Natives in the Americas, especially children and education. Anne Makepeace, the writer and director, will be joining us for the screening and fielding questions at the end. Anne Makepeace has been a writer, producer, and director of award-winning independent films for more than twenty-five years. Her most recently completed documentary, WE STILL LIVE HERE: Âs Nutayuneân, is now making the festival rounds, won the 2011 Full Frame Inspiration Award, and will be broadcast nationally on PBS on the Independent Lens series in November. We Still Live Here is a documentary about the return of the Wampanoag language. Jessie Little Doe Baird, a Wampanoag linguist whose story is central to the film, recently won a MacArthur "genius" award for her unprecedented work in bringing back her people's language, which had not been spoken for over a century.
Killing Silence: Taking on the Mafia in Sicily: Film Viewing and Discussion
Devlin 008
8-10pm
As a part of International Education Week, Il Circolo Italiano will be sponsoring a viewing of the documentary "Killing Silence: Taking on the Mafia in Sicily" and holding a discussion after the screening. Because of its portrayal in pop culture, the Mafia today is often referenced in a light-hearted, joking manner. However, this film and discussion will address the history and realities of the Mafia's influence in Sicily, beginning after WWII and continuing to the anti-Mafia movements of the 1990's.
Bollywood Film Viewing
Cushing 001
7:30-10pm
SASA and the Art Club will be co-sponsoring a screening of a Bollywood movie, serving delicious masala popcorn, and providing henna tattoos for all in attendance! Come drop by for a snack, soak up some culture, and leave with a beautiful temporary tattoo!
It’s All Chinese to Me
Maloney Hall/Campanella 250
12-1pm
Have you ever wondered how the Chinese character system works? Did you know there are more than 6,000 commonly used Chinese characters? Please join Jinghan Cai, PhD student in Economics from China, for a discussion about the history of Chinese characters and a brief mini-lesson on how Chinese Characters work. You will leave the session with a better understanding and a new appreciation of the Chinese language. Feel free to bring your lunch. Drinks and dessert will be provided.
Ignatian Partners Abroad Making a Global Impact on the Poor: A Conversation with Luis Arancibia
McGuinn 334
12:30-2pm
Luis Arancibia is the Deputy Director of Entreculturas, a Jesuit NGO in Spain that works to improve education for the poor in countries of the global South. He is currently a visiting scholar in the Graduate School of Social Work. Entreculturas's central aim is to provide financial, technical, and human resources support for education in Latin America and Africa, chiefly through its close partner, the Jesuit Fe y Alegria education network. Entreculturas's second mission is to undertake educational and advocacy programs within Spain surrounding international aid, social justice, and education for the poor. Mr. Arancibia was born in Madrid, Spain, and was inspired, thanks to faith-based volunteer work in Spain and Argentina, to focus on the international social justice wing of economics.
Witnesses from Across the Globe: Empowering & Transforming the World
McGuinn 334
3-5pm
International Jesuits and Boston College students will discuss programs in which they have been involved or know about in their respective countries and regions that have the purpose of empowering and transforming people and their environments.
BC Alumni Going Beyond the Heights: A Panel on International Social Work
Fulton 110
6-7pm
A panel of recent social work graduates speaks about their experiences working with international non-profit organizations. Panelists will include students who worked in Belgium, Jordan, Ethiopia and Belize.
“Are All Immigrants Created Equal?” with Peter Skerry and Amnesty International
Higgins 300
7-8:30pm
ICBC and Amnesty International are collaborating to present an Immigration Discussion with Professor Skerry. Members of the BC community are welcome to attend and learn more about immigration effects in the U.S. and participate in the Q&A after Professor Skerry's talk. Free pizza and beverages will be provided!
Professor Peter Skerry is Professor of Political Science at Boston College and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, where his research focuses on social policy, racial and ethnic politics, and immigration.
Tea Ceremony
Walsh Function Room
6-8pm
Tea ceremonies are such a unique and intricate part of Japanese culture, and we hope to host one in the upcoming fall semester so that our guests can experience what they're like. By putting on an event that will be both educational and interactive, we aim to give BC students insight on the culture of traditional tea ceremonies. We plan on teaching our members and other students the basics of tea preparation and tea drinking in Japan. Since this event will likely occur in December, we see it as a way for students to take a calming break from the stress of upcoming finals. Through our attempts to capture the true nature of Japanese tea ceremonies, we hope to buy colorful tea sets and detailed decorations that will transform any room we use at BC into a traditional "chashitsu" (a space used specifically for tea ceremonies).
God Here and Hidden: A Performance of Southern Star Composed by Christopher Willcock, Australian Composer and Theologian
Gasson 100
8pm-9pm
Where is God? Is it even sensible to ask this question? Boston College’s Gasson Professor, Christopher Willcock SJ, Australian composer and theologian, turns to the Christmas narrative with these questions in mind. The presentation will be part lecture, part concert. Following an exploration of the mystery of the God we cannot see who is yet the God in our midst, a cycle of nine settings of Christmas-inspired texts entitled Southern Star, composed by Christopher Willcock, will be sung.
International Trivia Night Nights on the Heights and ICBC are collaborating to present an International Trivia Night! B.C. students can form teams to compete in answering the most number of questions in the contest and the members of the winning team win $15 iTunes gift cards! This weekly NOTH event will have special 'international' themed questions in honor of IEW! |
International Graduate Student Discussion: Thanksgiving Celebration
Murray Graduate Student Center
12pm-1pm
As part of their weekly discussion series, Office of International Students and Scholars, the Connors Family Learning Center and Graduate Student Life will be hosting its annual Thanksgiving celebration for international graduate students. The event is limited to international graduate students. Students must RSVP in advance to bcis@bc.edu.
The Day After Peace: Film Viewing and Discussion
Gasson 305
4-7pm
In celebration of IEW, the Graduate International Student Association will be screening “The Day After Peace,” a documentary directed by actor and peace activist Jeremy Gilley. The film is about Gilley’s efforts to establish a proper observance of the International Day of Peace and the practical necessity of nurturing a culture of non-violence. International Peace Day was established by the United Nations in 1981 in order to encourage the nations of the world to reject violence and war as means of resolving their differences. The film viewing will be followed by a discussion of the film and performances by Boston College musical groups Elizabeth and Peter as well as the Loose Handle Band.
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