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Coming to Commencement or Reunion this year? International alumnae, students, families, and guests are invited to join the Office of International Advancement for receptions in the Global Studies Center during Commencement and Reunion weekends. The receptions will offer international guests the opportunity to mingle with other guests who have come for Commencement and Reunion weekends [...] As they celebrate their 50th anniversary, the alumni of Smith College’s Diploma in American Studies Program have launched a fundraising effort to raise money for the Peter and Hedy Rose Diploma in American Studies Program Scholarship Fund. The American Studies Diploma Program at Smith College—a one–year, one–of–a–kind opportunity for international students to study in the [...] This summer, Smith College will launch an English Language Learning program to “empower young women around the world with the skills for success in their pursuit of higher education in the United States”. The program, which begins on July 7, 2013 and runs for four weeks, will be held on the Smith campus. Students will [...] Learning about the world through the stomach: Monday's International Students' Day Food Festival was a huge success. With a walk around the Campus Center Carroll Room, hundreds of Smith College students, faculty, and visitors took a gastronomical trip around the world this Monday afternoon. Sponsored by the International Students Organization (ISO) and the Office [...] Judy Campagnari '85 and President Emerita Jill Ker Conway at Smith's Women's Global Leadership Celebration on October 13, 2012. This weekend Smith announced the Jill Ker Conway Challenge—an attempt to raise $1 million for international student scholarships in Jill’s name. As Smith’s first female president (serving from 1975 to 1985), Jill Ker Conway understood [...] This Friday kicks off the Women’s Global Leadership Celebration, a three-day campus-wide event that honors the impact Smith women have had on the world. In presentations, panel discussions, and academic sessions throughout the weekend, notable alumnae, Smith faculty, and students will share ideas related to some of the world’s most pressing issues, including women’s health, [...] On Monday, October 1, Nancy Abelmann of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, will be speak on “The American University Meets the Pacific Century: Notes from the University of Illinois”. Drawing on the findings of an interdisciplinary collaborative study, this lecture will address the University of Illinois’s encounter with rapidly increasing numbers of Chinese and South [...] This October, the Global Studies Center will celebrate 50 years of the American Studies Diploma Program with a program honoring the contributions of current & former directors Peter Rose, Jim Hicks, and Lane Hall-Witt. Vera Kutzinski, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Vanderbilt University, Director of the Center for the Americas, Director of Alexander [...] Yesterday, Smith’s newest international students wrapped up a week of preorientation. To see photos of their annual photoshoot, visit the International Advancement Facebook page. Last year's ISP group gathers for its annual photo. This year’s International Students’ Preorientation (ISP) program kicks off today, August 22. More than 100 new international students will be coming to campus for their first year at Smith College. ISP involves international students in a variety of activities aimed at helping to acclimate them [...] |
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