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World Conversations
February 20, 2009
Starting Thursday evening, Feb. 26, and continuing all day Friday, Feb. 27, the Wang Center for International Programs is hosting a World Conversations event for the 2008-2009 academic year.
“This is a special opportunity for students to bring back to the campus and share some of what they have learned from their experiences around the world,” said Neal Sobania, executive director of the Wang Center for International
Programs.
World Conversations is a chance to truly reflect on those experiences, he said, and how some of those moments they thought were outside of the course work do indeed mirror the course curriculum.
“It’s an opportunity for study away students to bring some of the world back to other students on campus who do not or cannot participate in study away,” Sobania said. “Thus, it is part of our being a globally focused university.”
In addition to the study away program for students, PLU has a rich resource of faculty who can share the findings of research they conduct internationally and their many unique global experiences.
The keynote speaker for Thursday will be Professor Chuck Bergman, who will be speaking about his work in the Amazon on the illegal wildlife trade, starting at 7 p.m. in CK in the UC.
On Friday the key note speaker will be Professor Colleen Hacker, who will discuss her experiences as an Olympic coach at last summer’s games in China, starting at 11:15 a.m. in CK.
The bulk of World Conversations will include students and faculty sharing their international experiences from Egypt and Greece to South Africa and Washington’s own Neah Bay.
The study away experiences are paired to start a dialogue about cultures that may be far away from each other in geography, but share common issues. Their discussions will also include conversations about global issues and how those issues impact locations other than where they studied.
“We want to encourage conversation about such issues,” Sobania said, including the similarities and differences people face around the world.
The presentations will follow the Friday class schedule, excluding the 8 a.m. class.
In addition to hearing about the several locations students have visited over this academic year, dining services will offer an internationally themed dinner on Thursday in the UC.
To view an hour by hour schedule with details about presentations and discussions taking place go HERE.
To find out more about the Wang Center and international programs go HERE.
To learn about Lutes’ worldwide experiences go to the Sojourner blog.
Campus Voice Editor Chris Albert compiled this report. Comments, questions, ideas? Please contact him at ext. 8691 or at albertct@plu.edu. Photo provided by the Wang Center.
World Conversations is a chance to truly reflect on those experiences, he said, and how some of those moments they thought were outside of the course work do indeed mirror the course curriculum.
“It’s an opportunity for study away students to bring some of the world back to other students on campus who do not or cannot participate in study away,” Sobania said. “Thus, it is part of our being a globally focused university.”
In addition to the study away program for students, PLU has a rich resource of faculty who can share the findings of research they conduct internationally and their many unique global experiences.
The keynote speaker for Thursday will be Professor Chuck Bergman, who will be speaking about his work in the Amazon on the illegal wildlife trade, starting at 7 p.m. in CK in the UC.
On Friday the key note speaker will be Professor Colleen Hacker, who will discuss her experiences as an Olympic coach at last summer’s games in China, starting at 11:15 a.m. in CK.
The bulk of World Conversations will include students and faculty sharing their international experiences from Egypt and Greece to South Africa and Washington’s own Neah Bay.
The study away experiences are paired to start a dialogue about cultures that may be far away from each other in geography, but share common issues. Their discussions will also include conversations about global issues and how those issues impact locations other than where they studied.
“We want to encourage conversation about such issues,” Sobania said, including the similarities and differences people face around the world.
The presentations will follow the Friday class schedule, excluding the 8 a.m. class.
In addition to hearing about the several locations students have visited over this academic year, dining services will offer an internationally themed dinner on Thursday in the UC.
To view an hour by hour schedule with details about presentations and discussions taking place go HERE.
To find out more about the Wang Center and international programs go HERE.
To learn about Lutes’ worldwide experiences go to the Sojourner blog.
Campus Voice Editor Chris Albert compiled this report. Comments, questions, ideas? Please contact him at ext. 8691 or at albertct@plu.edu. Photo provided by the Wang Center.