Students selected for the International Career Toolkit Series trip to Washington D.C. are required to attend a one-hour session on creating a 30-second elevator speech. This is an important skill to develop and will be utilized during the trip. There are two available sessions for the event:

Friday, 2/5/2016- 4217 Posvar Hall, 3:00 PM

Wednesday, 2/17/2016- 4130 Posvar Hall, 4:00 PM

The Asian Studies Center, the African Studies Program, the Center for Russian and East European Studies, and the Global Studies Center are partnering to provide an exciting career development opportunity for students enrolled in one of the four certificate programs and for students enrolled in the Global Studies Living Learning Community. Students will travel to Washington, D.C.

Taira Tadanori is among the most famous heroes from the Genpei War (1180-1185), the divisive civil conflict that brought Japan’s first warrior government to power. Renowned both as a poet and a man of arms, Tadanori is commemorated in the epic war tale recounting the conflict, The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari), as well as several noh plays, including the eponymous Tadanori.

International Career Toolkit Series: Careers with Social Impact
Presenters: Adriana LaMonte, Manager of Strategic Programs and Global Affairs of L’Hopital Albert Schweitzer (Haiti); Dawn Brubaker, Lead Service Coordinator and Trainer for the Refugee and Immigrant Department of Jewish Family and Children’s Services; Kheir Mugwaneza, Director of the Refugee Resettlement Program at Northern Area Multi Service Center.

The University Center for International Studies will host a Teacher Forum on Internationalizing the K-12 Classroom on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at the William Pitt Union on the University of Pittsburgh’s Oakland campus.