International Programs
International Programs News and Events
Upcoming Events:
November 17, 2009
On November 17, the China Committee will convene U.S and Chinese senior leaders in green business, technology, design and development for the inaugural Green Building & Technology Summit in Chicago. The full-day event will include business matchmaking and panel discussions led by industry experts focusing on sustainable building practices, retrofitting existing structures for improved energy efficiency, and the economics of green building initiatives. This will be complemented by one-on-one sessions between U.S and Chinese companies, agencies and organizations who share a common business objective.
For more information about participation opportunities, please email lisa.xia@cityofchicago.org
8:30am - 3:00 pm
Cultural Center of Chicago - Preston Bradley Hall, 3rd Floor
78 East Washington Street
November 20, 2009
Rebuilding Hope - Chicago PremiereRebuilding Hope is a powerful record of Gabriel Bol, Koor and Garang’s quest to find surviving family-members and rediscover and contribute to their homeland; it also sheds light on what the future holds for South Sudan in its precarious struggle for peace, development and stability.
Friday, November 20, 8pm at the Portage Theatre 4050 N Milwaukee Avenue
Post screening Q&A with filmmaker Jen Marlowe and film subjects, including Chicago resident Garang Mayuol!
Ticket cost is $10.00
Screening is co-sponsored by The Six Corners Shopping District
Current News
September 24 - November 22
Iran Inside Out
The DePaul University Art Museum cordially invites you to the opening of "Iran Inside Out". This exhibit looks at the turbulence and complexity of present-day Iran and its relation to the West. The exhibit opens on September 24, 2009 and runs through November 22, 2009. The DePaul Art Museum is open Monday through Thursday from 11am to 5 pm; Friday from 11 am to 7 pm; and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 pm. For more information on "Iran Inside Out" or other museum programs and exhibitions, please call 773/325-7506 or visit http://museums.depaul.edu/artwebsite/
Boren Scholarship and Fellowship applications for the 2010-2011 academic year will are available online at http://borenawards.org. Application deadline for graduate applicants is January 28, 2010 and for undergraduate applicants the deadline is February 10, 2010.
The Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund Scholarship applications for the 2010-2011 academic year will be available online on Nov. 2, 2009. The grant supports women from underdeveloped countries who are committed to improving the lives of women and children in their home countries. The online application is available at www.mmmf-grants.org To see if you are eligible for this grant please download the eligibility requirements here. For more information about the MMMF scholarship, please go to: http://studyabroad.depaul.edu/Finances/UndergradScholarships/index.asp
The DePaul International Admission staff will be in the Middle East October 29 - November 11. If you know friends, family or alumni in the region you want to connect to DePaul, please email Sarah Sucher (ssucher@depaul.edu)
Find DePaul International Admission on Facebook: learn about the upcoming Global Ambassador Recipe Contest! http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Chicago-IL/Global-Ambassador-Program-DePaul/92042221584?ref=ts
Going Global is a web resource for career research worldwide. http://international.depaul.edu/goingglobal.asp Live online training is available for this great new tool. For more information, email: training@goingglobal.com
New Student International Travel Notification Policy goes into effect with new Fiscal Year.
The Division of International Programs is pleased to announce the new Student International Travel Notification Policy. This policy is effective as of 1 July 2009, you can read more about this policy at the University Policies website. The Student International Travel Notification form can be found at the For Faculty & Staff Page of International Programs.
International Programs staff quoted in article in International Educator.
International Programs Associate Vice President Joseph Kinsella and Office Manager Tanya DePass were interviewed and quoted in the article, Beyond Stereotypes by Susan Ladika. This article appeared in the March/April edition of International Educator magazine. Click on the link to read the full articlePast Events:
November 10, 2009
University Ministry Spring Break Service Immersion Trip Information Session
The Office for International Students and Scholars (OISS) is hosting an information session for University Ministry Service Immersion Spring Break trips in 2010. The information session will be held on November 10, 2009 in the International Centre, 1 East Jackson Blvd. Room 9301. The session will begin at 2:00 pm. Attendance at one of the info sessions is mandatory to apply to this program.
To register, please contact University Ministry by phone at 773-325-7902, or via email at: umintrips@depaul.edu
November 11, 2009
DePaul Celebrates Veterans Day with the City of Chicago
An intimate evening of celebration, fellowship, food and fun featuring university resources, and a visual art exhibit and performance. The University Support Services Fair will provide information for those looking for initiatives serving veterance. Art and performance created by member fo the Vet Art Project - artists and veterans collaborating to create new art about war and service.
Events begin at 4:00 pm and continue through 8:30 pm. To RSVP, email veteransadvocacy@depaul.edu or (312)362-6367 Seating is limited.
November 13, 2009
Bon Appetit Chicago Returns for November!
Join us for the next installment of our monthly Bon Appetit Chicago series. Meet new friends, enjoy delicious food, and get to know Chicago. Be sure to sign up soon, space is limited! Sign up at the International Centre, at DePaul Center Suite 9300 Monday - Friday between 9am - 5pm. Registration for this event will close on the morning of November 13th.
Meet at Reza's Restaurant, 432 West Ontario Street, Chicago, IL. 60654 The cost is $5.00 at the time of sign up. The $5 cost is non-refundable.
November 6, 2009
Japan Student Night: A Welcome to Chicago Reception
5:30 - 8:30 pm
Cultural Center of Chicago - Preston Bradley Hall, 3rd Floor
78 East Washington Street
Phone: 312-263-3049
The Japan America Society of Chicago & the Chicago Sister Cities International Program invite you to attend this special event. If you are a student visiting from Japan, a student who is interested in Japan or a university faculty member, this is a chance for you to meet students from over 12 universities and members of the Japanese business community. Reservations requested. Fee: $10 for students and faculty (Registered before Nov. 5). $15for students and faculty when paid at the door. $20 JASC/CSCIP members and $25 Non-members
November 5, 2009
Do you need a U.S Passport? Passport agents will be on campus November 5th on our Lincoln Park campus accepting passport applications from students, faculty and staff. If you have questions about obtaining or renewing your passport, please stop by and ask. If you have questions about the passport outreach dates, please contact the International Programs Office at: 312-362-8250 or internationalprograms@depaul.edu
November 5, 2009
In connection with the current exhibition Iran Inside Out: Homeland and Diaspora in Contemporary Iranian Art, the DePaul Art Museum will offer a lecture by Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, Professor of History and Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto, on the transition from Islamic revolutionary to postislamist art in Iran.
The talk will be held in the art museum, in the North Gallery at 2350 N Kenmore Avenue starting at 6:00 pm.November 4, 2009
Barack Obama's America: What are the Implications for Europe?
Lecture and book signing with Lauren Cohen-Tanugi. Mr. Cohen-Tangui will speak about the election of Barack Obama and how Europeans have reacted. President Obama seems to Europeans to be not only the antithesis of George W. Bush, but also closer to European values and sensibilities. Is this myth or reality? What will Barack Obama's foreign policy be like? These are some of the questions Mr. Cohen-Tangui will address in his talk.
This lecture is organized by la Delegation generale de L'Alliance Francaise aux Etats-Unis, with the support of Radio cinq academies de l'Institut de France. For reservations, please call 312-337-1070. The cost is $10 for non-members and $5 for members.
October 30, 2009
The DePaul International Studies Program and Model United Nations Team will be hosting Ayatollah Mohsen Kadivar, a dissident cleric from Iran who will be speaking about political Islam and Iran's recent elections. We hope you are able to attend this event.
The event starts at 1:00 pm in Room 120 A and will conclude at 3:00 pm at the Student Center in Lincoln Park, 2250 N Kenmore Avenue.
For more information, please contact the DePaul International Studies Program at 773-325-7456 or Society for International Affairs-Model United Nations depaul.siamun@gmail.com
October 20, 2009
Diwali - The Festival of Lights!
DePaul Indian Student Association along with UMIN, The Cultural Center, Office of Adult Student Affairs and the Office of Student Life cordially invites you to be a part of the celebration of this Festival of Lights. For more details, please visit DISA's website at: http://clinton.cs.depaul.edu/isa/events/htm
When: Tuesday,October 20,2009
Where: DePaul Club, 11th Floor DePaul Center, Loop Campus
Time:12:00 - 3:00 pm
October 13, 2009
Please join the Master of Public Health & Anthropology Program for a Colloquium on The Importance of Culture for International Public Health Interventions.This colloquium will focus on Zimbabwe and Haiti. The speaker for thisevent is John Mazzeo who graduated from the University of Arizona in2007 and is an Assistant Professor in DePaul's Department of Anthropology.
Please join the colloquium for great discussion! Food will be provided at the event. To RSVP: please contact Emily Leidenfrost 773-325-4793 or eleidenf@depaul.edu
When:Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Where: Munroe Hall, Rooms 114,115 & 116
Time:3:00 - 5:00 pm
October 16, 2009
Join us for our first monthly Bon Appetit Chicago series. Meet new friends, enjoy delicious food, and get to know Chicago. Be sure to sign up soon, space is limited! Sign up at the International Centre, at DePaul Center Suite 9300 Monday - Friday between 9am - 5pm.
Friday, October 16
India House Restaurant
59 W Grand Avenue (Dearborn Street)
Cost is $10.00 at the time of sign up. Transportation will not be provided, please meet at the restaurant.
For questions: contact Office for International Students and Scholars(OISS)
Phone:312-362-8376
Email:oiss@depaul.edu
October 9, 2009
Please join the Archeology Department as they host a Symposium on The Archeology, Material Culture, and Art History of the Crusades. Featured topics and speakers are:
For Want of a Battle the Kingdom was Lost: The Landscape of Hattin and the Fate of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
Rafael Lewis, University of Haifa
Crusader-period ceramics: The state of the field and a case study of Transjordan
Robert Kool, Israel Antiquities Authority
Keynote address by:
Jaroslav Folda, University of North Carolina.
The Art Patronage of Queen Melisende, 1131-1161
When: Friday, October 9, 2009
Where: DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus (Location TBA)
Time:9:00 am - 4:30 pm
For more information, please contact: Dr. Warren Schultz, wschultz@depaul.edu
September 21, 2009
Please join the History department as they host Padraic Kenney for a talk on 1989 As A World Historical Movement. Dr. Kenney will deliver a lecture commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. The talk will be held at McGowan South, Room 108 on Monday, September 21.
The talk will begin at 6:00 pm and will conclude at 8:00 pm. For more information please contact the DePaul History Department at history@depaul.edu or 773/325-7470
September 24, 2009
Please join the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology as they host Fr. Anthony J. Kelly, CSsR for a talk on Befriending the other: The Incarnation and a Global Ethic. Fr. Kelly will speak on the relationship between natural morals and the ways in which faith in the "Word made Flesh" makes a new global dialogue of global cultures possible.
The talk will be held at Munroe Hall, Rooms 113 - 115 on Thursday September, 24, 2009.
The talk will begin at 7:00 pm and will conclude at 9:00 pm. For more information please contact Francis Salinel at fsalinel@depaul.edu or 773/325-4159
September 11, 2009
Please join International Programs on 11 September for a reception to welcome back returning study abroad alumni and international students.
Where:11th Floor Deck DePaul Center, Loop Campus
When:11 September 2009
Time: 4:00 pm - 7:30 pm
RSVP to: InternationalPrograms@depaul.edu no later than 09 September 2009
August 31, 2009
Information Sessions: Teach English at Assumption University in Thailand
Dr. Supa Chodchoey will be conducting information sessions on Monday, August 31st, 2009 at DePaul Center, Room 9950 for those interested in the opportunity to teach English at Assumption University in Thailand. The sessions will be held at 2:00 – 3:00 pm and 3:00 – 4:00 pm
Hungry Woman in Paris
Information about this event can be found at our events archive page.
A Powerful Noise
Information on this event can be found at our event archive page.
7 February 2009, The DePaul Geographical Society Presents:
"Land and Identity: Struggles for Power on the Zimbabwean Plateau"
Information on this event can be found at our events archive page.
Prior News
DePaul to host international Conference of Pacific Rim Nations
Global competitiveness along with technical and vocational education and training, especially as they relate to the global financial crisis, will be the focus of an international conference of Pacific Rim nations hosted by DePaul June 22 to 25.Researchers, experts and government representatives from 21 member economies will attend the conference of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s (APEC) Human Resources Development Working Group, in an effort coordinated by the U.S. Department of Education. Other topics to be addressed at the conference are foreign language learning, math and science education, information communication technology, education reform and social safety nets. DePaul was chosen to host the conference because of the work of Akihiko Takahashi. An associate professor in the School of Education, Takahashi is the founding director of the Asia-Pacific Mathematics and Science Education Collaborative at DePaul, which works with colleagues and allied organizations of APEC members to improve mathematics and science education through research dissemination, curriculum and program design, and professional education.YOUNG AMERICANS SHARE STORIES OF LIFE ABROAD ON GLIMPSE.ORG
Window on life in other countries and cultures
WASHINGTON (Feb. 23, 2009) — Glimpse, a nonprofit organization devoted to sharing stories about real life abroad, has relaunched Glimpse.org — a website that features written stories, photography, insider tips, and blogs created by young Americans living overseas.
Glimpse's mission is to share stories from abroad that encourage readers to understand and care about other cultures, changing the way young Americans think about the overseas experience and challenging them to explore the world. Supported in part by National Geographic Society, Glimpse looks beneath the surface of everyday life abroad by providing a forum where internationally minded youth can share their experiences and connect.
Featuring an all-new look and engaging interactive content, Glimpse.org offers something for everyone. Users can share photos and stories, start a blog, enter a photo contest, mark their favorite stories and post comments, or leave an insider tip about living abroad.
Content on Glimpse.org is user-generated and professionally edited. Glimpse editors work with contributors through an online editorial process to hone feature stories, giving aspiring journalists and photographers the chance to improve their storytelling skills.
The new website was designed by Viget Labs, a full-service web consultancy based in Falls Church, Va., and developed by Siteworx, one of the largest independent web design and application development firms headquartered in Reston, Va.
The Correspondents Program
Glimpse also offers the Correspondents Program—an opportunity for young Americans living abroad who are interested in writing and photography. Each semester, Glimpse selects eight to 10 talented young storytellers who are living overseas to become featured Glimpse contributors. Glimpse Correspondents receive a $600 per semester stipend, one-on-one editorial guidance, and guaranteed publication of their stories on Glimpse.org. To find out more about the Correspondents Program, visit glimpse.org/correspondents.
Get Involved Visit Glimpse.org to find out how to share your stories and join a growing community of people who think, act, and live globally.
ABOUT GLIMPSE
Glimpse is a website about real life abroad. It features stories by young Americans living overseas — interesting stories, surprising stories, stories that make you think. Glimpse content is user-generated and professionally edited, giving contributors the chance to hone their journalism skills with Glimpse editors and readers the opportunity to learn about the world through the eyes of their peers. Glimpse is the place where young adults who think, act, and live globally share their stories. Visit us at Glimpse.org.
Contact:
Kerala Taylor
(202) 775-6739
kerala@glimpse.org
The International Student Office joins the Division of International Programs!
Joseph Kinsella, Associate Vice President for International Programs welcomed the International Student office to the International Programs division, effective 1 January 2009. The ISO brings nine additional staff members to the International Programs division. The ISO moved from their previous space on the 14th Floor of the Lewis Center to the International Centre in May of 2008.
The ISO can be reached at: isorecept@depaul.edu or at 312-362-8376
Commencent Ceremony held for first group of Kenyan students in SNL BA Degree Programme with Tangaza College.
Dr. Derise Tolliver, Chicago Director of the program at the School for New Learning, had this to say about the ceremony:
A Chicago-based DePaul University delegation has recently returned from attending the 2008 Commencement ceremonies (mass and graduation) for the first cohort of SNL students in the Tangaza College/DePaul University BA Degree Programme in Nairobi, Kenya. Several people in attendance represented Chicago-based SNL, including Dean Marisa Alicea, Program Director Dr. Derise Tolliver, Dr. Ludovic Comeau and Dr. Ray Mosha. Prior to the graduation ceremony, Dean Alicea and Dr. Comeau participated in final committee meetings and Summit Seminar with the soon-to-be graduates. DePaul University President Dennis Holtschneider and others in his presidential party were also in Nairobi during the week of Commencement. Our students were particularly warmed by the President’s support, genuine concern with and recognition of their achievements, accomplishments, missions and well-being.
The commencement activities were, indeed, beautiful. They embraced and reflected a combination of characteristics from DePaul University, Tangaza College and indigenous Kenya. Mass embraced the various cultures and languages represented by the student body, e.g. Kikuyu, Luo, Maasai, Swahili, English and French. The graduating students included a ritual that honored their relationship with and responsibility to the cohort of students immediately following them. The commencement speaker, Dr. Gacambi, provided very good press for the SNL programme.. The student speaker, Koffisan, was humorous, insightful and inspirational. Our students have done good work over the last 1-1/2 years and it felt good to honor and to be there in celebration with them and their families."
Click here for the article that ran in The Nation, a Kenyan newspaper regarding the commencement ceremony.
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