International Education Week

IEW is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. This annual initiative aims to promote international understanding and build support for international educational exchange by encouraging the development of programs that prepare Americans to live and work in a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study in the United States. 

Monday, November 14

9:30 a.m.
Keynote: Professor Boutros Hallaq, Center for Arabic Studies, Sorbonne University, Paris
The Arab Spring: A New Renaissance (Nahda), Another Globalization
Room 1610, Des Plaines
Co-sponsored by the Student Government Association and the Peace and Social Justice Studies Program

11 a.m.
Study Abroad in India Summer 2012
Presenters: Students who studied in India, Summer 2011
Room 1610, Des Plaines

12 - 1 p.m.
Language Lab Open House
Room 2446, Des Plaines

12 - 3 p.m.
Study Abroad Fair
Presenters: Katherine Schuster & Madhuri Deshmukh
Student Street, Des Plaines

12:30 p.m.
Introduction to the Arabic Language
Presenter: Camille Harrison, Associate Professor of Modern Languages
Room 1610, Des Plaines

See full schedule of events.

For information, contact Katherine Schuster at schuster@oakton.edu, 847.376.7118.

Sponsored by Oakton's Global Studies Program.