A showcase of international culture and local resources for learning about other countries held at Pittsburgh Public School's only middle/high school that offers an International Baccalaureate. The European Studies Center manned a booth featuring trivia about the European Union and gave out prizes for students who were able to answer the most questions. Information was also handed out about international/European studies at Pitt for students in grades 6-12 to consider as they prepare for college.

Carol Perez, a high-level State Department official, will visit Pittsburgh to promote the many ways Americans can conduct foreign policy and serve their country abroad. Students of Less-Commonly-Taught Languages are uniquely qualified for a career with the State Department, as they have already demonstrated their ability to adapt to other cultures and communicate with people from different backgrounds. Also, there is a high demand in the U.S. Government for speakers of Persian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu, Hindi, Russian, Arabic, Mandarin, and other difficult or less well known languages.

Assist professor of Global History and Languages at Wilkes University looks at historical tendency towards subversive trading through lens of egg trade.

Join us for a two-day workshop co-sponsored by the Kabak Endowment Fund and the Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh that focuses on gendered experiences of moving, especially the changes, challenges, and conflicts that women encounter and the ways that they address them.