San Antonio College will celebrate International
Education Week, Monday, Nov. 15 - Friday, Nov. 19, with a series
of discussions, presentations and exhibits, which are free and
open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Jon Lee,
Associate Professor of History, at 733-2565, or Suzanna Borawski,
Coordinator of International Student Services, at 785-6057.
Schedule of Events:
All events, unless otherwise noted, will be held in the Visual
Arts & Technologies Center, Room 120 (corner of Dewey and Lewis
Streets).
Monday, Nov. 15:
2 p.m.
Coffee with visiting Fulbright Scholar Dr. Gulnara Oiratovna Abikeyeva
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A native of Almaty, Kazakhstan, Dr. Abikeyeva is a journalist with
Megalopolis Newspaper and an author of The Heart of the World:
Films from Central Asia.
Tuesday, Nov. 16:
9:30 a.m.
The 27th Annual Edith Fox King Lecture, presenting photojournalist
David Leeson, who with Cheryl Diaz Meyer won the Pulitzer Prize
for Breaking News Photography for their photographs of the war
in Iraq.
Wednesday, Nov. 17:
10 a.m. -2 p.m.
International Student Exposition (Loftin Student Center, Fiesta
Room)
10 - 11:45 a.m.
"
Global Economic and Community Building," a youth dialogue
with international students from Belgium, South Africa, Mexico,
and Germany, who will discuss issues related to economic and community
building strategies in their countries. Special guests will include
students from Lanier High School. (The International Student Association,
Public Administration Club, and Students in Free Enterprise organizations
are sponsors of this event.)
3 - 4:15 p.m. - Presentations on Internet Mapping:
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Bringing Internet Mapping to the Humanities," Dr. Richard
E. W. Adams, Ashbel Smith Professor of Anthropology, UTSA
"Mapping the Mayan World: Civilization to Collapse, What
Happened?" Dr. Donald N. Clark, Professor of History and Director
of International programs, Trinity University
"Bringing the World into the Classroom with GIS Maps," Dr.
Carol Keller, Assistant Professor of History, San Antonio College.
Friday, Nov. 19
10 a.m. - noon
"
Advice to the U.S. President from International Students," a
presentation by the San Antonio College International Students'
Association
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