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November 2009 • Vol. 8, No. 2For questions or comments, please contact the editor, Dale LaFleur at: [email protected]
First International Tucson Guitar Festival
Dear Reader:
This issue of the Global Reach highlights the wide range of events
to be held on campus and in the Tucson community in celebration of International Education Week 2009, a joint initiative of the U.S. Departments of State and Education, which promotes the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide.
The theme of this year’s celebration, “Creating a Vision for a Better Future”, is quite apropos. Across the globe, the practice of international education is at a turning point. The simplicity of bilateral relations between institutions and between countries is no longer sufficient in serving the complexities of a highly integrated global economy. The need for further integration of education systems on a global scale was in clear evidence as the recent economic crisis exposed the rapid shifts in regional and national influence worldwide. As educators, we must prepare students to rise to the challenges of true globalization, challenges which are multinational and multilayered.
Creating a vision for a better future begins locally on our campus by redefining our identity as a truly global university. In the coming months a proposal will go forward to formulate a Global 2020 Vision for the University that will offer strategic directions to this end.
Best wishes for the remainder of the fall semester.
Sincerely,
Kirk Simmons, Ph.D. Executive Director
Letter from the Executive Director
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Masterclasses by these renowned artists will be offered during the week of the festival. For more information, please contact Professor Tom Patterson, [email protected] or 520-621-1157.
Rafael Aguirre Miñarro, guitar
Tuesday November 10Office of Study Abroad and Student ExchangeStudy Abroad FairUA Mall10 am – 2 pmStella Rios, 520-626-9211, [email protected]
Thursday November 12School of MusicFirst International Tucson Guitar Festival: Sergio Assad & Odair AssadMusic Building, Holsclaw Hall7:00 pm520-621-2998*General Admission: $30 | Senior/UA Employee: $25 | UA Student: $20
Friday November 13Career ServicesStudy Abroad and Your CareerStudent Union, Suite 41111:00 am – 12:00 pmLizzie Schloss, [email protected]
Near Eastern Studies and Center for Middle Eastern Studies Fall Colloquium SeriesDr. Samira Farwaneh, Department of Near Eastern StudiesLouise Foucar Marshall Building, Room 4903:00 pm – 4:00 pmChristian Sinclair, [email protected]
International Student AssociationInformation Night / Pizza PartyLa Aldea Community Room5:30 pm Junta Zembayashi, [email protected]
School of MusicFirst International Tucson Guitar Festival: Sergio Assad & Odair AssadMusic Building, Holsclaw Hall7:00 pm520-621-2998*General Admission: $30 | Senior/UA Employee: $25 | UA Student: $20
International Education Week beginsMonday November 16
Center for Education Resources in Culture Language and Literacy, Second Language Ac-quisition and Teaching and International AffairsGlobal Lens 2009Getting Home (Luo ye Gui Gen), China 2007A film by Zhang YangMandarin, with subtitles in EnglishIntegrated Learning Center, Room 1306:00 pmFacilitated by Dr. Dian Li, East Asian StudiesKate Mackay, [email protected]
Tuesday November 17Graduate College and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Research InstituteInternational Research Opportunities for Graduate Students11:00 am – 1:00 pm Student Union Memorial Center, Presidio RoomGeorgia Ehlers, [email protected]
Communication Department and the Office of Study Abroad & Student ExchangeInformation session for the Fall 2010 Communication Abroad programCesar Chavez Building, Room 30812:00 pmEric Deschamps, [email protected]
International Affairs and the Center for English as a Second LanguageGlobal Excellence ReceptionUA Museum of Art4:00 pm – 6:00 pmMary Ann Berg, [email protected]* By invitation only. * Performance by Jane Curry, New Zealand, doctoral student in the UA School of Music
Center for Middle Eastern Studies and International AffairsGlobal Lens 2009Those Three (An Seh), Iran 2007A film by Naghi NematiFarsi and Turkish, with subtitles in EnglishIntegrated Learning Center, Room 1306:30 pmFacilitated by Ana Ghoreishian, MA candidate, and Julie Ellison, PhD candidate, Department of Near Eastern StudiesChristian Sinclair, [email protected]
Wednesday November 18International AffairsFall 2009 International Affairs College Advisory Committee Luncheon12:00 – 2:00 pm Student Union Memorial Center, Tucson RoomMary Ann Berg, [email protected]* By invitation only
Office of Study Abroad and Student ExchangeInformation Session for Summer Study Abroad in Namibia4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Student Union Memorial Center, Sabino RoomHarmony DeFazio, [email protected]
International Education Week Creating a Vision for a Better FutureA joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education
November 16-20, 2009
Delvis Fernandez LevyDJ Leydis
Alyssa Jordan-Italy-Grand Prize Winner
International Education Week Photos courtesy of the 2009 Study Abroad and Student Exchange Photo Contest.
Sergio Ceballos Syria
Christina Provencio Peru
Christina ProvencioPeru
Joe CaronNamibia
Marie Roy France
Luis Almanza Japan
Megan Massey New Zealand
Markus Steinauser Canada
Michelle Gibson Russia
Shruti Bala Indonesia
UA Poetry Center Presents Lila Zemborain and Rosa Alcalá
Lila Zemborian
Rosa Alcala
COLLEGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES - FALL 2009
Anne Betteridge, Ph.D. (ex officio)Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Oscar Blazquez, Ph.D. College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Professor Peter ChessonCollege of Science
Andrew Comrie, Ph.D. (ex officio)Graduate College
Professor Javier DuranCollege of Humanities
Kacey Ernst, Ph.D.Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Professor Kevin FitzsimmonsCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Professor Todd FletcherCollege of Education
Mike Katz, Ph.D.College of Pharmacy
Professor Carl MaesCollege of Optical Sciences
Francisco Marmolejo (ex officio)Office of Western Hemispheric Programs
Suzanne Panferov, Ph.D. (ex officio)Center for English as a Second Language
Professor Ronald PustCollege of Medicine
Professor Edward ReidCollege of Fine Arts
Ruth Taylor-Piliae, Ph.D.College of Nursing
Sushila Umashankar, Ph.D.Eller Graduate School of Management
James Van Arsdel (ex officio)Dean of Students
Professor Linda Waugh (ex officio)Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy
Professor Brent WhiteCollege of Law
Cynthia White, Ph.D.Honors College
Professor Scott Whiteford (ex officio)Center for Latin American Studies
Pat Willerton, Ph.D.College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Professor Israel WygnanskiCollege of Engineering
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Aiming For “The Third Place:” Intercultural Competence Through Forign Language Teaching and Learning
January 29-31, 2010 at the Hotel Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Conference Website: http://cercll.arizona.edu/icc_2010.php
This conference brings together researchers and practitioners across languages, levels and settings to discuss and share research, theory, and best practices and to foster meaningful professional dialogue on issues related to Intercultural Competence teaching and learning. Pre- and post-conference workshops provide in-depth, interactive sessions on assessment in study abroad programs, leadership, intercultural sensitivity, etc., in foreign language and other courses in K-12 and higher education settings.
Keynote Speaker: Claire Kramsch, PH.D. University of California, Berkeley
Three plenary sessions will feature distinguished speakers in the areas of Chinese, Latin American, and Middle Eastern language and culture:
• Vicki Galloway, PH.D - Professor of Spanish and Associate Chair for Research and Assessment in the School of Modern Languages at Georgia Institute of Technology.
• Jun Liu, PH.D. - Professor and Head of the Department of English at the University of Arizona. Director of the Confucius Institute of the University of Arizona (CIUA). Past President of Teachers of English as a Second or Other Language (TESOL).
• R. S. Zaharna, PH.D - Associate Professor in the School of Communication at American University.
UA faculty, staff and students qualify for discounted registration.Early Bird Registration and Scholarship Application Deadline: November 13th, 2009.
Second International Conference on Developing and Assessing Intercultural Competence:
Organized by the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL); co-organized by CIUA and the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Program (SLAT); co-sponsored by Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), all at the University of Arizona.