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INTERNATIONAL WEEK AND INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL International Week events were held at the I-Center from April 30 through May 10 and the International Festival took place on Saturday May 10. International Week/ International Festival are annual programs sponsored by Bechtel International Center. Each year many international student organizations at Stanford participate in these two programs, which are free and open to the entire Stanford community and to the public. International Week events included the following: • Risking Peace in the Midst of War – a presentation by the Colombian Student Assoc • Terror’s Children – a documentary film by Stanford student Shameen Obaid • Turkish Dance class - sponsored by the Turkish Student Assoc • An Evening of Traditional Egyptian Cooking – sponsored by the Egyptian Student Assoc • Israeli Film “Khar Hahalomot” - sponsored by the Israeli Student Assoc The International Festival on May 10 ran from noon until 6 pm with performances presented by 14 different groups. This year’s performance schedule consisted entirely of international music and dance performances. . A complete list of performances is as follows: • Karaoke by the Hong Kong Student Assoc • Indian folkdances performed by children from the Nupur Dance Academy • Peruvian dance group sponsored by Peruanos en Stanford • African music by Saaku Sarr and band • Indian dances performed by members of the Stanford India Assoc • Korean dance and drumming by Stanford Hwimori • Mexican dances by Ballet Folklorico deStanford • Turkish folkloric dances by the Turkish Student Assoc • Mariachi music by Mariachi Cardenal de Stanford • Persian traditional dance group sponsored by Persian Student Assoc • Greek folk dances by the Hellenic Assoc of Stanford • Afro-Peruvian Dances dances by Grupo Folklorico los Decanos de Stanford • Brazilian samba and capoeira by Stanford Roda de Capoeira & Samba with Mestre Beicola Local vendors including the Stanford Treehouse sold international food at the Festival . A new feature at this year’s I-Fest was the “International Dessert Café” in which a variety of international desserts were prepared and sold by the I-Center’s International Spouse Group. Cultural displays and crafts form another component of the I-Fest. At each year’s I-Fest several international student organizations set up cultural displays and sell crafts from their countries. This year the displays were presented by the Egyptian Student Assoc, the German Student Assoc, the International Undergraduate Community, the Malaysian Student Assoc, the Peruvian Student Assoc, the Persian Student Assoc, the Stanford Indian Student Assoc, the Thai-American Intercultural Society, the Ukrainian Student Assoc, and the Turkish Student Assoc. 35
PROGRAMS AND EVENTS AT THE I-CENTER 2002-03 PROGRAMS AT BECHTEL INTERNATIONAL CENTER COORDINATED BY HOST COUPLE AND EVENING STUDENT HOSTS • International Chorus • Ladies Night at the Movies • International Movie Night • International Dessert Café (I-Festival) • Opera Movie and Discussion Events • Filipino Movie Series • Sunday Suppers - Formal Dinners featuring world cuisine and cultural events Scottish Supper Peruvian supper Nigerian Supper Cuban Supper Phillippine Supper • Cooking Classes: Chinese, Nigerian, Indian, Peruvian, Venezuelan, Italian, Mexican, Portuguese, Israeli, South African, Estonia, Brazilian, Belgian, Scottish and Spanish • Orientation Week Activities: International Deli Café Movies: Indian, French and Italian Middle Eastern Dance, Jazz Night Thanksgiving Pie and Cider Night Salsa and Tango Dance Classes Modern Dance Class Middle Eastern Dance Classes Holiday Banking Holiday House REGULAR EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE I-CENTER Art Classes: Art for Children Crafts Figure Drawing Ikebana Flower Arrangement Introduction to Art Introduction to Drawing Watercolor Bechtel Center’s Annual International Festival CCIS Programs: Cooking Classes Board Meetings English in Action Loan Closet Quarterly Meetings Spouse Education Fund Pot Luck Dinners CCIS English Classes: Accent Reduction American Life and Humor Beyond Conversation Communicating Across Cultures Conversation Skills Customs and Institutions Hot Topics in American Culture Writing Clear English Cooking Classes: American Home Cooking American Regional Cooking International Cooking Courtyard Café Dance Classes (various) Friday Coffees International Spouse Orientation International Undergraduate Community Meetings International Week Language Classes: Beginning Spanish Spanish for Traveler’s Beginning German Beginning Portuguese Intermediate Russian Esperanto 36 Bechtel International Center Annual Report 2002-2003
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