Fall 2009 INTERNATIONAL CAFÉ SCHEDULE
http//intcafe.kcc.hawaii.edu
**SAT (19) 7:30 AM - 12 Noon
Service Learning Opportunities Before
Opening of International Café:
KALIHI VALLEY NATURE PARK
*3 (Th) Hakuoh University KCCVisitation
Cross-Cultural Interaction
1-3 pm Kopiko 127-128
*5 (Sat) Okinawan Festival
Kapiolani Park , 9-7
* 6 (Sun) Okinawan Festival
Kapiolani Park, 9-4
INTERNATIONAL CAFÉ OPENS!
Ohia Building First Floor
KCC Bookstore Lounge
8 (T) 12-2pm
9 (W) 3-5 pm
Week 1: SEPTEMBER 8 (T), 9 (W)
*Introduction/Registration
*Cultural Awareness
*Presentation: Mongolia:
Bolor-Erdene Tseren
*Begin Health Pathway: H1N1 Awareness
Project
*Begin Language Circle, W, 4-5
Outside Activity:
11 (F) Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii
Visitation and Interaction with
students from Kagoshima University
Week 2: 15 (T), 16 (W)
* Complete Registration
*Continue Health Pathway:
H1N1 Awareness and
Poster Project
*Life Pathway: W, 2pm:
Michael Tengan,
President, Move Fitness. Certified
Personal Trainer
The 15th Annual Komen Hawaii
Race for the Cure (breast cancer)
Date:
October 18, 2009
*Language Circle : Topic: Food
*Get ready for International Coastal
Cleanup Day
Outside Activity:
**19 (Sat) International Coastal
Cleanup Activity contact
Melisa Orozco, melisao@hawaii.edu
Help invasive species control, learn about
Hawaiian plants and culture
MEET AT 7:30 AM, Church of the
Crossroads, parking lot on University
Avenue.
MUST LEAVE AT 8 AM so please be
on time. Bring water, lunch, mosquito
repellent, sun screen, work clothes and
COVERED SHOES
Contact : Linda Fujikawa
554-8205 lindaf@hawaii.edu
Week 3: 22 (T), 23 (W)
*Begin Nature Pathway: The
Hawaiian Ahupua’a System
*Dicussion of International Coastal
Cleanup Day activity
*Project: What are ongoing ways
to take care of nature and
sustainability?
*Introduction to Moriso Teraoka Garden
T: Guest Speaker: Moriso Teraoka
W: Lyon Arboretum Visit
2:00 pm , carpool KCC, behind the cafeteria
Visitation from 2:30-4, return to
KCC by 5 pm
*You may continue to help at the Lyon
Arboretum throughout the semester
for outside service hours
*REQUIRED OUTSIDE ACTIVITY:
KCC Moriso Teraoka Garden Cleanup
26 (Sat) 8am – 11 am
Lunch provided
*Long sleeve, long pants, covered shoes,
sunscreen
Week 4: 29 (T) 30 (W)
*Continue Nature Pathway and
*Start Bridging Generations Pathway
* Movie: Home ,by Yann Arthus-Bertrand,
Care of our Home, Earth and Nature
*Discussion of care of the elderly in various
cultures, solutions, what we can do
*Start making decorations out of recycled
material and make plans for
Leahi Hospital Visitation Program
*Guest speaker: Wendell Chock, Leahi
Hospital Recreation Therapy Coordinator
*Continue Language Circle: Practice songs
in various language to present at Leahi
Hospital and/or Next Step Homeless
Transition Center (Focus on Children’s
Songs with motion and activity)
Outside Activity:
Oct. 2 (F) Leahi Hosptial Visit
AM group meet at Olapa 204 at 9:30 am
PM group meet at Leahi Hospital Reception
*You may continue to help at Leahi
Hospital for service hours. Please
contact:
Leahi Hospital
Joan Watanabe, Volunteer Coordinator
733-7943 JWatanabe@hhsc.org
*October 3, Sat., KEIKI DAY,
Children’s Day, Help at the Hawaii
Plantation Village, Waipahu, 10-2 pm
Week 5: 6(T), 7(W)
*Continue Bridging Generations, Nature,
and Start Homelessness Pathway
*Discussion : Homelessness and Bridging
Generations
*What is homelessness and how is it being
handled in various cultures? How does it
affect different generations? What can we
do?
10/7 (W): Next Step Homeless Transition
Center Visitation 2-5
*You may continue to help at the Next
Homeless Transition Center for service
hours
Outside Activity:
11 (Sun) Izumo Taisha Shrine,103rd
Autumn Festival
Carry omikoshi, portable shrine with
members of the historical mikoshi
preservation society of Japan
Meet at 12:30 noon
Izumo Taisha Shrine
215 N. Kukui Street
izumotaisha@hawaii.rr.com
538-7778
COVERED SHOES (no slippers or
sandals) small towel, water, sunscreen
Week 6: 13 (T) 14 (W)
*Begin International/Culture/Education
Pathway
*Discussion of Izumo Taisha Experience
*Start preparation and planning for
International Education Week
Start to form Groups for:
a. Presentations: Ideas, Topics
b. Fundraisers: Ideas, Activities
*Guest Speakers: CCID Students and YOU
Outside Activity:
Oct. 18, Sunday, Race for the Cure: Susan
Komen Breast Cancer Awareness
Race, Kapi’olani Park
Week 7: 20 (T) , 21 (W)
*Continue Preparation for International
Education Week
*Guest speakers:
* Matthew May, My Life Journey: Japan,
San Francisco, Germany, and My Korean
Friend in Ireland
*Todd Shimabukuro: Freeman Scholarship,
Korea
Amber Miller or Charles Monsell:
Freeman ,Japan
*Language Circle: Think of presentation
ideas
Outside Activity:
24(Sat) Okinawan Center, Chimgusuku
1-9 pm, Shari Tamashiro,
sharit@hawaii.edu
Week 8: 27 (T), 28 (W)
*Continue International/Culture/Education
Pathway: Halloween and Ghost Stories
Around the World
* Health Pathway: Organ Donor
Awareness: Guest Speaker
*Bridging Generations Pathway
*W, 28, Leahi Hospital Halloween Cheer
Up Visit (wear costumes to cheer up senior
residents at Leahi, we will make Halloween
cards then pass these cards out to residents,
wear costumes)
Outside Activity: Enjoy Halloween Safely!
Week 9: NOVEMBER 3 (T), 4 (W)
Week 10: 10 (T) 11(W is a holiday)
*This is the culmination of our semester!
Let’s bring all that we learned in our
various pathways (health, nature,
homelessness, bridging generations,
international, culture, and education) to
share our experiences,
understanding, knowledge, with our
colleagues and the community during the
International Education Week
*Finalize all our plans
*Student Presentations
WEEK 11: INTERNATIONAL
EDUCATION WEEK
17 (T) Presentations/ Fundraiser
18 (W) Presentations/ Fundraiser
Week 12: November 24 (T) and 25 (W)
Last week of International Café/
REFLECTION/AWARD CEREMONY
*Now we are at the end of our semester.
Let’s take this time to reflect upon what
we did this semester:
1. What did you do?
2. What did you learn from these
experiences?
3. How will you apply what you have
learned from your experience at the
International Café to what you learned in
class? Life?
26 (Th) THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY :
GRATITUDE AND RESPECT
27 (F) Non-Instruction Day
Week 13: December 1 (T) and 2 (W)
******ALL FORMS DUE
Dec. 1 (T) All Forms Due for Tuesday Group
2 (W) All Forms Due for Wed. Group
DEC 10 (Th)
Last Day of Instruction