IEW SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

[ Tuesday  |  Wednesday  |  Thursday  |  Friday ]

10:00am – 3:00pm
Student Services II, Room 1100
Center for International Education (CIE) Open House
Visit CIE to meet friendly, knowledgeable International Peer Advisors and CIE Staff Advisors. Hear about their experiences and learn about study abroad opportunities for you. Free gift when you get your EAP application during IEW! Taste international refreshments, too.

11:00am - 2:00pm
Pippin Commons and Mesa Commons
Mexican Cuisine

1:00 – 2:15pm
Cross Cultural Center Park Room
Travel Abroad and Get Paid!
Learn how to develop the skills you need for a career overseas. Make your international dream career come true. Presentation by Jean-Marc Hachey, author of The Big Guide to Living and Working Overseas.

2:00 – 3:30pm
University Extension, Bldg. C, Room 110-111
Travel-Study Information Session: Europe
Get information on our summer programs in Italy, Spain and Switzerland.

2:30 – 4:00pm
4800 Berkeley Place
Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture Open House
Drop by and learn about the Center’s offerings in Persian language, literature, music, history, and art history and our exciting cultural events throughout the year. You will be treated to a music demo.

2:45 – 4:00pm
Cross Cultural Center Park Room
Travel Abroad and Get Paid!
See description under Tues. 11/13 at 1:00pm

3:00 – 5:00pm
Natural Science 2, Room 2201
International Scientific Research Poster Session
Distinguished scholars will present a poster session in the areas of Biological/Medical Sciences, Chemistry, Life Sciences, Engineering and Physical Sciences. Light refreshments.

5:30 - 7:00pm
Pippin Commons
Filipino Cuisine

5:30 - 7:00 pm
Mesa Commons
Indian Cuisine

7:00 – 9:00pm
University Club
Global Leadership and Study Abroad
Hear an expert panel of community leaders, business leaders, faculty, alumni, and current students discuss the importance of cultural awareness and understanding of international issues in today’s global society and marketplace. Dinner and parking are complimentary. Space is limited. RSVP required to melissh@uci.edu

7:30 pm
Lucille Kuehn Auditorium ( HIB 100)
Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellows Series: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib
Seymour Hersh is a military and national security reporter known as one of the most influential investigative journalists of the past 40 years. His Pulitzer Prize-winning reports made public the My Lai massacre and its cover up during the Vietnam War, and most recently, the documentation of human rights abuses in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

10:00am – 3:00pm
Student Services II, Room 1100
Center for International Education (CIE) Open House
See description under Tues. Nov 13th

11:00am -2:00 pm
Pippin Commons and Mesa Commons
Chinese Cuisine

1:00 – 2:30pm
Aldrich Hall, Room 107
Cultural Understanding & Sensitivity Workshop
Whatever your career path will be, in our globally interdependent world you will need to be able to engage effectively with diverse populations. Learn how at this workshop presented by the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity.

2:00 – 3:00pm
Student Center , Emerald Bay , Room D
Travel-Study Information Session: South America
Learn about summer programs in Chile and Costa Rica.

2:00 – 3:00pm
Student Services II, Room 1010 AB
Faculty Abroad! UC Education Abroad Program Study Center Director Information Meeting. Hear from previous UCI Faculty about the joys and challenges of leading a UC EAP Study Center abroad. Applications are due January 11, 2008. Get your questions answered.  Refreshments served.

3:00 – 4:00pm
Student Center , Emerald Bay , Room D
Travel-Study Information Session: Japan
Learn about our new summer program in Japan.

3:00 – 4:30pm
Social Science Laboratory 145
Teaching English as a Foreign Language Information Session
Acquire the skills to teach English abroad through our 5-month evening and 10-week summer intensive program. Benefits include teaching practice, job referral assistance, and post-program staff support.

5:00 – 6:00 pm
Student Services II, Room 1002
International Internships in Washington , D.C.
Come and find out about internationally focused internships available in Washington , D.C. through the UCDC Academic Internship Program.

5:30 - 7:00pm
Pippin Commons and Mesa Commons
Japanese Cuisine

11:00am - 2:00pm
Pippin Commons and Mesa Commons
German Cuisine

12:00 - 2:00pm
Student Center , Moss Cove Room A & B
IEW Closing Ceremony & Prize Drawing
Celebrate the end of UCI’s International Education Week.

1:30 - 2:30pm
Student Services II, 1010 AB
Biological Science Majors, Study Abroad!
Hear from your faculty and peers what they gained from studying biology abroad. Learn about opportunities open to you.

2:00 – 3:30pm
University Extension, Bldg. C, Room 110-111
Travel-Study Information Session: Cambridge
Meet Gideon Malone from Pembroke College and learn about summer programs.

3:00 – 4:30pm
Social Science Laboratory 122
Teaching English as a Foreign Language Information Session
See description under Wed. Nov 14th

3:30 - 4:15 pm
Social Science Plaza A, Room 1100
International Studies Majors, Study Abroad!
Learn why all International Studies majors should study abroad. Hear from your professors and peers why it matters and what options are open to you.

4:15-5:30 pm
Social Science Plaza A, Room 1100
U.S. -Egyptian Cooperation in Promoting Peace in the Middle East.
Ambassador Abderahman Salaheldin, Consul General of Egypt in San Francisco, will address various aspects of ongoing efforts to resume the peace process to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. He will also talk about Egyptian-U.S. cooperation in economic, security and counterterrorism spheres.

5:30 p.m.
Langson Library
California Universities Building Amistad The UC-Cuba Initiative.
The Initiative was established in 2006 to bring together interested academics from all UC campuses to coordinate and develop UC-Cuba related academic activities, and to advance levels of mutual knowledge and exchange that exist between the United States and Cuba . Reception and exhibit viewing with remarks by Raul Fernández, UCI Professor of Chicano & Latino Studies and Ken Janda, UCI Professor of Chemistry. Limited seating. Reservations requested, please call (949) 824-5300 or email: partners@uci.edu

5:30 - 7:00pm
Pippin Commons and Mesa Commons
Vietnamese Cuisine

11:00am - 2:00pm
Pippin Commons and Mesa Commons
German Cuisine

5:30 - 7:00pm
Pippin Commons and Mesa Commons
American Cuisine

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