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Discover the world through Florida State's cross-cultural events and activities open to all students, faculty and staff. To let us know about your upcoming Florida State cross-cultural event or to receive email notices of these events, go to our Listserv page.
Apply to Present at Going Global: A Showcase of Student Discovery
Students are invited to share their international story at Going Global, a Showcase of Student Discovery. All students who have studied, worked, or researched around the world are encouraged to apply. Applications deadline extended!
Serviceship Applications Available
Florida State University students can apply now for a Serviceship through The Center for Leadership and Civic Education. A Serviceship is an award up to $4,000 to help fund travel and living costs for a to perform a service internship during the summer of 2010. Students interested in applying are expected to spend 30-40 hours per week for 8-12 weeks next summer contributing to an area of community need. Please visit http://thecenter.fsu.edu, and click “Students” and “Summer Serviceships” to learn more about the program and to download an application. Applications are due December 11.
Teach English as a Foreign Language
Learn how to teach English as a foreign language through the Center for Intensive English Studies’ seven week, 42 hour certificate program. The certificate is structured to provide an overview of the field, teaching methodologies, student assessment, and practical applications to teaching grammar, reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Teaching of culture and methods of how to adapt to a host culture will also be covered. In addition, certificate students will work with international students who are studying English to get hands-on experience through structured tutoring and exchange opportunities. Registration for this program can be found online. Contact Ramin Yazdanpanah with questions.
11/6: Heal the World
Join the Ambassadors for Multicultural Affairs in community service at the Character Center.
Friday November @ 4:00 - 5:30 PM
Shuttling from the Union Circle 3:20 PM
11/6: International Coffee Hour
Every Friday, international and U.S. students, scholars, and faculty gather for coffee and snacks at the International Center.
Friday, November 6 @ 5:30-7:00 PM
International Center
11/9: Kristalnacht Memorial Dinner
The Jewish Student Union, the Holocaust Education Resource Council and Hillel are hosting "A Recipe for Life" dinner. Traditional Jewish recipes of Holocaust survivors and their families will be made and served, and their stories will be told. The doors open at 6:30 with dinner served at 7pm. There are a few open seats for students, free with a student ID but you must RSVP by sending email to FSJews@gmail.com.
Monday, November 9 @ 7:00 PM
11/9: Asia's Best Dance Crew
The Asian American Student Union, Yo Yo, aKDPhi, LSA and Sig Rho are hosting the next best thing that will hit the dancing world: Asia's Best Dance Crew.
Monday, November 9 @ 7:00 PM
Oglesby Union Ballroom
11/10: Russian Rock Band: Mumiy Troll
Mumiy Troll is the leader of a musical trend defined as rockapops. They are one of the successful long-standing independent artists in Russia. The band has released eight studio albums, wrote and produced soundtracks for a full length cartoon movie, gave a new sound to classic Russian silent sci-fi movie and donated tracks to feature films including Russian blockbuster Night Watch. Admission is free for FSU students, $10 for non-students.
Tuesday, November 10 @ 9:30 PM (doors open at 8:30 PM)
Club Downunder in the FSU Student Union.
11/10 & 23: Serviceship Application Workshop
Students interested in applying for a Summer Serviceship or other service experience can learn how to create a stand out proposal. Find out how to propose and create a meaningful service experience. For more information contact us at 644-3342 or visit http://thecenter.fsu.edu (click “Students” and “Summer Serviceships”). The workshop will be repeated on November 23 @ noon. Applications are due December 11.
Tuesday, November 10 @ 6:00 PM
Dunlap Student Success Center 1006
11/10: Andean Ensemble
Known as "Aconcagua," after the tallest mountain in the Andes (and in the Western Hemisphere), this ensemble performs music from the many traditions of the South American central Andes (Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador). The instrumentation includes kenas, sikus, tarkas, charangos, guitars, arpa índigena, bombo, and cajon. This musical performance is a part of the World Music Ensembles at the College of Music.
Tuesday, November 10 @ 8:00 PM
Dohnányi Music Hall
11/12: Realizing the Dream
This event will provide information about the DREAM Act and how this cause affects each FSU student. The DREAM Act is legislation that will allow for 65,000 students yearly to pursue higher education and/or enlist in the military. Florida State Professors Dr. Vincent Mikkelsen and Dr. Pamela Robbins are the keynote speakers who will present how the history of immigration has created our nation. Hosted by
the Hispanic Latino Student Union, Black Student Union,
Sigma Delta Pi Spanish Honors Society,
Human Rights Awareness Center,
International Center,
Advocates for Immigrants and Refugee Rights, Center for the Advancement of Human Rights and the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
Thursday, November 12 @ 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Broad Auditorium, Claude Pepper Center
11/13: Bend it, Shape it, Work it, Make it
Origami. Chinese. Calligraphy. The Asian American Student Union will teach how to do it.
Friday, November 13 @ 7:00-9:00 PM
Student Life Cinema 249 & 250
11/14: Focus the Nation Climate Change Forum
This fall, Focus the Nation forums are being held around the United States, including here at FSU. There will be a discussion panel about climate change, and a second discussion panel about climate solutions, legislation, and the international climate delegations happening next month in Copenhagen. Brunch is provided.
Saturday, November 14 @ 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Broad Auditorium, Claude Pepper Center
11/16-11/20: International Education Week
International Education Week is an opportunity to celebrate 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 promotes programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States. This year's theme is "Your Role in Building a Better Future." Please see events listed below.
11/16: Trans-Mediterranean Satellite TV: France and the Maghreb
The Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies is sponsoring a lecture by Tristan Mattelart,
Institut Français de Presse, Université Paris II. Tristan Mattelart will
discuss a major research project which he is currently leading on transnational satellite television flows between the northern and southern shores of the Mediterranean with particular reference to France, Spain, Italy, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Satellite broadcasting has revolutionized television viewing in virtually every part of the globe, eroding at an increasing pace the national boundaries within which viewing communities were until recently largely confined. Key issues at stake include the significance of transnational broadcasting for migrant groups originating in North Africa, the largest of which have settled in France. Tristan Mattelart is the author of
Cheval de Troie audiovisuel and is
currently editing a book on underground networks and globalization.
Monday, November 16 @
3:30 PM
Diffenbaugh 009
11/16: Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai Film
Taking Root tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai. Her simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights and defend democracy. This International Education Week event is being co-hosted by the International Center, the Sustainable Campus Initiative and Peace Jam.
Monday, November 16 @ 6:00 PM
Broad Auditorium,
Claude Pepper Center
11/16: African Ensemble
The African Music and Dance Ensemble performs music from all across Sub-Saharan Africa. Recently, the ensemble has performed Ashanti drumming and Ga xylophone music from West Africa, amadinda xylophone music from Uganda and Kiganda court music from the kingdom of Buganda, which includes various string instruments, drumming, vocal styles and dance. This musical performance is a part of the World Music Ensembles at the College of Music.
Monday, November 16 @ 8:00 PM
Dohnányi Music Hall
11/17: Global Opportunities Panel Discussion
International Education Week continues with this student panel discussion of opportunities for global engagement.
Tuesday, November 17 @ 5:00 PM
Broad Auditorium,
Claude Pepper Center
11/17: Flow: For the Love of Water
International Education Week continues with a film that asks, "How did a handful of corporations steal our water?" Water is the very essence of life, sustaining every being on the planet. 'Flow' confronts the disturbing reality that our crucial resource is dwindling and greed just may be the cause.
Tuesday, November 17 @ 7:30 & 10:00 PM
Student Life Cinema
11/18: Middle East Center Open House
The Middle East Center invites you to enjoy Baklava and ma'amoul as well as coffee and tea at their open house.
Wednesday, November 18 @ 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Middle East Center, Building 264, Hull Street
11/18: Students as Diploma Leaders and Cultural Ambassadors
This month’s Engage Your World: Discussion Series on Critical Global Issues' topic is
Students as Diploma Leaders and Cultural Ambassadors. For more information contact Aleks Nesic or Trey Hoobler. Refreshments will be served.
Wednesday, November 18 @ 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Broad Auditorium, Claude Pepper Center
11/17: Yes Men Fix the World
International Education Week continues with a film
consisting of pranks on major corporations and governmental agencies by two anti-globalization activists,
exposing the people profiting from Hurricane Katrina, the faces behind the environmental disaster in Bhopal, and other shocking events.
Wednesday, November 18 @ 7:30 & 10:00 PM
Student Life Cinema
11/19: Everything is Illuminated
International Education Week continues with this discussion on human rights after the film, Everything is Illuminated. In this film a young Jewish American goes to the Ukraine in search of his grandfather's past and investigates anti-Semitism in the Ukraine before the war.
Thursday, November 19 @ 5:00 PM
HCB
11/20: Going Global: A Showcase of Student Discovery
Enjoy displays and presentations by students who have gone overseas to study, intern and participate in special service projects. Attendees will enjoy international food, a poster showcase and have access to booths providing information about financial assistance, study and travel abroad opportunities and volunteer options. Sponsored by the Center for Leadership & Civic Education, the International Center and FSU International Programs.
Friday, November 20 @ 3:00 – 5:00 PM
Student Services Building
11/20: International Reception and World Drum Circle
Join international and U.S. students, scholars, and faculty for coffee, and snacks and the world drum circle.
Friday, November 20 @ 5:00 - 8:00 PM
International Center
11/20-22: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf
The Florida State Black Actor's Guild is performing
Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf. The show is free.
Friday, November 20 @ 8:00 PM
Saturday, November 21 & Sunday, November 22 @ 2:00 PM
Augusta Conradi Studio Theatre inside the Williams Building
11/21: "Ayiti Cherie" Haitian Cultural Club Banquet
To cap off the annual Haitian Cultural Club (HCC) week, November 15-22, the FSU community is invited to "Ayiti Cherie", the annual banquet. HCC Week seeks to educate, inform and entertain the FSU student body. November 18th marks 206 years since the last battle was fought to achieve Haitian independence. For more information email haitiancc@gmail.com.
Saturday, November 21 @ 7:00 - 9:00 PM
University Room, Oglesby Union
12/1: Steel Band & Gamelan
"Sekaa Gong Hanuman Agung" performs both traditional and contemporary gamelan music of Bali, as well as music pieces for gamelan by Western composers. Focusing on both gong kebyar and baleganjur gamelan styles, this ensemble features 25-30 musicians playing on a spectacular set of handmade gongs, matellophones, drums, cymbals, and flutes from Bali, Indonesia."Mas 'n Steel," a Trinidadian-styled steelband, consists of "pans" made by Manette, Alexis and Reynolds. This musical performance is a part of the World Music Ensembles at the College of Music.
Tuesday, December 1 @ 8:00 PM
Opperman Music Hall
Now-12/2: ¡Azúcar! Dance Company Lessons
The Florida State ¡Azúcar! Dance Company will be teaching casino-style salsa, the most popular salsa style in Miami and South Florida, on Wednesdays during Florida State's fall semester of 2009. The lessons are free and don't require a partner.
Wednesdays, September 16 - December 2
Beginners @ 7:00 PM
Intermediates @ 8:00 PM
Oglesby Union Room 302
12/2: Irish Ensemble
Artist-in-residence Jane Scott teaches authentic Irish fiddle styles in a traditional oral-aural manner. This musical performance is a part of the World Music Ensembles at the College of Music.
Wednesday, December 2 @ 8:00 PM
Dohnányi Music Hall
12/11: Serviceship Applications due
Perform a service internship during the summer of 2010, and apply for a chance to earn up to $4,000 to help fund travel and living costs during your experience! Florida State University students can apply now for a Serviceship through The Center for Leadership and Civic Education. Students interested in applying are expected to spend 30-40 hours per week for 8-12 weeks next summer contributing to an area of community need. Please visit our website, and click “Students” and “Summer Serviceships” to learn more about the program, to download an application and discover application workshop dates.
Friday, December 11 @ 5:00 PM