October 20, 2005

Calendar Announcement
International Education Week Nov. 14-18

• The University of California, San Diego, will hold its first
  annual International Education Week Nov. 14-18 in an
  effort to enhance international awareness and affirm the
  critical role that international education and exchange
  programs play in fostering world peace. Among numerous
  events, open to the public, are:

• 5-7 p.m. An authentic British Tea featuring a talk by Gillian
  Martin Sorensen, senior advisor at the United Nations
  Foundation, on The US and the UN in the 21st Century.
  Tickets are required. Contact ihouse@ucsd.edu.
• 8 p.m. A production of Bus Stop by Gao Xinghian, 2000 Nobel
  prize in literature recipient, performed at the Mandell
  Weiss Forum Theatre loading dock area. Tickets required.
  Cost $5.

• 6:30-7:30 p.m. Enver Hasani, Kosovo foreign minister and professor of
  International law at Pristina University, Kosovo, will
  discuss Self Determination in the Balkans.

Wednesday, Nov. 16

• 11 a.m.-2 p.m. UCSD students from throughout the world will present
  their cultures, in the form of displays, music, food and
  dance, at an International Festival.
• 4-5 p.m. Seminar on Survivors of Torture: A Large and Growing
  Invisible Population sponsored by Survivors of Torture
  International.

Thursday, Nov. 17

• 12-1:30 p.m.  A talk by Dr. Robert Wilder, CEO and founder of
  WilderShares, on Investing for Climate Change: How One Academic Built Wall Street’s First Clean Energy Index.

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