Wednesday: Brighton Campus 12:00 – 12:50
ý Fulbright and You: Discover a World of Opportunities Room 9-256.
Presented by Patrick Callan, Assistant Professor of English in the English/Philosophy Department and one of MCC’s Fulbright Campus Representatives, will offer an informational presentation on Fulbright opportunities available to college and university faculty, administrators, and student graduates seeking an internationalized educational experience through this prestigious program.
ý MCC Abroad in Salamanca Room 9A-108
Presented by Professor Scott Vrooman and Summer Abroad 2004 students. Department of ESOL and Foreign Languages. This multi-sensory presentation will feature the edited photos and videotapes of those MCC students and their professor who took the group to Salamanca, Spain to study for four weeks in July, 2004.
ý The Language of the Brush: The Origins of Modern Chinese Room 9A-106
In this presentation, Professor Tang will talk about the Chinese characters which, although still popular today, represent one of the most ancient writing systems in the world. Participants will recognize the Chinese character from the pictograph and will come to understand the development of the character's style from historic times to today. This look at the writing system will examine how culture, language and customs are fused. Presented by Professor of Chinese Jasmine Tang Department of ESOL and Foreign Languages.
ý What’s Buddha Doing in the Cornfields? Mapping Religious Diversity in the Rochester Area Room 9-264
Presented by Professor David Day. Department of Anthropology, History, Political Science and Sociology. Photography, developing interviewing skills, teamwork and adventure are all part of what anthropology students learn in MCC’s first-ever grant from Harvard University; the grant focuses on the visual documentation of faiths “new” to the Rochester area. Professor David Day demonstrates how anthropology students explore the religious and spiritual aspects of cultural diversity in their own backyards. These “exotic”, international faiths have now become hometown faiths as immigrants and refugees settle in our midst and become our neighbors. Islam and Buddhism, for example, are now American religions and it behooves us to understand them and appreciate the presence of their fascinating temples, mosques, beliefs and rituals on our collective lives.
Wednesday: Damon Campus 12:00 – 12:50
ý Reflections from Abroad: Studying in Provence Room 4033
Terry Shamblin from the Transitional Studies Department will read a creative non-fiction essay about the month she spent studying the culture of Provence. There will be photographs and mementos to view, as well as a question and answer period, for those interested in studying abroad in France.
Terry Shamblin
Transitional Studies
11/10/2004 |