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Tuesday, November 18
Featured Event: Passport Application Day
10 A.M. - 2 P.M.
Mail Services Lobby – Business Administration, B4
(corner of Business Administration & Social Science buildings)
Sponsored by Mail Services and the U.S. Postal Service
The U.S. Postal Service will be on campus to process passport applications. For fees and to schedule an appointment, contact Mail Services at (518) 442-3272.
Featured Event: Japan House Movie Night: Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior) (1980)
7:00 P.M.
Standish Room (Science Library 3rd floor)
Sponsored by Japan House and International Education
“When a powerful warlord in medieval Japan dies, a poor thief recruited to impersonate him finds difficulty living up to his role and clashes with the spirit of the warlord during turbulent times in the kingdom” (IMDB). Directed by Kurosawa Akira.
Wednesday, November 19
Featured Event: Study Abroad Fair
11:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M.
Lecture Center Concourse
Presented by Study Abroad & Exchanges and International Education
Come to UAlbany’s Study Abroad Fair for more information about our more than 65 programs abroad where you can earn credits in your major or minor, or even General Education credits! With semester, yearlong, summer or winter programs, you'll discover just how "within reach" the world truly is!
Featured Event: Teaching to Promote Cultural Awareness
3:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M.
Humanities 354
RSVP to teachingandlearning@albany.edu or call (518)442-5521
Presented by ITLAL
If you teach courses in international, global or multi-cultural topics, one of your goals might be to place students in situations where they can actually experience cultural difference rather than just read about it. Simulations can help you do this, as they can be designed to re-create in the classroom the kinds of foreign realities that traditionally only happen in the context of travel and study abroad. In this workshop participants will see in action a cross-cultural exercise called Bafa-Bafa, which can be used with students at all levels. The goals of this particular simulation are to:
- create a situation which allows us to profitably explore the idea of culture
- create feelings which are similar to those one will likely encounter upon travelling to a different culture
- give participants experience in observing and interacting with a different culture
Participants will also learn about several excellent resources on games and simulations for various teaching and learning purposes with a chance to win one in a drawing at the end of the workshop.