Advising Update

• Still looking for courses to add to your fall 2022 schedule? Visit the IS database: https://internationalstudies.uiowa.edu/undergraduate/course-database
• May 6, 2022: Deadline to file a Second Grade Only option to be reflected on a student transcript for the sp22 semester. 
• May 9-13, 2022: Good Luck on Your Finals! 

TODAY AT 2PM: IS:3012 Invites you to a Refugee Simulation Event

The IS:3012 class invites you to attend a Refugee Simulation Event hosted by the Catherine McAuley Center:
Sixty student can  join us and engage in the simulation, which will be facilitated by CMC staff and be held on Thursday, 28 April from 2-3:30pm in the second floor ballroom (room 243) of the IMU.

You can register for the event here: https://forms.gle/ZVLdAqTfC12uQGZD9.

If you would like to read about a similar event offered at Cornell College: https://www.thegazette.com/education/cornell-college-students-simulate-life-of-refugees/.

Refugees and Immigrants: How Their Stories and Experiences Inform Public Policy

Wednesday, May 4, 2022 / 12-2pm / Zoom
Final event in the Iowa Foreign Relations Council series on refugees and immigrants
Speakers: Art Cullen (Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and editor of The Storm Lake Times), Cristina Ortiz (assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Minnesota-Morris), Caleb Knutson (senior planner for Mid-Iowa Planning Alliance), and Cara McFerren (West Liberty city councilor).

This panel will showcase the efforts of business and community leaders in towns such as Columbus Junction, Marshalltown, Storm Lake, and West Liberty, who are striving to create a thriving inclusiveness for this new diversity, precipitated by the arrival of refugee and immigrant populations. They will share what has gone well in their respective towns, the difficulties they have overcome, and the challenges each continues to face. Panelists will also offer their views on how policymakers in Des Moines might look to Iowa's most diverse towns to help create new welcoming and inclusive policies to support the state’s growing reputation as a place refugees and immigrants seek to call home.

https://www.icfrc.org/program-information/refugees-and-immigrants-how-their-stories-inform-public-policy

Highlighted Fall 22 Courses

LATS:3100 Latina/o/x Community Engagement
3:30-4:45PM / TTH / Instuctor: Dr. Claire Fox
Approved for World Cultures and IS Minor Experiential Learning
Want to work with a local non-profit on social justice projects related to immigration, housing, labor rights, education and more?

• Community Engaged Learning Course
• Learn about Latina/o/x involvement in social movements
• Work alongside Center for Worker Justice staff, activists, and community members
• Undertake projects related to labor, immigration, housing or education
• Learn about Latina/o/x involvement in social movements
• More info on MyUI.  Questions?  Email latinx-studies@uiowa.edu

IS:3011:0EXW GLOBAL RESEARCH: STRATEGIES AND SKILLS (1 sh)
Taught by Brett Cloyd, Reference Liaison Librarian for International Studies and Fulbright Librarian
Online / Asynchronous / Oct 11, 2022 - Dec 6, 2022
Learn to gather, assess, and use information required for: international jobs, upper-level course work, and individual global research. 

For a full list of courses approved for the IS Major, visit the IS database: https://internationalstudies.uiowa.edu/undergraduate/course-database.

Upcoming Events

Friday, April 29, 2022, 5:00 p.m.
On April 29, 2022, a new tree will be planted on the University of Iowa’s Pentacrest—a sapling propagated from the immense horse chestnut tree that grew in the courtyard behind the annex where Anne Frank and her family hid for 761 days during World War II. This living symbol of Anne’s spirit and humanitarian message is the 13th Anne Frank Sapling to be planted in the United States. We encourage you to register so that we can approximate the number of attendees. Attendees should gather on the Pentacrest lawn outside of Macbride Hall. In case of rain, we will meet in Macbride Auditorium. For details, visit the Planting Ceremony webpage. For information about the Anne Frank Tree and associated events, please visit https://uiannefranktree.com/. 

International Writing Program Events
Global Express: A Night of Theater & Writing
Thursday, April 28 / 7:30 / IMU BlackBox Theatre
Friday Spring Residency Reading Series: Writers from Brazil, Nigeria, and Norway
Friday, April 29 / 5pm / Online / More info

Evening of Chinese Performing Arts
Friday, April 29 / 7:30PM / Coralville Center for Performing Arts / Tickets for Students: $10
The program consists of 10 pieces of music performance from chamber music clubs of West High Cadenza and ICACA Youth String Ensemble. Several dance pieces will be presented by the Chinese Classic Dance Club and the Chinese Folk Dance Club in Iowa City/Coralville. 

Supporting the Transmission of Heritage Languages: Insights from Multilingual Family Language Policies in Quebec
Friday, April 29 / 4pm / Dr. Ruth Kircher / Register

Asian Pacific Heritage Month 22 
Click here for events through April 29th: https://multicultural.uiowa.edu/celebrations/apida-heritage-month

First Thursdays Mental Health Speaker Series
Thursday, May 5 / 1-2PM / 
The UI Mental Health Postvention Task Force invites you to their final presentation of the semester. Campus experts share their insights, and provide resources and strategies for coping. Learn more and watch previous sessions on the Mental Health at Iowa website.

Human Rights & Climate Change: Iowa's Challenges and Opportunities
Wednesday, May 11 / 12-1pm / Zoom / More info

Finals Week Activities for Stress Reduction and Support: May 8-12
https://imu.uiowa.edu/students/finals/