International Week 2009 Schedule of Events
Join us for this year's International Week celebrations from November 9 - 13.
Throughout the Week
Try Recipes from Around the World!
Daly Dining Hall
Submitted by various Rider University international students
Sponsored by ARAMARK
Monday, November 9
Stress Relief from Around the World
Student Recreation Center, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Learn and experience how various cultures help relieve stress.
Sponsored by Recreation Programs
Dr. Daniel Shungu Lecture
Sweigart Auditorium, 6 p.m.
United Front Against Riverblindness
Sponsored by Global Studies and the Office of Service Learning
International Pub Event
Bart Luedeke Center Pub, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. (must be 21 to enter)
Tuesday, November 10
International Opportunities Fair
Daly Dining Hall, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Find out about the many international opportunities Rider University has to offer students. From a semester abroad to a local international experience, there are so many ways to come in contact with a different culture at Rider!
Sponsored by the Center for International Education and Student Affairs
International Residential Community Open House
Gee Residence Hall Lounge, 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, November 11
Henna Tattoos
Daly Dining Hall, 11:30 a.m.
Sponsored by the Student Entertainment Council
Foreign Languages & Literatures Department Fall Colloquium: "Poesía, Música, y Sueños: Hispanic Dreams in Words and Music"
Bart Luedeke Center 245, 4:30 p.m.
An Evening of Argentine Poetry in Spanish and English and Live Tango Music
The dreamy words of poets Ruben Dario and Humberto Costantini (in Spanish and English) read to the steamy tangos of composer Astor Piazzolla. Poetry will be read by Dr. Hernan Fontanet, author of the recently published Fervor y Exilio and an authority on Argentinean poetry and Dr. Daria Cohen, whose most recent book publication, Demystifying the Female Body, explores the subjectivity of the
female body in Latin American and Spanish texts.
Sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Study Abroad Panel
Bart Luedeke Center 245, 7 p.m.
Sponsored by the Center for International Education
International Theme Night
Gee Residence Hall Lounge, 8:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Rider International Student Association
Shotokan Karate Demonstration
Student Recreation Center, 8:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Recreation Programs
Brown Water Coffee House International Music & Culture
Bart Luedeke Center Pub, 10 p.m. to midnight
Sponsored by Brown Water Coffee House
Thursday, November 12
Sushi Making
Daly Dining Hall, 11:30 a.m.
Sponsored by the Student Entertainment Council
Belly Dancing Instruction
Student Recreation Center, 7:45 p.m.
Sponsored by Recreation Programs
Friday, November 13
International Week Wine Tasting
Bart Luedeke Center 245, 4:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Campus Life
Fantaziya Ukrainian Dance Ensemble
Bart Luedeke Center Theater, 7:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Area Studies & the Center for International Education
