KU News Release

KU plans numerous events as part of International Education Week

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will join schools across the country to observe International Education Week, Nov. 12-16.

Various public events and displays are planned, including:

— International Education Week Kick-Off, 10:30 a.m., Nov. 12, Strong Hall rotunda, sponsored by International Programs
— Picture the World photo exhibit, Nov. 12-16, Kansas Union Gallery, sponsored by Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholarship
— Study abroad photo exhibit, Nov. 12-16, fourth-floor display case in the Kansas Union, sponsored by Office of Study Abroad
— Chinese Tradition: Old and New library exhibit, Nov. 12-16, third floor in Watson Library, sponsored by KU Libraries
— Nuggets from the Archive: A Different Perspective on the July Crisis of 1914, brownbag lecture with Bruce Menning of the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, noon-1 p.m., Nov. 13, 318 Bailey Hall, sponsored by the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
— KU Libraries open house for the new international area studies offices, 1-3 p.m., Nov. 13, Fifth floor in Watson Library, sponsored by KU Libraries
— Student Success in Global Awareness panel, 3 p.m., Nov. 13, third-floor West Reading Room in Watson Library, sponsored by Global Awareness Program, Global Partners and International Programs
— Ujamaa brownbag: Drumming for Life: African Styles, Innovations and Techniques; Dylan Bassett, Yusufu Kamara and Linda Wiley, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Nov. 14, Alcove C in the Kansas Union, sponsored by Kansas African Studies Center
— Book signing and lecture by T.L. McCown, author of “Shifting Sands and Creating Shamsiyah: Empowering the Saudi Feminist Movement,” 7-8:30 p.m., Nov. 14, Oread Books in the Kansas Union, sponsored by Oread Books
— International Fair with organizations such as Global Awareness Program, Global Partners and the Office of Study Abroad, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Nov. 15, fourth-floor lobby in the Kansas Union
— World at KU event for international students and scholars, 4-6 p.m., Nov. 15, Kansas Union ballroom, sponsored by International Programs, Coca-Cola, KU Dining Services and International Student and Scholar Services
— Fourth annual International Dinner to raise money for Iraqi, Lebanese and Palestinian children, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Nov. 15, First Presbyterian Church, 2415 Clinton Parkway, tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door, sponsored by KU UNICEF, AIESEC, Ecumenical Christian Ministries, International Student Association, KU for Uganda, Millennium Development Goals Organization and Renaissance Church
— Film screening of “The Kite Runner,” 7:30 p.m., Nov. 15, Hollywood Theaters, 3433 Iowa St., free, open to public, tickets can be picked up after Nov. 12 at the African and African-American studies department (9 Bailey Hall), Ecumenical Christian Ministries, English department (3001 Wescoe Hall), International Programs (300 Strong Hall), Hall Center for the Humanities (reception desk), School of Law (205 Green Hall), Nunemaker Center, Religious Studies department (Smith Hall), Watson Library Service Desk, sponsored by Department of African and African-American Studies

See the complete schedule on the International Programs Web site.

Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius have signed proclamations declaring International Education Week at KU and statewide. Lawrence Mayor Sue Hack will sign a proclamation at the City Commission meeting Nov. 13.

More than 1,600 international students are enrolled at KU. Each year 1,400 students from KU and universities throughout the country study abroad through KU’s programs.

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