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Int'l is a publication of the University Center for International Studies. The articles below are from the Spring 2001 issue and are in Acrobat PDF format.

Miller African Centered Academy: Capoeira Reaches the Children
by Marie B. Skoczylas

“As the Congolese came into the clearing, they could hear the screaming of children,” reads nine-year-old Brittany Brown, setting the scene for a typical Monday morning social studies class at Miller African Centered Academy in Pittsburgh’s Hill District.

Profile: Tricia Kissinger--Remembering the People Behind the Policy
by Louise C. Sciannameo

“Wanna buy some gum? I have a piece you can buy.”

Learning by Experience
by Karen Levine

Learning to understand, respect, and cooperate with people whose beliefs, practices, and cultures are different from our own has challenged humanity throughout all time

Building on Strength: William Brustein
by Emily Tipping

When he was a child, the world came to William Brustein’s front door in the form of international newspapers delivered to his father, a freelance journalist.

Around the World

Glowing Examples of Diversity Training
by Emily Tipping

In one afternoon, a Nationality Rooms Scholarship committee agreed to send a Nigerian native to Argentina and a Vietnamese native to China.


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