International Week

Brain Candy Podcast Live

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 10/15/2019 - 18:00 to 20:00

A Sugar Rush for your intellectual side, the ladies from Brain Candy Podcast, Susie Meister and Sarah Rice muse about their experiences with reality television, travel abroad, and everything in-between. Their guests will be Dawn Keezer, Director of the Pittsburgh Film Office, and Bill Fuller, Corporate Chef from Big Burrito Restaurant Group.

Location: 
William Pitt Union Assembly Room
Contact Person: 
Rob Mucklo
Contact Phone: 
4126241053
Contact Email: 
Rob.Mucklo@pitt.edu

Godzilla on My Mind

Subtitle: 
A public talk by Dr. William Tsutsui, President of Hendrix College in Arkansas and expert on Godzilla movies followed with a screening of the original "Gojira"
Presenter: 
Dr. William Tsutsui, President of Hendrix College
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 10/16/2019 - 18:30 to 21:00

Dr. William Tsutsui, President of Hendrix College in Arkansas, will come to campus during International Week. He will be giving a public talk on “Godzilla on My Mind” and we will follow with a screening of the original Gojira. Dr. Tsutsui is THE expert on the Godzilla movies. He is a Japanese historian (a Japanese-American ethnically).

Location: 
WPU - Assembly Room
Contact Person: 
Tom Misuraca
Contact Email: 
misuraca@pitt.edu

World Brew: Global Tea Party

Presenter: 
Office of Residence Life
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 10/17/2019 - 18:30 to 20:30

Enjoy teas, sweeteners and finger foods from around the world. Create your own unique blend as a take-a-way. This program is being served both hot and cold and steeped to perfection.

Location: 
548 William Pitt Union
Contact Person: 
Diana M. Bacallao
Contact Email: 
dmb197@pitt.edu

International Food Trucks

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 10/16/2019 - 11:00 to 14:00

Back by popular demand, the International Week Committee has invited several of the most popular food trucks in the city to share their innovative and delicious cuisines with you. Cultures from all over the world will be represented by several of the most popular food trucks in the city. Recipes and cuisine are one of the many things that migrant peoples can take with them and can serve as a reminder of that which has been left behind.

Location: 
William Pitt Union Driveway
Contact Person: 
Keanna Cash
Contact Phone: 
412-924-5227
Contact Email: 
kec176@pitt.edu

Employability (Made) in Germany

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/18/2019 - 14:00 to 16:30

The University of Pittsburgh and UAS7 alliance of seven German Universities of Applied Sciences will bring together a range of speakers to address career and study options with German universities and businesses. The theme will be Employability (Made In) Germany (EiG). Our goal is to provide information about career options at German companies in Pennsylvania and beyond, as well as study, internship and research opportunities in Germany for US students.

Location: 
O’Hara Student Center, Dining Room
Contact Person: 
Oksana Stalczynski
Contact Email: 
oksana.stalczynski@pitt.edu

International Student Career Conference

Presenter: 
Office of Cross Cultural and Leadership Development
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/18/2019 - 10:00 to 14:00

Through speakers, panelists, and a breakout session, international students will receive valuable career advice and leave feeling prepared to succeed in a global world.

•Learn about their options as an international student before, during, and once hired in the workplace.
•Report a greater understanding of navigating the world of work and having meaningful conversations about job opportunities.
•Engage and network with employers who are committed to hiring international talent.

Below is the tentative schedule:

Location: 
WPU Assembly Room
Contact Person: 
Kyoungah Lee
Contact Phone: 
412-383-7120
Contact Email: 
kyoungahlee@pitt.edu

Comfort Women: The Legacy of Sexual Slavery in Asia

Subtitle: 
Panel Discussions and "Her Story" Film Screening
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 10/20/2018 - 08:00 to 16:00

As a collaborative partnership between the Allegheny County Bar Association and the Asian Studies Center, the Comfort Women: The Legacy of Sexual Slavery in Asia conference will focus on the historical and legal aspects of sexual enslavement of women by the military in the years before and during World War II.

Location: 
Alcoa Room, Barco Law School
Contact Email: 
asia@pitt.edu

Comfort Women: The Legacy of Sexual Slavery in Asia

Subtitle: 
Film Screening: Twenty Two
Presenter: 
Dr. Seung-hwan Shin, Visiting Assistant Professor of Korean Studies
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/19/2018 - 16:00 to 19:30

As a collaborative partnership between the Allegheny County Bar Association and the Asian Studies Center, the Comfort Women: The Legacy of Sexual Slavery in Asia conference will focus on the historical and legal aspects of sexual enslavement of women by the military in the years before and during World War II.

Location: 
120 David Lawrence Hall
Contact Email: 
asia@pitt.edu

Italian Instructor's Film Favorites

Subtitle: 
Pranzo di Ferragosto – Mid-August Lunch (2009)
Presenter: 
Department of French and Italian
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 10/19/2018 - 13:00 to 15:00

Italian lecturer Lorraine Denman will present one of her all-time favorite movies, Mid-August Lunch.

Location: 
324 Cathedral of Learning
Contact Person: 
Lorraine Denman
Contact Email: 
denman@pitt.edu

Italian Instructor's Film Favorites

Subtitle: 
La grande bellezza – The Great Beauty (2013)
Presenter: 
Department of French and Italian
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 10/18/2018 - 18:00 to 20:00

Prof. James Coleman will present one of the best Italian films of the last decade, the Academy Award-winning La grande bellezza.

Location: 
G8 Cathedral of Learning
Contact Person: 
Lorraine Denman
Contact Email: 
denman@pitt.edu

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