Workshop for language majors and minors targeting résumé preparation, graduate school applications, career information, protocol for letters of recommendation and extra-curricular opportunities. Sandwiches and beverages will be served.

Please join President David R. Hopkins and Provost S. Narayanan

for the Welcome Center Grand Opening and University Convocation.

Welcome Center Grand Opening 

2:00 p.m.

Student Union Main Entrance Lobby

• The new gateway to RaiderConnect and Admissions

• Tours of the facility

• Light refreshments

University Convocation

3:00 p.m.

Student Union Apollo Room

• Faculty awards will be presented at this time

Dr. Asma Barlas is Director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity of the Department of Politics, Ithaca College, New York. She is the author of “Believing Women” in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an (University of Texas Press, 2002); Re-Understanding Islam: A Double Critique (Amsterdam, 2008); and Islam, Muslims, and the U.S.: Essays on Religion and Politics (India, Global Media Publications, 2004). The lecture is sponsored by the Department of Religion, Wright State University and the Piediscalzi Lecture Series.

The Korean Ministry of Education invites you to teach and learn in South Korea with Korean Government stipend.

If you are a college student or a recent graduate whio is adventurous and want to explore beyond your nest while teaching Korean students, you can spend a semester (or more) in Korea and be a part of a Korean-government sponsored teaching and service-learning program.

“Adventures in Macedonia-Historic and Contemporary Country in the Balkans” by Alan Gabel (Attorney and Dayton Community Member)

Open to the public. Contact the UCIE for more information at 937-775-5745.

“Enhancing your International Credentials: Experience Teaching and Learning Abroad” by Jeanne Ballentine (Professor Emeritus, Sociology and Anthropology)

Open to the public. Contact the UCIE for more information at 937-775-5745.

“Ambassador Program to Costa Rica” by Bobby Rubin (English Language and Literatures)

Open to the public. Contact the UCIE office for more information at 937-775-5745.

Adam Hochschild began his journalism career as a reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle. Subsequently he worked as a magazine editor and writer, at Ramparts and Mother Jones. His work has been published in The New Yorker, Harper’s, The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine and other newspapers and magazines. He is the author of seven books, including King Leopold’s Ghost and Finding the Trapdoor, a collection of his shorter pieces. His 2005 book, Bury the Chains, was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the L. A.

No classes held in observance of Labor Day

"Engineering Exchange in Jena, Germany." Presented by Ruby Mawasha from the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Open to the public.

Contact Information:
University Center for International Education
E190 Student Union
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy.
Dayton, OH. 45424