www.kent.edu/ciie
September 2011
Our CIIE Staff
YOU ARE INVITED!
Welcome back! We are excited to welcome our new and returning
international students and scholars as well as returning faculty and
students from their experiences abroad.
Dr. Linda Robertson
Director
lfrobert@kent.edu
Please join The Read Center and the Association of International
Students in Education, Health and Human Services in celebrating the
start of a new semester and the growing international community
here in the College of Education, Health and Human Services.
Global Neighborhood Celebration
Thursday, September 8
3:30-5:30 p.m.
Read Room (White Hall 200)
Rose Onders
Senior Secretary
ronders@kent.edu
SAVE THE DATE
Gerald H. Read Distinguished Lecture
October 27th, 7:00 p.m., KIVA
Dr. David Katz
Feet, Forks, Fingers and the Fate of Our Species
Mary Tipton
ILEP Co-coordinator
mtipton@kent.edu
Sonya Demirci
Graduate Assistant
sdemirci@kent.edu
This is the first part of a two-part series on the global pandemic of obesity.
Ebed Sulbaran
Graduate Assistant
esulbara@kent.edu
EHHS Faculty
Think Internationally...

Ask Maureen Blankemeyer about how she
uses international conversation partners
to dialogue with her students about
family
life
in
their
respective
countries.

Are you interested in connecting with
South African scholars in your field?
If so, check with Caven McLoughlin.

Think about teaching courses abroad
through
KSU’s
many
international
partnerships. Ask Mark Kretovics about
teaching
Business
Administration
in
Kazakhstan at KIMEP this summer.
EHHS’s
Visiting Scholars
Chynarakul Ryskulova
Fulbright Scholar
Kyrgyzstan
Upcoming Cultural Dialogues
For more details, check out our webpage at www.kent.edu/ciie
Sustainable Tourism and Environmental Education:
A Natural Link
September 29, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Room 200 White Hall.
Featuring KSU Faculty Andrew Lepp, Davison Mupinga, Joanne
Kilgour Dowdy, Wayne Munson, and Philip Wang.
Lolagul Raimbekova
Muskie Scholar
Tajikistan
Victims of Uganda’s Lord Resistance Army
October 4, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Room 200 White Hall
Featuring the Pulitzer Center Global Reporting and members of the
EHHS Diversity Committee.
Eastern Africa: My homeland
October 12, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Room 200 White Hall,
Featuring Ugandan graduate students Pius Ochowo (Evaluation and
Measurement), Denis Katusiime (Cultural Foundations) and Kenyan
graduate student Josiah Zachary Nyangau (Higher Education).
Minawar Abdurahim
Visiting Scholar
People’s Republic of China
Environment and Population Development:
Uganda is Not Alone
October 18, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Room 200 White Hall
Featuring the Pulitzer Center Global Reporting and members of the
EHHS Diversity Committee.
Students and faculty who attend all four of these presentations will be
awarded a certificate presented at the last lecture.
Keltouma Guerch
Fulbright Scholar
Morocco