International Center dedicated; will be a "cultural crossroads"
The University of Richmond began a new chapter in its 170-year history with the dedication of the Carole Weinstein International Center Thursday.
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The University of Richmond began a new chapter in its 170-year history with the dedication of the Carole Weinstein International Center Thursday.
Each year, the University of Richmond brings in visiting scholars and staff from all over the world. All five schools at the university recruit international scholars to teach courses and conduct research; this semester there are 22.
During the first weeks back, some students may have noticed more new faces than usual while walking around campus.
Three years ago, Carole Weinstein offered nine million dollars to build, in partnership with President Edward Ayers and the University of Richmond, an international center. Today, the Carole Weinstein International Center is near completion, with construction scheduled to end this month. The International Center will house the Office of International Education (OIE) as well as Passport Cafe, the newest eating facility on campus. Along with the OIE and the cafe, multiple interdisciplinary academic departments and seven classrooms will be located within the International Center as well.
With the study-abroad decision date just around the corner, many second-year students are anxiously waiting to hear which country they will live in, study and explore for at least four months of their lives.
With more than one trillion dollars given in foreign aid, why is Africa still so poor? Did that $10 donation ever get to the starving child? Could our good intentions actually be causing more harm than good?
University of Richmond faculty and staff in various disciplines are increasingly using the videoconferencing software Skype in the classroom to connect with colleagues and research partners abroad.
The University of Richmond promotes its undergraduate study abroad programs, but the lesser-known Faculty Seminar program provides the same opportunity to faculty members.
More than 75 study abroad programs in 30 countries were represented at the University of Richmond's Study Abroad Fair in the Alice Haynes Room last Thursday.
The University of Richmond's Bonner Center for Civic Engagement will host a panel discussion Sept. 11, regarding the imprisonment of a former student who is being held in Azerbaijan.
While the International Cultural Exchange group discussed travel on Feb. 23 in Puryear Hall, various travel guides highlighting the sights and attractions of western Europe were scattered across the table. And photographs of the 50-story Millennium Tower rising out of the center of a large plaza in Vienna, Austria, lit up a projector screen.
To the Editor:
MADRID — After being here for about 2 1/2 months, there are very few things that still trigger that little feeling of homesickness from time to time. Whether hearing somebody speaking English on the street, catching a real football game at the nearest Irish pub or walking past a McDonald's, I've come to expect those fleeting yearnings for all things American.
When Wadia Samadi began her first week of classes at the University of Richmond last Monday, she might have seemed just like any other first-year student.