Weekly GEO Bulletin - 11/15/2021

Check out this week's Bulletin to stay up-to-date on what's happening! This week is a special edition of the newsletter featuring details on International Education Week!
November 15, 2021
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Background is light blue; image of two people talking; text reads "Language Bites 11.16.21 12-1 PM"
Background is Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany; text reads "What does it mean to be German 11.17.21
Background is light blue; images of three students studying away; text reads "Study Abroad Fair 11.1
Background is a purple-tinted image of a person with headphones on; text reads "Dance Workshop 11.18
Background is off-white with images of people working; text reads "The Integration of Turkish Worker
Background is light blue with a grid, there are images of a school table, books, alarm clock, and pl
Background is light blue; image of two people talking; text reads "Language Bites 11.16.21 12-1 PM"
Background is Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany; text reads "What does it mean to be German 11.17.21
Background is light blue; images of three students studying away; text reads "Study Abroad Fair 11.1
Background is a purple-tinted image of a person with headphones on; text reads "Dance Workshop 11.18
Background is off-white with images of people working; text reads "The Integration of Turkish Worker

Kickoff Event

Monday, November 15th, 12-1
https://sonomastate.zoom.us/j/89543696104

Join us on the first day of International Education Week from 12-1pm to watch an IEW promo video featuring SSU and SRJC students, faculty, and staff. You'll be able to learn more on the multiple programs offered.

 

Language Bites

Tuesday, November 16th, 12-1
https://santarosa-edu.zoom.us/j/91827436023

Interested in learning about different languages? Or talk with others in a language you're learning? Join us for this session (12-1pm) where you will be able to join Zoom breakout rooms based on certain languages. Bis dann! Hasta entonces! See you then! If you’re interested in being a language leader, please sign up here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczEGC2FDwDkCAOLTl_1Jr3mHre2_tHzquFmwujZSS-rinVgg/viewform. 

 

What Does it Mean to be German?

Wednesday, November 17th, 11-12
https://sonomastate.zoom.us/j/89901049880

Learn the answer from our German international students. They will be answering questions and discussing their experiences growing up in Germany. Hosted by Yasemin Schünemann, Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at SSU, Gamze Can, CSU IP student and German Peer Language Facilitator at SSU, Lydia Bobb, international student, and German Peer Language Facilitator at SSU. The presentation will run from 11am-12pm.

 

Go Global! SSU Study Abroad Fair

Wednesday, November 17th, 12-1
https://gather.town/events/HLCGyeLfQKOOQlfeTUMN
PW: SSUgoglobalfair

Learn about all the amazing study away programs SSU has to offer! Hosted from 12-1pm.

 

Dance Workshop

Thursday, November 18th, 3-5
https://santarosa-edu.zoom.us/j/96171322666

Hosted by Grace Ballou, SRJC student from Cote d'Ivoire. Take a dance class with Grace Ballou! Look here for examples of her dance classes. Hosted from 3-5pm.

 

The Integration of Turkish Guest Workers in Germany

Friday, November 19th, 10-11
https://sonomastate.zoom.us/j/82814360120

SSU's Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Yasemin Schünemann discusses the German guest worker program from the 60s that majorly shaped Germany's society until now. The presentation gives insight into the historical and economic impacts on welcoming foreign workers who did not only help to build the German economy but who decided to stay in Germany, too. As first-hand impressions, two Turkish immigrants answer questions about their migration journey and the question of feeling at home. The presentation will run from 10-11am.