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Series, in which spouses gave presentations<br />
(often power point) and tips on visiting their<br />
country. The series attracted campus staff,<br />
community people as well as international<br />
spouses. In Spring, an entire class was devoted<br />
to Traveling Through Italy. <strong>Stanford</strong> students<br />
also benefited from the Elementary Russian<br />
Language & Survey of Russian Culture. Another<br />
highlight was the premiere of the film, “Spouses<br />
At <strong>Stanford</strong>”, focusing on the experiences of 6<br />
different spouses of international students and<br />
scholars at <strong>Stanford</strong>. The film was made by one<br />
of our Resource <strong>Center</strong> advisers, Anna<br />
Puigdollars, of Spain.<br />
• Maintained weekly communication with<br />
spouses, families & partners of international<br />
students, visiting scholars, and faculty through<br />
an email listserve. This has proven to be an<br />
effective way to communicate with a population<br />
that is scattered throughout local communities<br />
and are not able to visit the I-<strong>Center</strong> to see<br />
newly posted fliers.<br />
• Coordinated the selection process for the CCIS<br />
Spouse Education Fund. This includes publicizing<br />
the awards, advising applicants about<br />
options for study, raising additional funds,<br />
participating in the selection process and<br />
notifying recipients of Committee decisions.<br />
This year 25 grantees were selected from a pool<br />
of 27 applicants. Grants ranged from $150 to<br />
$330, for a total of $5100. Recipients were from<br />
18 countries, and fields of study included<br />
biomedical science, business, computer science,<br />
counseling, electrical engineering, teaching<br />
English as a second language, geographic<br />
information systems, speech communication,<br />
taxation, graphic design, mathematics, pharmacy<br />
and web design. Institutions included<br />
several community colleges, state universities,<br />
UC Extension programs, the S.F. Academy of Art<br />
and the <strong>Stanford</strong> Continuing Studies program.<br />
The Spouse Fund held its first evening reception<br />
to provide an opportunity for donors and<br />
prospective donors to meet the recipients and<br />
learn how the funds had affected their lives.<br />
• Collaborated with other CCIS programs, including<br />
the speaking at the Orientation for New<br />
Volunteers (on cultural variations on communication<br />
style), recruiting speakers for the CCIS<br />
Associates meetings and working with the<br />
Professional Liaison for <strong>International</strong> Spouses.<br />
Actively participated in committee to plan CCIS<br />
50th and I-<strong>Center</strong> 40th Anniversary celebrations,<br />
which met over 18-month period and presented<br />
a series of events to mark this milestone.<br />
Recruited 2 volunteers in with experience in<br />
events planning to assist with the events,<br />
identified speaker to represent past students.<br />
• Initiated and planned new events each quarter<br />
through open meetings with interested spouses<br />
who served as an ad hoc Advisory Committee<br />
for Spouse Programs. These meetings provide a<br />
vehicle for feedback on existing programs and<br />
ideas for the creation of new ones relevant to<br />
our target community. They also generate task<br />
forces to take responsibility for certain ongoing<br />
programs, such as the weekly Friday Coffee.<br />
• Maintained outreach to various campus groups,<br />
including Graduate Life Office, Escondido Village<br />
Community Advisers and Sloane Partners at the<br />
Graduate School of Business. Gave introductory<br />
remarks at the <strong>International</strong> Gala,<br />
celebrating international diversity among<br />
graduate students on campus.<br />
• Collaborated with other staff to produce the<br />
cookbook: Forks, Fingers and Chopsticks:<br />
Recipes from <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong>’s <strong>International</strong><br />
Community.<br />
• Facilitated research project for a group of<br />
students for a class in Product Design,<br />
“Needfinding”. Identified research subjects<br />
(international spouses who are parents) for<br />
students to interview in order to define better<br />
products and more effective ways for marketing<br />
them.<br />
• Cooperated on program development with the<br />
following offices on campus:<br />
Cantor <strong>Center</strong> for the Visual Arts<br />
<strong>Center</strong> for East Asian Studies<br />
Career Development <strong>Center</strong><br />
Escondido Village Community Advisers<br />
- provided orientation and tour of I-<br />
<strong>Center</strong><br />
Facilities and Resource <strong>Center</strong> for<br />
<strong>International</strong> Families<br />
Haas <strong>Center</strong> for Public Service<br />
Graduate Life Office<br />
Graduate School of Business -<br />
<strong>International</strong> Pre-Enrollment Program<br />
(presentation)<br />
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