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Series, in which spouses gave presentations (often power point) and tips on visiting their country. The series attracted campus staff, community people as well as international spouses. In Spring, an entire class was devoted to Traveling Through Italy. Stanford students also benefited from the Elementary Russian Language & Survey of Russian Culture. Another highlight was the premiere of the film, “Spouses At Stanford”, focusing on the experiences of 6 different spouses of international students and scholars at Stanford. The film was made by one of our Resource Center advisers, Anna Puigdollars, of Spain. • Maintained weekly communication with spouses, families & partners of international students, visiting scholars, and faculty through an email listserve. This has proven to be an effective way to communicate with a population that is scattered throughout local communities and are not able to visit the I-Center to see newly posted fliers. • Coordinated the selection process for the CCIS Spouse Education Fund. This includes publicizing the awards, advising applicants about options for study, raising additional funds, participating in the selection process and notifying recipients of Committee decisions. This year 25 grantees were selected from a pool of 27 applicants. Grants ranged from $150 to $330, for a total of $5100. Recipients were from 18 countries, and fields of study included biomedical science, business, computer science, counseling, electrical engineering, teaching English as a second language, geographic information systems, speech communication, taxation, graphic design, mathematics, pharmacy and web design. Institutions included several community colleges, state universities, UC Extension programs, the S.F. Academy of Art and the Stanford Continuing Studies program. The Spouse Fund held its first evening reception to provide an opportunity for donors and prospective donors to meet the recipients and learn how the funds had affected their lives. • Collaborated with other CCIS programs, including the speaking at the Orientation for New Volunteers (on cultural variations on communication style), recruiting speakers for the CCIS Associates meetings and working with the Professional Liaison for International Spouses. Actively participated in committee to plan CCIS 50th and I-Center 40th Anniversary celebrations, which met over 18-month period and presented a series of events to mark this milestone. Recruited 2 volunteers in with experience in events planning to assist with the events, identified speaker to represent past students. • Initiated and planned new events each quarter through open meetings with interested spouses who served as an ad hoc Advisory Committee for Spouse Programs. These meetings provide a vehicle for feedback on existing programs and ideas for the creation of new ones relevant to our target community. They also generate task forces to take responsibility for certain ongoing programs, such as the weekly Friday Coffee. • Maintained outreach to various campus groups, including Graduate Life Office, Escondido Village Community Advisers and Sloane Partners at the Graduate School of Business. Gave introductory remarks at the International Gala, celebrating international diversity among graduate students on campus. • Collaborated with other staff to produce the cookbook: Forks, Fingers and Chopsticks: Recipes from Stanford University’s International Community. • Facilitated research project for a group of students for a class in Product Design, “Needfinding”. Identified research subjects (international spouses who are parents) for students to interview in order to define better products and more effective ways for marketing them. • Cooperated on program development with the following offices on campus: Cantor Center for the Visual Arts Center for East Asian Studies Career Development Center Escondido Village Community Advisers - provided orientation and tour of I- Center Facilities and Resource Center for International Families Haas Center for Public Service Graduate Life Office Graduate School of Business - International Pre-Enrollment Program (presentation) 19
Green Library United Campus Ministries Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Arrillaga Sports Center Visitor Services WorkLife Office • Off-campus visits to or collaboration with: Palo Alto Cultural Center United Nations Association Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve Foothill Community College Palo Alto Unified School District Winter Lodge of Palo Alto Año Nuevo State Park Palo Alto Stanford History Association (“Professorville” tour) Filoli Historic Estate and Gardens San Francisco - Mission Dolores San Francisco - Precita Eyes Mission Mural Project Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Environmental Volunteers - guided walk Earthquake Geology of Monte Bello Ridge Neighbors Abroad and Mid-Peninsula YWCA - International Networking Mixers SUMMARY OF QUARTERLY PROGRAMS AND CLASSES FOR FAMILY MEMBERS Fall Quarter 2002: Presented a total of 48 programs in the following categories - 5 weekly programs, - 9 orientation tours, - 6 special workshops (One, Understanding American Culture & Customs , met for 7 weeks and was held in both Japanese and English) - 7 ongoing art classes ( 2 types of drawing, digital photography, 2 crafts) - 4 classes in languages (2 levels of Spanish, French & Portuguese) - 3 programs for children ( arts & crafts, play group, walking group) - 6 classes in international foods - 6 presentations on “Travel & Culture” (Nigeria, Australia, London, Greece, Paraguay and Japan)2 dance classes (Brazilian, Middle Eastern Belly Dance) Winter Quarter 2003: Presented a similar schedule of 38 programs, including - 4 workshops (2 met for 8 sessions— Job Seeking Group and American Culture and Customs), - 6 language classes (2 levels of Spanish, 2 French, Portuguese and German), - 11 cross-cultural programs (8 Travel & Culture presentations, Greek Mythology class, International Chorus and Film Night) - 6 classes in arts and crafts (including drawing, watercolor, origami & more), - 3 international foods classes featuring the cuisine of 10 countries, and - 2 weekly programs open to all (Friday Coffee and International Playgroup). Spring Quarter 2003: Presented a similar schedule of 39 programs, including - 4 area tours (themes included California and local geology and ecology and cultural diversity through visits to San Francisco’s Mission District murals, Mission Dolores, Asian History Museum), - 3 workshops (distance education, Understanding American Culture, and spouse adjustment, or “Making Your Time Here Satisfying”), - 7 language classes (2 levels of Spanish, 2 French, Portuguese, German and Russian), - 8 classes in arts and crafts and music (2 drawing classes, Japanese brush writing, creating objects from recycled goods, 4 different handcrafts, International Chorus), - 2 programs in dance & movement (Middle Eastern Dance, yoga), - 2 cooking classes teaching the cuisine of 7 countries, - 3 cross-cultural series (3 presentations in the Travel & Culture series, a class in Traveling through Italy, and Introduction to Greek Mythology), - a Film Series and the ‘world premiere” of the film, “Spouses at Stanford”, which shares the experiences of 6 spouses of international students and scholars on campus (produced by one of our Resource Center advisers), and - 2 weekly programs, including the Friday Coffee. Special programs at the Friday Coffee included Easter crafts for children and a “green” approach to household cleaning. Summer Quarter 2003: In contrast to past years, when summer has been a quiet time, this year Presented a total of 10 ongoing programs and classes, including - the weekly Friday Coffee, which provided outreach to newcomers and served as an ongoing support network for all interested spouses and partners. Volunteers from the spouse community and local CCIS played a key role in sustaining this program throughout the summer quarter, and assisting newcomers as they arrived. - Other weekly programs included International Chorus, 20 Bechtel International Center Annual Report 2002-2003
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