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International Education Week 2019

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 is part of our efforts to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Oct. 21
07:30 am - 05:30 pm
Oct. 21
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm

[SC-219 FRIENDS HALL] The Culture Club, Africana Studies, and Psi Sigma Phi Multicultural Fraternity, Inc. invite all: Students, faculty, staff, and retirees to a MULTICULTURAL EXHIBIT. Artifacts from different parts of the world will be on display on Monday, October 21 at 1 p.m. in SC-219.
Contact: Marc Clouse at mclouse@ramapo.edu
Food and refreshments will be served.

Oct. 21
01:30 pm - 02:30 pm
Oct. 21
03:00 pm - 04:00 pm

(ASB-123) Come join Kate in the Roukema Center for an afternoon snack break inspired by the United Kingdom and Ireland! Scones and tea will be provided so join us and learn more about studying abroad in the UK! For additional information please contact: goabroad@ramapo.edu

Oct. 22
10:00 am - 03:00 pm

[ASb-123] Collection of study abroad photos by students. View the world through students cameras and get inspired to begin your own travels!

Oct. 22
12:00 pm - 01:00 pm

[ASB-123]
Would you like to learn and practice your Chinese language skills? The Roukema Center for International Education offers Chinese Language Happy Hour every Tuesday from 12-1pm in ASB-123. All levels are welcome. Come join us!
For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.

Oct. 22
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm

[ASB-123]
Would you like to practice your Hindi language skills? The Roukema Center for International Education offers Hindi Language Happy Hour every Tuesday from 1-2pm in ASB-123. All levels are welcome. Come join us!
For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.

Oct. 22
02:30 pm - 03:30 pm

(ASB-123) Come to the Roukema Center for some study abroad and international trivia and snacks! learn more about the world around us. For more information please contact: goabroad@ramapo.edu

Oct. 23
10:00 am - 02:00 pm

[ASB123] Come into Ramapo’s International Center for a pop-up Passport Office. Submit your materials, take your photo and in a few weeks later — YOUR PASSPORT ARRIVES! For more details visit https://www.ramapo.edu/international/passport-days/. For questions, please contact international@ramapo.edu, or stop by ASB-123. Sponsored by the Bergen County Clerk’s Office, in collaboration with the Roukema Center for International Education.

Oct. 23
12:00 pm - 01:00 pm

[ASB-123]
Would you like to learn and practice your Arabic language skills? The Roukema Center for International Education offers Arabic Language Happy Hour every Wednesday from 12-1pm in ASB-123. All levels are welcome. Come join us!
For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.

Oct. 23
12:00 pm - 02:00 pm

(Laurel Hall Kitchen) Join a Roukema faculty member in making and tasting Nepali Momos! For more information please contact: goabroad@ramapo.edu

Oct. 23
01:30 pm - 02:30 pm

[ASB225] Q&A panel with Global Roadrunners and available faculty

Oct. 23
02:00 pm - 03:00 pm

[ASB-123]
Would you like to practice your Japanese language skills? The Roukema Center for International Education offers Japanese Language Happy Hour every Wednesday from 2-3pm in ASB-123. All levels are welcome. Come join us!
For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.

Oct. 23
05:30 pm - 07:00 pm

(SC-157) Hosted by the History Club. Come join the history club and faculty in welcoming a World War II air force veteran to campus! Listen to first hand accounts of what battle and life was like during the war. Pizza will be served!

Oct. 24
10:00 am - 11:00 am

(ASB-123) Join Ben in the Roukema Center to taste traditional Argentine empanadas, alfajores, mate and other treats! For more information please contact: goabroad@ramapo.edu

Oct. 24
12:00 pm - 01:00 pm

A talk by Dr. Taieb Belghazi, Academic Director of the SIT Study Abroad Program – Morocco: Multiculturalism and Human Rights

Taieb BelghaziTaieb earned his PhD in 1993 from the Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory at Cardiff University, where he was a Chevening scholar. He held a Fulbright postdoctoral scholarship at Duke University and was a member of the UNESCO-sponsored International Panel on Reading for All. He was director of the Centre for Doctoral Studies: The Human and Space in the Mediterranean, and professor of cultural studies and history of the present at the Faculty of Letters in Rabat. He has been visiting professor at universities including Duke; the University of California, Irvine; and the Ferguson Centre for African Studies and Asian Studies at the Open University, England.

Taeb has consulted for projects including the Diaspora as a Social and Cultural Practice and the UNESCO project on reconceptualizing Mediterranean dialogues. He is a member of the editorial boards of Time and Society (England), Current Writing (South Africa), and Al Azmina Al Haditha (Morocco). He has researched and published on the politics of recent uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East and on experiential learning. His publications include Time and Postmodernism; Dialogues Khatibi Weber (editor); and International Education and Global Justice: Rethinking the Politics of Sustainability (co-editor with Said Graiouid).

This event has a video call.
Join: https://meet.google.com/jdt-rbki-xis
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Oct. 24
01:30 pm - 02:30 pm
Oct. 25
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

(ASB-123) Come to the Roukema Center and enjoy a movie viewing based on study abroad or international themes! For more information please contact: goabroad@ramapo.edu

Oct. 25
02:30 pm - 03:30 pm