Preparing for Global Leadership: Cultural Competence and Connections with and for International Students and Colleagues


Join a panel of faculty, postdocs, and graduate students to share experiences and answer questions regarding the following topics:


•    What does it mean to be culturally competent?

•    How does cultural competence play a part in mentoring students or relationships with professors in graduate school?

•    How can we promote cultural competence at work, e.g., connections with colleagues? What can we gain from interacting with people from other cultures?

•    What kinds of things should one do to gain cultural/intercultural competence?



PANEL
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MODERATOR:  Violeta Colombo, Language, Literacy, & Culture (Argentina)

Vincenzo Tamma, Ph.D., Physics (Italy)

Rachel Sturge, Biology (Canada)

Huguens Jean, Electrical Engineering (Haiti)

Nohemi Voglozin, Geography and Environmental Systems (West Africa)

Nandadevi Cortes-Rodriguez, Biology (Mexico)

Wenjia Li, Computer Science (China)

Satarupa Joardar, Language, Literacy, and Culture (India)

Dr. Ed Larkey, Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication

Dr. Dwayne Arola, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Adriana Medina-López-Portillo (tentative), Program in Language, Literacy, and Culture


Lunch will be served. Please RSVP. This seminar is free.