Spring 2012 Programs

January

January 4, 9:30 - 11:30 am Study Abroad Pre-Departure Orientation

January 11, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm International Student Orientation

January 24, 11:45 am - 1:30 pm, MAN 108 - Short-Term Faculty-Led Study Abroad Information Session

Paris, Prague & Vienna, Rwanda & India! Did we get your attention. Come and meet faculty leaders and International Education Center staff who will discuss summer 2012 faculty-led programs. Click here for other info session dates related to India (March 1 deadline).

January 31, Final deadline for summer short-term faculty-led study abroad programs to Paris, Prague & Vienna and Rwanda.

February

Poster Contest is open.

Tuesday, February 7, 11 am - 1:30 pm, SLC, NAV I, II & III - Chinese New Year – Year of the Dragon

Join us in the celebration of the Chinese New Year with brilliant festival performances featuring a History of the Chinese Zodiac with a performance, Lion Dance, Sleeve Dance, Chinese Yo-Yo Performance and Fan/Flag Dance.
For more information, contact Asia Society Vice President Glynnis Tan at glynnis.tan@hotmail.com

Thursday, February 9, 11:45 – 1:15, MAN 100 - Study Abroad Scholarship Information Session

Thinking of applying for a study abroad scholarship but unsure where to begin? Join us for a comprehensive workshop on effectively brainstorming ideas, composing essays and acing interviews for study abroad scholarships. A special focus will be given to the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship and the Elaine Baran Scholarship for Study Abroad, but all are invited to join. Before you put your pen to paper, get the tools and tips for success from the get-go!

Thursday, February 23, 11:30-1:30, MAN 100 - Immigration Workshop for International Students

We are excited to offer you a fantastic opportunity to learn more firsthand from an immigration lawyer. Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Immigration Law, Art Serratelli of Vandeventer Black LLP Attorneys at Law will be presenting an immigration workshop. He will be joining us via Skype.

Monday, February 27, 5:30 pm & 7:15 pm - Passport Cinema Series - Dinner and a Movie

Italian for Beginners - lonely people from Denmark study the warm weather language to find romance.

Dinner at the Culinary Education Center, 101 Drury Lane, Asbury Park, NJ at 5:30 pm (cost $28.00 per person) and movie at the Asbury Park Showroom, 708 Cookman Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ at 7:15 pm (free). For dinner reservations call International Education Center 732-224-2799.

Post-film discussion provided by Assistant Prof. Alex Idavoy. While the films are free and open to the public, $5 of the dinner proceeds goes towards the Elaine Baran Scholarship Fund.

March

Tuesday, March 6, 7:30pm, Warner Student Life Center, Fee: $12 adults, $5 students. Code: XWWTS - Center for World War II Studies Series "Victory in Defeat: The Wake Island Defenders in Captivity, 1941-1945"
Guest lecturer Dr. Gregory Urwin, Military Historian, Author and Professor of History, Temple University.

Sponsored by the Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution. For more information contact Associate Professor Paul Zigo at pzigo@brookdalecc.edu.

Monday, March 26, 5:30 pm & 7:15 pm - Passport Cinema Series - Dinner and a Movie

Sin Nombre - Honduran woman teams up with a Mexican gang member to try and find a way to the US together.

Post-film discussion provided by Assistant Prof. Alex Idavoy. While the films are free and open to the public, $5 of the dinner proceeds goes towards the Elaine Baran Scholarship Fund.

Tuesday, March 27, 7:30pm, Warner Student Life Center, Fee: $12 adults, $5 students. Code: XWWTS - Center for World War II Studies Series "World War II vs. The Iraqi Conflict: Similarities and Defferences in Documenting the Wars"
Guest speaker - Brian Hemstreet, Manager of Media Technologies, Bergen Community College. This engaging presentation will contrast the popular perceptions of World War II, described by many as the “good war,” with the highly controversial war fought in Iraq, 2003-2010.

Sponsored by the Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution. For more information contact Associate Professor Paul Zigo at pzigo@brookdalecc.edu.

Friday, March 30 - Deadline for Poster Contest

April - "International Month"

Tuesday, April 3, 7:30pm, Warner Student Life Center, Fee: $12 adults, $5 students. Code: XWWTS - Center for World War II Studies Series "Axis Sally: The American Voice of Nazi Germany"
Richard Lucas- Author and Historian

Thursday, April 5th, 2012, 11:30 am -1:30 pm, in Navesink II&III - The International Festival

The celebration of dance, food, and music from around the globe. This event brings ethnic groups together to share traditions and celebrate our unique differences. Attendees will also have the opportunity to cast the first votes on posters submitted to the International Education Center 2012 Poster Contest. Deadline for submitting poster is March 30th.
For more information, contact ISA President Teona Bughadze at tbughadze1@mail.brookdalecc.edu,co-advisor, Lily Wang at wwang@brookdalecc.edu or Lucy Wadych-Ketley at lwadychketley@brookdalecc.edu

April 11, 6:00-9:00 pm, Student Life Center, Twin Lights I - Global Citizenship Ceremony

Awards will be given to the best curricular and co-curricular projects relating to Global Citizenship. For more information check out our website at www.globalcitizen.brookdalecc.edu.

Thursday, April 12, 1:00 - 4:00 pm, in Student Life Center, Twin Lights I&II - Center for World War II Studies, Conflict Resolution Forum

Sponsored by the Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution, the International Education Center, the Office of Student Life and Activities, and by Brookdale’s Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education Center.

For more information contact Associate Professor Paul Zigo at pzigo@brookdalecc.edu.

Monday, April 16, 5:30 pm & 7:15 pm - Passport Cinema Series - Dinner and a Movie

Circumstance - Iranian - 2 young women come of age amidst a current climate of old culture and new options.

Post-film discussion provided by Assistant Prof. Alex Idavoy. While the films are free and open to the public, $5 of the dinner proceeds goes towards the Elaine Baran Scholarship Fund.

Monday, April 30, 2012, 7 pm - 9 pm, Student Life Center, Navasink I - Evening of the International Poetry Performance

Hosted by Dr. Elaine H. Olaoye, Professor, Psychology Department

Light Refreshments Served

The 17th Annual Evening of International Poetry Performances is a poetry and psychology festival. Students, faculty, and members of the community perform poetry in the original language from around the world, and explore the relationship between psychology and poetry!

If you or your parents have a poem they love, that reflects courage, wisdom, or temperance, (psychological strengths) send it in the original language and also in English to Dr. Olaoye at eolaoye@brookdalecc.edu by February 27, 2012. Maybe we will have you perform it!

Spring 2012 Programs

January

February

March

April - "International Month"

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