During the week of January 31 through 2月 4, 韦德娱乐app下载地址 hosted our annual Global Education Week! The week is designed to share various cultures and perspectives with students and 教师, with the goal of developing a deeper understanding and awareness of the world around us.
周一
To kick off the week, the community enjoyed a Netflix watch party for Calcio Storico. One of the most brutal sports in the world, Calcio Storico is a Florentine tradition that began in the 1600s and is still played today by the Florence districts. Because of how violent the sport is, it can only be played three times a year, with games lasting 50 minutes at most. 观看预告片 在这里.
周二
特拉维斯Evans-Sago 是Ph值.D. student in the Hispanic Linguistics program at Indiana University. Travis specializes in sociolinguistics, second langu年龄 acquisition, 语用学, 话语分析. He is currently examining the speech perception of socially indexed cues, such as those pertaining to 性取向, by first and second langu年龄 speakers of Spanish. Travis discussed why it’s important to study linguistics and how langu年龄 can give insight into various cultures. 结束演讲, he had students participate in an exercise w在这里 he described three Chinese learners of Spanish with different educational levels and various settings in which they learned the langu年龄. Students then listened to three sound clips and tried to figure out who the voices belonged to based on the background information provided to them.
星期二和星期四, World Langu年龄 Tables were set up in the dining hall for students to stop by and learn common words/phrases from other students, 教师, 工作人员 who are fluent in Spanish or French.
周三
Students started off the day learning about our exchange programs in Barcelona and Switzerland from past participants Isaiah Ginsberg-Henry ’20, 亨利·伊斯特本，22岁, 亚当·莫恩22岁. They discussed what to expect during the program, the similarities and differences of the cultures, some of their favorite sites and experiences. We were thrilled to catch up with Isaiah, who is now studying political science with a concentration in international relations at Saint Louis University Madrid Campus!
The Spanish Club held a Hispanic candy tasting contest. Students were able to sample Skinkles (Mexican), 杏仁糖(西班牙语), Barrilete(哥伦比亚), Supercoco (Colombian) and then vote for their favorite.
凡妮莎露娜 spoke to the Spanish III class about community-based fire man年龄ment in the Peruvian Andes. 凡妮莎是博士.D. student at the University of Florida. Her research focuses on an in-depth immersion into Quechua communities to investigate the why of uncontrolled fires, 影响, 社会适应力, the role of other stakeholders. She discussed how fire is necessary for some ecosystems, how prescribed burns work, how to live with fire and learn to use it for our benefit.
Assembly featured a conversation with Fatima Daryabi, 23岁，由 亚当·莫恩22岁, 阿米莉亚·沃森23岁, 安娜丽丝·霍顿，24岁. Fatima described 成长ing up in U.S. occupied Afghanistan, how suddenly her and her family’s lives changed after the U.S. withdrawal and the subsequent takeover by the Taliban. Despite the current situation, she remains optimistic about Afghanistan's future.
周三晚上， 卡洛·皮尼拉25岁 led a cooking class and taught us how to make delicious 鸡、.
周四
斯科特Eirinberg 成立 The Reluctant Trading Experiment in 2012. He never had any interest in the spice business, but after receiving a pack年龄 of pepper from a friend in India, he discovered that not all pepper is the same. Scott shared many im年龄s from a trip he took to see how the pepper was being harvested and talked to students about how his reluctance changed after tasting the spice. He explained that many people have never experienced fresh spices since they can normally sit in warehouses for years. In thinking about the farm-to-table industry Scott decided to reach out to restaurants as a farm-to-table spice provider and the business took off from t在这里!
Our financial math class was joined by 凯尔的权力，首席执行官 LibertyPay, to learn about bitcoin and crypto-remittance payments. He shared a blockchain demo and gave an overview of what bitcoin, hashing, bitcoin mining are. Kyle also discussed how he launched the first cash-to-bitcoin kiosk in 2014. Students peppered him with questions, each student who asked a question received some bitcoin of their own!
星期五
夏洛特Gheorgean is a magistrate in the German court and joined our Spanish and French classes to talk about how studying abroad can shape their future. Charlotte discussed similarities and differences she discovered between school in the United States and Germany from her time studying in the U.S. for ten months when she was 16. She also discussed her time spent abroad in Australia and France, sharing that these experiences helped her experience different cultures on a deeper level than in the classroom and put her on her career path. When asked what advice she had for students taking part in an exchange program she recommended talking to people who have done the program before, reading travel books on the area, not being afraid to speak the langu年龄 of your host county.
在艺术课2中， Ali Eckstein, 22岁 led a wonderful discussion of “女孩,” a short story by Antiguan-American author Jamaica Kincaid.