Over the course of the week, Pitt campus will be alive with international activities, global events and the buzz of the International Week Contest, which will grant 1 free Summer 2015 Study Abroad Panther Program (tuition scholarship) to a country of your choice, a Sony NEX-F3 camera, or an apple ipad. For a full list of events, please review the International Week Website to learn more about how to add an international focus to your academic experience.

Major General Gronski has commanded troops in Iraq, Europe and, as Commanding General of the 28th Infantry Division, oversees the men and woman who serve in Pennsylvania's National Guard. Major General Gronski also deployed the 28th Infantry Division headquarters in support of Exercise Rochambeau in France during the summer of 2014.

Featuring the companies TiE-Pittsburgh met with and mentored through its Business Mentoring Roundtable program over the last year.

Apply for the TiE Pgh 10K award by visiting the event website.

Register for the event by visiting the event website.

Discussant: Meiyi Song, Center for Instructional Development & Distance Education, University of Pittsburgh

Description: In this workshop, you will be introduced to a variety of Web
2.0 tools, such as VoiceThread, EduCanon, Twitter, Diigo, for creating interpretative, presentational, and communicative assignments for language classes.

Free and open to the public, the Society for Ethnomusicology is offering a free workshop to those interested in learning the basics of Irish dance. Registration is not necessary for this portion of the conference's program.

Welcome and Brief Introduction: Meng Ren, PhD Candidate, Department of Music

Dance Menu:
Two Hand Reel
Walls of Limerick
Waves of Tory
Gay Gordon

Dance Performance by Children of the Shovlin Academy of Irish Dance

Haymaker's Jig
Two Hand Honpipe
Rakes of mallow
Keel Row

The number of refugees entering the EU and Turkey has risen dramatically as a result of conflicts and crises in North Africa and the Middle East. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHRC) reported that European countries recorded 264,000 asylum applications during the first six months of 2014, an increase of 24 per cent from the same period the year before. The largest increase – 73 per cent – in asylum seekers was reported by countries in Southern Europe, in particular Italy and Turkey.

Center Associate Dr. Gabriella Saputelli will explore the characteristics and the evolution of EU citizenship 20+ years after the Maastricht Treaty. She will consider EU citizenship in light of the finding by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that it “…is intended to be the fundamental status of nationals of the Member States”. In fact, the way in which EU citizenship and ECJ case law function raises questions about its future development.

October 16th
Director: Christian Petzold, 2013
Popcorn and drinks provided