Intercultural Relations Events

Upcoming Events

Please check back for Spring events!

Past Events

October 29, 2009: Alumni Career Panel

Many prospective and current students attended the annual Alumni Career Panel, which featured alumni currently working in a variety of intercultural careers, including training and consulting, international education & volunteerism, non-profit fundraising and management, youth services, and development education. They discussed the current state of the field and what skills are needed to succeed. It was a fun and informative evening, and we are grateful to our alumni for their participation and support!

September 24, 2009: Fall Potluck & Community Event:"Locality and Community: Exploring Judaeo-Persian Identity"

Over sixty current and prospective students, faculty, and alumni of the program attended this event, featuring Intercultural Relations Program faculty Dr. Dallalfar’s research from her recent sabbatical, which provided a more nuanced representation of life in Iran and challenges stereotypic, simplistic, and false images circulating in popular and mainstream media about Iranians and Iranian-Americans, with particular emphasis on the contemporary Jewish experience in Iran.

February 18, 2009: Spring Potluck and Comunity Event

Current and prospective students, faculty, and alumni of the program attended the Spring Potluck & Community Event, featuring a presentation by Dr. Frank Trocco, Director of the Interdisciplinary Inquiry Division, entitled: 'Letting the Gods in the Door: Navajo Healing.' The Navajo are a culture with a deep appreciation for the connection between spirituality and medicine, as one scholar put it: " ...healing is the central theme of Navajo religion, while the sacred is the central element in Navajo medicine." In this talk, Dr. Trocco discussed the unfamiliar world of Chanters (i.e., healers) and apprentices, Skinwalkers, Hand Tremblers, Crystal-gazers, Listeners, and Star-gazers, in an attempt to understand the indigenous interweaving of healing, myth, and ceremony.

October 22, 2008: Alumni Career Panel

Prospective and current students attended the Alumni Career Panel which featured alumni currently working in a variety of intercultural careers, including international student advising, international volunteering, intercultural consulting, and developing international organizations. The alumni talked about their experiences and gave advice for those wishing to enter the field.

September 24, 2008: Fall Potluck & Community Event: 'The Acquisition of Voice in Clinical Settings: Identity Shifts in a Narrative of a Brazilian Immigrant Woman'