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WCSU 2016 – International Education Week


DANBURY, CONN. — Western Connecticut State University will host a series of International Education Week events organized by members of the Western International Center (WIC) Committee from November 7 to 16, 2016. Some of the events will take place on the university’s Midtown campus at 181 White Street in Danbury, while others will be on the Westside campus at 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. The events are free and open to the public. The complete list of events is as follows:

Monday, Nov. 7

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Campus Center Lobby, Westside campus

Facilitator: International Services Coordinator Donna Warner

Tuesday, Nov. 8

    • Study Abroad in Taiwan

5:30 to 7 p.m., Ballroom North, Campus Center, Westside campus

Facilitator: Associate Professor of Marketing Dr. Xiaoqi Han

Wednesday, Nov. 9

    • ISEP information table

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Student Center Lobby, Midtown campus

Facilitator: International Services Coordinator Donna Warner

    • Get Your Name in Hindi, Persian or Chinese

3 to 5 p.m., Westside Campus Center Lobby (Hindi and Chinese) and Midtown Student Center Lobby (Persian and Chinese)

Facilitators: Associate Professor of Justice and Law Administration Divya Sharma, Business Librarian Xiaomei Gong, Assistant Professor of Justice and Law Administration Mohsen Alizadeh, Associate Professor of Marketing Dr. Xiaoqi Han, Professor of Economics Dr. Zuohong Pan  

Thursday, Nov. 10

    • Ethnographic Field Methods: Barbados

2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Warner Hall Lyceum, Room 102, Midtown campus

Facilitator: Professor of Sociology Dr.Christine Hegel-Cantarella

Monday, Nov. 14

    • ISEP Information Table

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Student Center Lobby, Midtown campus

Facilitator: International Services Coordinator Donna Warner

Tuesday, Nov. 15

9 to 10 a.m., Room 108, Visual and Performing Arts Center, Westside campus

Facilitator: Associate Professor of Music Dr. Marjorie Callaghan

    • Reverse Culture Shock for ISEP Students

Noon to 2 p.m., Room 226, Student Center, Midtown campus

Facilitators: International Services Coordinator Donna Warner and Director of Counseling Dr. Ree Gunter

  • Wednesday, Nov. 16

    • ISEP Information table

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Westside Campus Center Lobby

Facilitator: International Services Coordinator Donna Warner

For more information, contact Associate Professor of Justice and Law Administration Dr. Divya Sharma at sharmad@wcsu.edu or (203) 837-8418.

 

 

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