IEW is designed to celebrate the global reach of education, the presence of students from around the world on our campus, and the expansion of our campus to cultures and destinations around the world through Education Abroad programming.  This week we hope to highlight the people, organizations, events, and opportunities that make Colorado College a global community and a point of departure for students to explore difference, cultures, and their place in the world. We hope you find many of the planned activities intriguing and engaging.

This page highlights our Calendar of Events for the celebration and will provide links where you can sign up for different panels, presentations, and events.  Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, our events this year will be a mix of in-person and virtual workshops, panels, discussions, and our two large Study Away Fairs, the Semester Away Fair on February 2 and the Block Away Fair on February 3, both in Worner Hall from 12-2 pm. 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF OUR LAND & OUR HISTORY

The Center for Global Education & Field Study would like to recognize that we celebrate IEW on our campus, which is situated on unceded indigenous lands.  The state of Colorado has 48 distinct native tribal communities which share our land and have been caretakers of this land for generations.  We recognize native peoples here and around the globe as part of the global community which IEW aims to celebrate. We cannot celebrate International Education without acknowledging the essential contributions and ongoing stories of native peoples in Colorado, the United States, and around the globe. 

We also recognize that February is Black History Month, and we wish to acknowledge that the cultures, languages, traditions, peoples, and movements of Africa and the African Diaspora form a vital part of the global community as well as our nation.  We celebrate the countless ways in which their presence, their struggle, and their lives are essential to the past, present, and future of our nation, our world, and all of our lives as part of a global community. We cannot celebrate International Education without acknowledging the historical inequities and injustices which exist as well as the incredible contributions, innovations, and inspirations which continuously emerge from Africa and the African Diaspora.

IEW INFO & ACTIVITY TABLE

12:00-2:00pm in the Worner Lobby

Stop by to kick off International Education Week. At the table you will be able to:

• Get the full schedule of events
• Sign up for our week-long Trivia & Scavenger Hunt Event (With prizes!!!)
• Qualify for tickets to Tuesday's Food Truck Dinner Event.
• Grab a CC Luggage Tag for your global travels

IEW HANDS-ON STUDIO ART SESSIONS (Special Session for Int'l Students)

1:00-3:00pm at the Bemis School of Art (Downhill from Packard Hall)

A special session of the Hands-On Studio Art Sessions for our International Student population.  If you are an international student, come join in some of the messy fun at the Fine Arts Center's Bemis School of Art.  Three studio art classrooms are available:

• Watercolor Greeting Cards
• Acrylic on Canvas Panels
• Birdseed/Clay Sculpting and Wheel Throwing

Drop in between 1:00 and 2:45 to get access to supplies, equipment, and even a little instruction (if you'd like it.).  Please wear clothes you are OK getting a little stained as you make fun things.  Space is limited and opportunities to join will be first-come, first-served. 

Email Jeremiah at jhouck@coloradocollege.edu with any questions. 

FROM SILOS TO SOLIDARITIES:  POST 9/11 AND BEYOND

3:00-4:30pm on ZOOM

Deepa Iyer is a South Asian writer, strategist, lawyer, and racial justice advocate.  Iyer is a strategic adviser at Building Movement Project and director of Solidarity Is, a project that provides trainings, narratives, and resources on building deep and lasting multiracial solidarity.  Iyer's areas of expertise include the post 9/11 America experiences of South Asian, Muslim, Arab, and Sikh immigrants, immigration and civil rights policies, and racial equity and solidarity processes.  

This presentation is part of "Forever Foreign: Asian America, Global Asia, and the Problem of Anti-Asian Racism", sponsored by the Asian Studies Program: Cultural Attractions Fund; National Endowment for the Humanities; MacLean Fund for the English Department; Department of History; Department of Political Science; Butler Center; Department of Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies: Center for Global Educaiton & Field Study; and Feminist & Gender Studies.

Register here for this ZOOM event.  

"HUEVONES" FOOD TRUCK DINNER

5:00-7:00pm  at the Worner Quad. 

Global Education is sponsoring a visit from the Huevones food truck to campus.  100 Students will have the chance to get dinner from one of the top food trucks in Colorado Springs.  Pick up tickets in the Warner Lobby on Monday, the 31st, with a time to visit the truck on Tuesday.  Each student with a ticket can order up to $15 of the trademark Huevones cuisine at no cost.  Whether it's their amazing mushoom tacos, the quesadilla, the Chicken Mole taco, or their any of their other entrees, you can discover what has food critics in the area praising Huevones as a gem of the Springs. 

Pick up tickets while they last in the Worner Lobby, Monday, Jan. 31 from 12:30pm on. 

Only 100 tickets will be given away. 

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN STUDY ABROAD

5:00pm, Hybl Community Center Main Space or Virtual

Not all study away is built the same.  Come and learn how you can find and join study away programs that have a deep community connection, that delve into real world issues, and engage with local communities around the world on issues that matter to them, helping to build up communities as you learn from their wisdom and their struggle. 

ZOOM Link: https://coloradocollege.zoom.us/j/94312453852 

CC BLOCKS AWAY FAIR

12:00-2:00pm in the Worner Lounge Area

The Blocks Away Fair is an opportunity to "shop around" and learn about all of the domestic and international blocks away scheduled for the 2022-2023 academic year.  Faculty leaders from each program will be available to outline each course, the travel program, and the destinations chosen.  Learn how to apply, how the aid process works, and more from the Global Educaiton table as well.  Spend 5 minutes or the full 2 hours learning about different options ahead of the Application Window, opening the same day and staying open until March 31.  

This presentation is part of "Forever Foreign: Asian America, Global Asia, and the Problem of Anti-Asian Racism", sponsored by the Asian Studies Program: Cultural Attractions Fund; National Endowment for the Humanities; MacLean Fund for the English Department; Department of History; Department of Political Science; Butler Center; Department of Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies: Center for Global Educaiton & Field Study; and Feminist & Gender Studies.

PLANNING YOUR STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCE WORKSHOP

12:15pm in Tutt Library 238

An opportunity to learn more about the myriad of off-campus experiences available at CC, how to find a program that is appropriate for you, and how to enroll.  This hands-on discussion about all CC options will give you an opportunity to consider how study away can play a part in your CC education and how to find a program that excites and informs you. 

Introducing MOSAIC

4pm  Virtual Presentation & Discussion

Get to know, MOSAIC, CC's student organization for international students and students with a global focus. Hear from organization leaders about the group's mission, ongoing projects, and plans for the future.  Ask questions, get info about the group, and find out if this is a student org you want to add your voice to. 

Join Zoom Meeting: 

https://coloradocollege.zoom.us/j/95286946786?pwd=cUpsalN5SVpZY2JJRURRa0FpekNDdz09

Meeting ID: 952 8694 6786
Passcode: MOSAIC