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2009 International Photo Contest Showcase your international travel photos and win great travel prizes! Past sponsors have included Rail Europe, STA Travel, Lonely Planet, Village Travel, and more! Winning photos will be selected during International Week from November 16 through November 20. Submit your entries to the Learning Abroad Center by 4 p.m. on October 30. How to enter:
Rules:
Sponsored by the Global Ambassadors, the student group for learning abroad alumni. For more information contact Chris Churma. Did you know that the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities tied for 9th place for colleges and universities that produced the most Peace Corps Volunteers in 2008? There are currently 65 U of M grads serving in the Peace Corps and over 1,240 Gopher alum have served since 1961. Join your fellow Gophers overseas for the toughest job you'll ever love. Peace Corps Rep, Erin McGillivray, is available to answer questions and provide you informational materials on campus. Email or call her at 612.626.5311. Better yet, stop by her office Tuesdays & Wednesdays between 11 a.m.–2 p.m. in the Learning Abroad Center, 230 Heller Hall. Or hear first-hand experiences and ask your questions at the upcoming information session on Tuesday, October 20 in the Coffman Union (Room 307) from 4:30-5:30 p.m. As a grand finale to 2009, Glimpse magazine is conducting a "Best Shot"
photo contest. The guidelines are simple: we're asking students to
send us up to three of their best photos from abroad. The prize is a Global Crossroads: Student Study Abroad Blog
Twin Cities International Events Contemporary Architecture in Warsaw Design Indaba 10X10 Low Cost Housing "The Sandbag House" Defining Ourselves, Teaching the Youth: The Arab-American Federation Movement and Diaspora Nationality, 1935-1950 Hungry Planet: What the World Eats The Cedar Cinema presents “Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love” film screening Peace Corps Information Session. South Asia Seminar: Modern Indian Art and the European Avant-Garde: Retake of Sher-Gil's "Self Portrait as Tahitian"; a talk by Saloni Mathur The Iranian Revolutionary Regime: Contemporary Genocidal Antisemitism in an Age of Silence Northern Coresidence across Generations: Northern Norway during the Last Part of the 19th Century. "On the Making of a Pop Icon: 'Chairman Mao Goes to Anyuan' and Contemporary Chinese Art": A talk by Tang Xiaobing Warsaw Village Band The Cedar and Walker Art Center present múm with Sin Fang Bou Ceili Dance w/ Paul McCluskey and The Twin Cities Ceili Band |
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Last modified on October 12, 2009 |