Posted on Nov 1, 2006

Murray State University's Institute for International Affairs will be hosting its annual International Education Week Nov. 6-14. The kickoff event for the week will be held on Monday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m., in Wrather Museum with Dr. Roy Saigo, president of St. Cloud State University, speaking. Saigo is a Japanese American who was detained in a World War II internment camp as a young man. His commitment to education in adulthood led him to SCSU, which boasts an international student enrollment of more than 830 students. Under Saigo's leadership, several new and reaffirmed international partnerships were pursued at SCSU with new commitments in South Korea, Japan and China, increasing the international exchange opportunities for SCSU students and as part of ongoing efforts to become Minnesota's premier “Global University.” During the keynote address, Globalization Grant recipients will also be announced. •Tuesday, Nov. 7 The day will begin at 9 a.m. in the Curris Center Barkley Room with Dr. Chris Bierwirth, Taufiq Rashid, Dr. Bill Schell and Dr. Terry Strieter speaking on cultural diversity in the world civilizations and cultures courses. The internationalization of residential colleges will be the topic for Dr. Bonnie Higginson and Brittany Fentress from 2:30-3:30 p.m. in the Curris Center Mississippi Room. Amnesty international will be the topic from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Curris Center Barkley Room, with Katherine Gagel, Eden Davis, Megan Parks and Nathan Jaco speaking. From 6-8 p.m. in Mason Auditorium, a panel discussion on access to and the quality of health services around the globe will be held. Finally, at 7 p.m., a global poetry reading sponsored by the English Student Organization will be in the Thoroughbrewed Coffee Shop in Hart Residential College. •Wednesday, Nov. 8 The International Bazaar will be held in the Curris Center ballroom from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. International students from Belarus, Belize, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Morocco, Nigeria, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Ukraine and Zambia will showcase their native languages, arts, foods, religions and more. From 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the Barkley Room, Zhonghai Zheng and Dr. Dong Guen Lee will speak about international media. Zheng worked for China Daily, China's largest English-speaking newspaper, and Lee is from Chosun University in South Korea. Rights and legal issues will be the topic for speakers Thomas Glover and Mark Galloway in the Mississippi Room from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Jessica Moore will discuss medicine in Mexico from 3:30-4 p.m. in the Barkley Room. To close the day, a film excerpt will be shown and a panel discussion will be held discussing the international cola wars and how products convey politics in Business Building Room 404 at 6 p.m. Dr. Fred Miller, Dr. Seid Hassan, Dr. Mike Basile, Dr. Ann Beck and Dr. Janice Morgan will lead the discussion. •Thursday, Nov. 9 Arwen Gaddis and Kate Lochte will kick off Thursday with a discussion on musical France and international programming on WKMS, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. in the Barkley Room. At 11 a.m., Kate He will speak about globalization being a challenge for biological conservation, also in the Barkley Room. Nawwaf Almeheid from Saudi Arabia, Paul Sebayang from Indonesia, and Rohan Sirsat from India, will contrast and compare their home countries to the United States in the Mississippi Room from 2:30-3:45 p.m. In the Barkley Room from 4-6 p.m., Kathy Timmons, Dr. Debbie Owens and Dr. Tom Timmons will speak on Europe in transition: changes for children, women and parks. To end the day, 1986 Murray State alum Tricia Cunningham, director for Worldwide Communications for Texas Instruments, 1974 alum Theresa Shelby Knighton, Independent Systems Management consultant, and 1979 alum Dr. Fred Miller, Murray State professor of management, marketing and business administration, will speak as part of the Global Alumni Distinguished Lecture Series at 6:30 p.m. in Wrather Museum. •Friday, Nov. 10 Former United States Ambassador to Sudan Timothy Carney and journalist Victoria Butler will speak about the land and the people of Sudan at the Curris Center Theatre from 9:30-11 a.m. •Monday, Nov. 13 The next week will begin with a discussion of cultural diversity and strategies to help students move beyond tolerance to acceptance led by Dr. Steve Jones and Dr. Peggy Pittman-Munke from 11 a.m. to noon in the Ohio Room of the Curris Center. From 12:30-1:30 p.m., a case study examination of one faculty adviser's trials and errors in advising her first international student will be the topic for Dr. Gina Claywell in the Mississippi Room. Dr. Sue Sroda and Dr. Latricia Trites will speak in the Barkley Room from 1:30-2:45 p.m. with information for university employees on intercultural communication. From 3:30-5 p.m. in the Mississippi Room, Nikomil Mihaylov from Bulgaria, Oleg Kovtun from Ukraine, Kaito Ofuchi from Japan, Khwankamon Phusima from Thailand, George Shengelia from Georgia, and Linda Farza from Tunisia, will speak about the living conditions, educational systems, political systems and geography of their home countries. To end the day, Elizabeth Cawein, Jessica Moore, Eli Hooten, Stephanie Galla and Jason Hinson will speak about studying abroad in the Barkley Room from 4-5:30 p.m.. •Tuesday, Nov. 14 Tuesday is the final day of International Education Week. From 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Barkley Room, CPT Fred W. Bates V, and department of military science and students Thomas Kirkland and Jamie Aleman, both veterans, will tell how the U.S. military prepares soldiers for dealing with non-American cultures. An overview of an international short course in Mexico will be the topic of discussion for Dr. Jay Morgan from 1:30-2 p.m. in the Mississippi Room. From 2-4 p.m. in the Barkley Room, Dr. Terry Strieter, Sam McNeely, Dr. Bonnie McNeely, Linda Miller and Dr. Steve Horwood will give their personal and professional perspectives on discovering China and Korea. For further details, or to check on any additions or changes to the schedule, visit www.murraystate.edu/iew.