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ISBA Newsletter – 8/1/2014
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Academic Info 1. Karmen Berger (International Studies academic advisor) will be away from campus July 26 – August 10, 2014. If you need assistance during that time please contact the International Studies Program during business hours at 319/384-1328. 2. Summer 2014 significant deadline dates: http://www.registrar.uiowa.edu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=B%2bD8jLVu0nY%3d&tabid=67&mid=614 3. Fall 2014 significant deadline dates: http://www.registrar.uiowa.edu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=shMzliSSxgw%3d&tabid=67&mid=614
Summer of the Arts Events Friday Night Concert Series Fridays 6:30-9:30pm on the ped mall by the fountain August 1 Jessica Egli AND Surf Zombies August 8 Beaker Brothers August 15 Milk & Eggs AND Brooks Strause & the Gory Details August 22 Orquesta Alto Maiz August 29 Dogs On Skiis September 5 Kevin BF Burt & Big Medicine September 12 Zeta June AND Fire Sale Free Movie Series Saturdays at sunset, east side of MacBride Hall Aug. 2 Seven Years in Tibet, Rated PG-13; 150 minutes; 1997 Aug. 9 Super 8, Rated PG-13; 112 minutes; 2011 Aug. 16 9, Rated PG-13; 79 minutes; 2009 Aug. 21 (Th) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Rated PG-13; 116 minutes; 2003 Saturday Night Concert Series 6:30-9:00pm on the ped mall by the fountain August 16 Parranderos Latin Combo (in conjunction with the Iowa City Latino Festival)
Iowa City Latino Festival
The 3rd Annual Iowa City Latino
Festival will take place Saturday, August 16, noon to 7 pm on the Ped
Mall. Enjoy music, food, and performances that reflect the rich
diversity of the Latino community.
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Share your stories and enhance your resume by becoming an official UI Study Abroad blogger! For more information and to apply visit http://international.uiowa.edu/study-abroad/blogging.
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Friends Without Borders
Friends Without Borders is new program for the 2014-15 academic year that pairs incoming international student arrivals with U.S. students interested in making international student connections. It's a great opportunity to be part of an exciting program that offers personal enrichment while also helping to create a more dynamic and integrated campus. All domestic undergraduate students are encouraged to sign up. This program connects new international students and their U.S.
matches by email during the summer. After an initial introduction and mixer during the first week of classes, students are encouraged to keep up the connection by getting together regularly during the semester. As the year proceeds, there will be a calendar of smaller FWB events, a monthly newsletter with info and activity suggestions, and updates on ongoing contests in which pairs compete for prizes to be awarded at the final large-group event in May. FWB is not designed to require a high level of commitment from students but, rather, offers a light structure of events and resources upon which to grow initial acquaintances into friendships that may go well beyond the one year for which this program is designed. If you are interested in joining Friends Without Borders, please complete this short online questionnaire and we will be in touch with you in the coming months. Questions? Want to be more involved in program development and leadership? Please contact Kevin Roiseland, International Student and Scholar Advisor, by email at [email protected] (link sends e-mail) or phone (319) 335-0335.
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Work and Volunteer at UI’s Study Abroad Office Volunteer The Study Abroad office has many opportunities for students returned from study abroad to help out with program promotion and preparing students for overseas experiences. Send an e-mail to [email protected] for details. Work Have you studied abroad? The UI Study Abroad Office is hiring five peer assistants and two outreach assistants to work 8-15 hours per week. Applications are due August 9. Learn more and apply at http://international.uiowa.edu/study-abroad/work-and-volunteer-study-abroad.
Interested in Environmental Jobs? GEOG:3750:0001 Environmental Quality: Science, Technology, and Policy 3:30P - 4:45P TTh 167 VAN Instructor: Rangaswamy Rajagopal, [email protected] **Statistics prerequisite is OPTIONAL** Approved for Global Resources and the Environment track
This fall, come experience: • A discussion of where the environmental jobs are and how they get created. • Environmental jobs for geography, geoscience, ES, EPP, engineering, planning, and
public health majors • A discussion of where and how to find environmental internships. • What is sustainability science? What is risk assessment? What is environmental impact
assessment? • What are some of the major environmental laws and their connections to job creation? • What are some of the major data collection and monitoring provisions within the
environmental laws? • Scale (from the local to the global) issues in environmental protection • Visiting local environmental facilities to see what environmental professionals do • Leading practicing environmental professionals as guest speakers • Exploring potential topics for senior seminar, honor’s, master’s, and PhD dissertation
topics • Visualizing environmental science (Berg, et al, 4th Ed., Wiley, 2014) – A cool new way
to study the environment – e-book
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Open this Fall: Asia and Globalization: Anthropology
ANTH:2183:0001 Asia and Globalization: Anthropology 12:30P - 1:45P TTh 118 MH Asia is a melting pot of diverse cultures, where the flow of goods, ideas and humans is very intense within Asia. This class offers a glimpse into ethnographic studies on diverse cultures in Asia.
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New for Fall 2014: Graduate Admissions 101
CCP:2001:0001 (409:057:001) Graduate Admissions 101 Begins: Aug 26, 2014 Ends: Oct 28, 2014 *5:00P - 6:15P T C29 PC*Instructor: Jennifer Noyce Get the inside scoop on all the steps in the graduate admissions process, including program research, applications and personal statements, resume and cover letter creation, securing graduate assistantships, and interviews.
African Peoples and Cultures ANTH 2182 – MWF 11:30-12:20 pm
For those unfamiliar with the continent’s history, it is often difficult to make sense of the complex issues facing African societies today. In the media, Americans are introduced to Africa through images of warfare, conflict, poverty and violence. How are we to make sense of these representations? What are the social, political and historical factors that have led to these images typifying Africa?
This course will analyse how particular groups of people have adapted to changing social, political and economic influences in Africa. From the colonial era to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Southern Africa, this course will give students insight into how African people have navigated a changing world in their everyday lives. This course is open to students of all levels. For further information please contact Dr. Theodore Powers at: [email protected]
Approved for the European Studies track for the ISBA
Why does the EU exist? What are the
economic and geo-political
advantages of membership? Who will be invited next?
Discuss these questions and more in this 3-week, 3 s.h. course
September 23 – October 16, 2014
IS:2112:0001 The European Union Instructor: Jerry Croft
September 1 – October 16, 2014 3:30P - 7:30P T Th 114 BHC
9:30A - 3:00P 10/04/2014 Sat 134 BHC (field trip to Amana Colonies)
GLOBALIZATION AND CULTURE
FALL 2014
COMM:4131:0001 / IS:4131:0001
3:30 – 4:45 MW 203 BCSB
The context for our everyday
experience has increasingly
become globally determined. This
course will introduce various
phenomena and perspectives
regarding globalization, including
the transnational migration of
people, the spread of American
culture, the growth of international
corporations and trade, and the
rise of international conflict and
transnational activism.
For more information:
FALL 2014 COURSE
Political Economy of
International Development
IS:3200 (187:134)
TIME & DATE 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Tuesdays & Thursdays LOCATION 131 SH
INSTRUCTOR Michael Zmolek
Approved for ISBA Tracks: Development, Intl Business African Studies, East Asian Studies
DO YOU HAVE YOUR SIGHTS ON A CAREER IN
INTERNATIONAL LAW & HUMAN RIGHTS?
FALL 2014 COURSE IS:3133:0001 (187:133:001)
Introduction to Public International Law & Human Rights
TIME & LOCATION: 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. Monday, Wednesday in C131 PC
INSTRUCTOR: Alexander Somek
Approved for ISBA Tracks: Human Rights; Intl Business; European Studies; Intl Communication and Info
Fall 2014 SOAS: 3500 (039: 149)!
Queerness in South Asian Literature and Culture
In this course, we will explore shifting representations of ‘queerness’ - a broad label for non-normative gender/sexual practices - in literature and media from India and
neighboring regions, and delve into debates on gender/sexuality in South Asia
Requirements include participation, quizzes, a midterm paper and a final exam
Professor: Aniruddha Dutta !T-TH 2:00-3:15 pm!70 Van Allen Hall
Fall Career-Focused Course RHET:2065:0001 Launching a Successful Career: Get Hired and Shape your Future 9:30A - 10:45A TTh 134 TH Instructor: Matthew Gilchrist This new course will develop skills of persuasion in professional contexts, including skills of rhetorical flexibility, recognizing and pursuing opportunities, identifying and fostering collaborative relationships, planning and executing projects, and networking. Students will learn how to present themselves authentically and authoritatively in professional situations (in interviews, in internships, in graduate school, on the job). Students design professional aspirations and use course projects to present a professional identity in communal, business, and social media settings.
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Getting Ready to Look for a Job? Enroll in CCP:1305:0EXV (409:055:EXV) Social Media for Your Job Search, 1 s.h. Begins: Oct 13, 2014, Ends: Dec 08, 2014
Learn how to efficiently identify and utilize online tools (e.g., Linkedin, Twitter), build a professional online presence, and create a plan for utilizing social networks for an entry-level job search. Assignments include journal reflections, developing online profiles, and a final presentation.
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Great March for Climate Action Arrives in Iowa July 31; Volunteers Needed
Thousands of people are marching across the US from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, this summer in the Great March for Climate Action. The marchers will reach Iowa on July 31. Supporters are invited to get involved in many ways, from marching all or part of the way to baking casseroles to feed the marchers. Here is how you can help: See Schedule and Join the March The marchers will enter Iowa on July 31, 2014, and will reach Davenport on August 24, 2014. The March will be in Iowa City/Coralville August 19-20. Please click here to see the complete Iowa Schedule. Click here to sign up to March. Bake a Casserole This is part of our 300 casserole challenge to feed the marchers in Iowa. Not only is it a great way to demonstrate our Iowa hospitality, but whoever thought you could help combat climate change by baking a casserole? Now you can. Click here to sign up.
Volunteer for CIVIC Meet emerging leaders from all over the world when they visit Iowa City! Become a volunteer for CIVIC (Council for International Visitors to Iowa Cities). Students are often needed as escorts for international leaders (either by car, or on foot). Visit the CIVIC website for more information: http://civiconline.wordpress.com/volunteer/.
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Internship Application Application Deadlines:
Fall semester – August 10 Spring semester – December 1
Summer – April 30
INTERNSHIP POSITION: International Visitor Programs Intern (15-20 hours, unpaid) Preferred Start Date: August 20, 2014 Organization Description:
The Iowa International Center is a non-profit organization that exists to build cultural respect at home and around the world, one person at a time. Each year the Iowa International Center works with over 150 international visitors from more than 60 countries. Other programs include interpretation and translation services, international events and dialogues and youth programs. More information is available at www.iowainternationalcenter.org.
Internship Description:
The Iowa International Center is a partner in international visitor pograms sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development. These programs bring mid-career professionals and future leaders from around the world to central Iowa to meet with their professional peers and learn about U.S. and Iowa culture. This intern position will assist in contacting researching organizations related to the visitors' fields and contacting these organizations to set up meetings and activities. Visitor programs also require coordination of additional activities such as dinners and special activities with local volunteers. This intern will also assist in follow-up correspondence and data tracking for reporting purposes.
Benefits & Opportunities • Gain real-world work experience and develop/enhance skills in the areas of project management, research, problem
solving, professional and interpersonal communication • Increase knowledge and appreciation of other countries and cultures • Receive academic credit (pending your advisor’s approval)
Responsibilities: • Research local professional contacts for potential visitor groups • Assist with agenda development, including contacting professional hosts via phone and email • Research cultural activities during each group's stay • Maintain current data records on visitor and volunteer participation • Provide visitor group information to staff as needed • When available, attend local meetings and/or activities with visitors • Offer basic office assistance, including correspondence
Qualifications: • College student or recent graduate seeking professional experience and/or academic internship credit • Background in any of the following (but not limited to): international relations, international business, marketing, non-profit
management, journalism/mass communications, information technology, political science, • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including strong interpersonal skills • Ability to be self-directed and work independently while also working as part of a team • Ability to handle multiple tasks, set priorities and deadlines, and maintain accurate records • Problem solving skills, including the ability to resolve conflicts and recommend an appropriate course of action • Proficiency with Microsoft Office software (Excel required); knowledge of databases a plus (FileMaker Pro and Salesforce) • Cross-cultural living experience and/or knowledge of a foreign language preferred
Work Schedule: • Internships occur during fall, spring, and summer semesters • Must commit 15 hours per week; weekly schedule is negotiable and flexible (Office hours 8:00 AM-5:00 PM)
For consideration please submit a completed application, resume and cover letter to the intern manager.
Please direct application and inquiries to: Janet Norton, Intern Manager Iowa International Center 319 7th Street, Suite 200, Des Moines, IA 50309 Phone: 515-282-8269, ext. 12 | Fax: 515-282-0454 E-mail: [email protected]
Looking for a fall internship with an organization that has an international focus?
The Iowa United Nations Association is announcing a variety of 5-10 hour/week internships for fall 2014, including Membership Coordinator, UNA University of Iowa Student President, UN Campaign Organizer, Iowa Outreach Coordinator, and Chief Graphic Designer. Learn more at http://iowauna.org/get-involved/internships. For more than five decades, the Iowa UNA has continued its mission of engaging Iowans globally. Iowa UNA seeks to connect families, citizens, and community members to the world through educational programming, and annual humanitarian relief drives. Start dates are flexible between now and the first week of September. To apply for a position, please email Cora Metrick-Chen, Associate Director, at [email protected] with your resume and cover letter by August 25.
Volunteer with the Blue Zones Project
The Blue Zones Project is a community well-being improvement initiative designed to make healthy choices easier through permanent changes to environment, policy, and social networks. They have many local volunteer opportunities, including single-day commitments and, more often, 6-month commitments requiring about two hours per week. Attend one of the upcoming volunteer training events to learn more:
8/9/14 8:00-9:00 am 8/9/14 9:30-10:30 am 8/13/14 5:30-6:30 pm 8/13/14 7:00-8:00 pm
All training sessions are held at Mercy Plaza - Lower Level - McCauley Room, 540 E Jefferson - Iowa City, IA 52245. RSVP at https://iowa.bluezonesproject.com/events/community/iowa-city. Blue Zones also has internship opportunities. Email [email protected] to learn more.
Fall Volunteering Opportunities with No More Deaths
Volunteer with No More Deaths now through October 24. Applications accepted on a rolling basis through the final session deadline, August 29. There are opportunities for volunteer stays of one week or two, as well as longer term commitments of a month or more. Groups and individuals participating in this program will be providing direct aid in the US–Mexico borderlands, where people migrating continue to unnecessarily suffer and die in staggering numbers. We will mobilize as humanitarian-aid and human-rights workers in the Arizona desert to challenge lethal and cruel policies that systematically place migrants on the receiving end of violence. The full program information and the online application are now posted. Please contact the volunteer coordinator with questions or concerns at [email protected], 520-307-7379.
