Less than 10% of US students study abroad, and even less intern abroad, so naturally international experience catches recruiters’ eyes. But they don’t want to only hear about your travels at the interview. They want to know about the skills you acquired while abroad. Learn how to professionally pitch your study abroad experience and to market those newly acquired skills.

Michael Walter, Nationality Rooms Tour Coordinator and Quo Vadis Advisor, will present information about ancient drawing materials pertinent to manuscript illumination and panel painting. These materials are connected to several Nationality Rooms' decoration or displayed objects. Participants will also have hands-on time to use some of the materials!

K-16 educators are invited to join the Asian Studies Center for this free presentation and curriculum workshop on Thanhha Lai's "Inside Out & Back Again." Lai's award-winning book of poems chronicles the Vietnam War through the eyes of 10 year-old Ha, whose family flees Saigon for the promise of a better life in the United States. The hardships endured by Ha and her family during the war fade into the past as they struggle to adjust to a new way of life in America—one that is often at odds with the promise of their new country. Act 48 hours available.

Join us for a screening (with English subtitles)and discussion led by film expert Stephen Brockmann (Carnegie Mellon University). Goodbye, Lenin! (2003) was directed by Wolfgang Becker. In this comedy/drama, a dedicated young man, Alex (Daniel Brühl), recreates East Germany in their 77m2 apartment to protect his socialist mother Christiane (Katrin Sass) from the shock of the fall of the Berlin Wall! Can he pull off this elaborate scheme knowing that the slightest shock could prove fatal? Alex strives to keep the fall of the GDR a secret for as long as possible.

*This event counts for the UCIS1-credit pop-up course!