BU World Weekly Baylor University November 4, 2013 Thanksgiving dinner registration deadline is Wednesday! November 11-15, 2013 Inside this week s newsletter Nervous about public speaking?... Page 4 International Education Week events Pages 5-7 Follow us @BaylorCIE facebook.com/baylorcie
Monday, November 11, 2013 6:30 pm 8:00 p.m. Mayborn Museum Special Exhibit Room (Across University Parks Drive) Please join us for our annual Thanksgiving International Dinner as we celebrate and share heritages with our international students and scholars! President Ken Starr and First Lady Alice Starr, who will be our speakers, generously provides the meal free for our international students and scholars. Register by Wednesday at 5pm At http://bit.ly/1fovmfj
Conversations and Culture (International Student Support and Discussion Group) Topic: How to be a Successful Public Speaker Come and learn about how to give presentations and participate in discussions in an effective manner! Speaker: Laurel Medhurst (Department of Communication) When: November 6 (Wednesday) 2013 at 6pm Where: Fentress Room at SUB For more information contact: Baylor University Counseling Center 254-710-2467 or Yoshiko_Hall@baylor.edu
Sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of State and the U.S. Dept. of Education www.iew.state.gov Monday, 11/11 Baylor Round Table International Thanksgiving Dinner open to all international students. Mayborn museum at 6:30pm. RSVP at Baylor.edu/cie or e-mail: internationalstudentrelations@baylor.edu Caribbean lunch at Brooks dining hall Tuesday, 11/12 Latin lunch at Collins dining hall
Wednesday, 11/13 Sustainable Development Through Education: Partnering to Improve Agriculture Training Matt Hess, Executive Director of World Hunger Relief, Inc (WHRI) (Sponsored by International Studies) Draper 349 at 3:30pm Traditional Tea & Japanese Journey (Presented by the Baylor Japanese Honor Society) North Village Community Center 3:45-5:45pm German lunch at East Village
Thursday, 11/14 2013 Albaugh Lecture Charles Ramirez Berg, "Image Matters: the Representation of Latinos in Film" SBC Theater Mayborn at 7pm Indian lunch at Memorial dining hall Model Organization of American States Regional Conference Nov 14-16 The SUB, all day Friday, 11/15 Thai lunch at Penland dining hall
This week on Campus... Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs Fri. Baylor Opera Theater The Turn of the Screw $15 7:30pm at Hooper-Schaefer Bobo Cross Cultural Ministry dinner 6pm Women s Basketball vs. Oklahoma City 7pm Fall Festival at Burleson Quadrangle 5pm Conversations and Culture: International Student Support Group at 6pm in SUB Football vs. Oklahoma at 6:30pm! Don t miss the biggest game of the year! Penny & Sparrow, Fox and the Bird at Common Grounds, 7:30pm $7 advance, $10 at door
Friday Yoga at On the Run Waco 6:30-7:30pm $5 808 Austin Avenue Sat. Made in Waco University Baptist Church 10am-3pm Arts and crafts exposition, free admission, homemade gifts! Sunday Church of the Week Harris Creek Baptist Church 729 Austin Ave. Service at 10am and 11:30am
Alexine s Immigration Reminders IMPORTANT: OPT Information If you plan to apply for post-completion OPT, remember that you must have completed a minimum of two academic semesters in good standing. In other words, if you have been out of status (even if reinstatement has been granted), or have been suspended for any reason during the immediate preceding two academic semesters, you will not be eligible to apply for OPT.
Baylor Spiritual Life invites you to... International Student Dinner Who: All international students, friends, PAWS partners, staff, and Baylor students are welcome to attend. What: Free dinner celebrating food from different cultures and countries. When: 6 p.m. this Tuesday Where: Bobo Spiritual Life Center (next to Tidwell Bible
Want to share your culture with high school students? There will be a teen leadership conference for high school students in the area. They will be talking about differences in culture, education, dating, religion, and other differences between the US and foreign cultures. YOU are invited to share about your own culture and experiences in your country. November 18 9:30-11am or 1:30-3:15pm Please e-mail mileth@wacopha.org If you are interested!
Holiday Announcements The holidays are approaching quickly! If you need to stay at your dorm during the Christmas break, talk to your CL or Residence Hall Director as soon as possible. Save the date! We will have a Christmas party on Dec. 9 at 5pm at North Village Four Seasons community center. Refreshments will be served.
Save the Date... November 11 Baylor Round Table International Student Thanksgiving Dinner Mayborn Museum MUST RSVP December 9 Christmas Reception at 5pm at North Village Four Seasons community center Sign up for each event at Baylor.edu/cie under forms!