The
Ethnic Hoosier�..�.January 2005
Published
by the Nationalities Council of
You can find us on the Internet at
http://nationalitiescouncil.org
(information
about the International Festival, NCI, Indiana and the world)
Think globally, act locally�
Send your Asian earthquake and tsunami relief contributions
to:
American Red Cross of Greater Indianapolis, 441 East Tenth
Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202; or call 317:684-4351, or log onto www.redcross-indy.org.
For contributors writing checks, please write the check out
to: "American Red Cross International Response Fund", and in the
check memo line: "Tsunami/Earthquake Emergency Response"
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Did
you know�
In December, the
Indianapolis-Scarborough Peace Games came to an end after more than thirty
years of annual competitions alternating between Indianapolis and Canada?
Four faculty from Indiana
University-Purdue University in Indianapolis have received Fulbright grants?
The scholars, their departments and destinations are: Frederick Bein,
geography, Mozambique; Keith Michael
Kovach, mechanical engineering technology, Romania;
Karen Kovacik, English, Poland, and
Mohamed Nalim, mechanical engineering, Sri
Lanka. Sofija Micic, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia, is coming to IUPUI on a
Fulbright to do linguistic research on medical terms.
Park Tudor Upper School Spanish teacher David Malcom was named
Indiana State Foreign Language Teacher of the Year for secondary teachers by
the Indiana State Foreign Language Teachers Association?
The IUPUI Office of International Affairs moved to ES 2126 in the Education/Social
Work Building last fall. For details, see http://international.iupui.edu.
Brazilian
theatre artist and educator Joice de Brito e Cunha visited Indiana in 2004 to
study how to adapt her programs to the needs of the blind and visually
impaired?
Eighteen Park Tudor fourth
and fifth graders traveled to Montevideo, Uruguay,
in October for an exchange with students from the Scuola Italiana di
Montevideo?
Youth Agriculture Exchange is
a cooperative program of the FFA and Indiana Partners of the Americas. In 2004,
three Hoosier teenagers and a teacher traveled to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: Jeremy Christman, Poneto;
Raychel Frances Dodd, Rushville; Kathleen Marie Pickering, Knightstown, and
Blair Orme, Rushville (teacher).
The University of
Indianapolis Press published eight books last year? They are Muslims in China by Alia Ma Lynn; The
Other Middle Kingdom: A Brief History of Islam in China by Chiara Betta; Au Ho-nien Museum Catalog by Phylis Lan
Lin, ed.; Comprehensive Security:
Challenge for Pacific Asia by
James C. Hsiung; Operational Flexibility:
Aging and Retirement in China by Phylis Lan Lin & Cheng Fang; In Days of Knight by Philip Young; Glamorous Asians by May-lee Chai, and Wealth Ribbon: Taiwan Bound, American Bound by Brenda Lin.
The Maennerchor Society of Indianapolis, a male chorus
with German-American roots, rehearses in the Damenverein Room of the
Athen�um at 7 p.m. each Monday night?
In
memoriam�
Mitchell E. Daniels Sr., founder of the Japan-America Society of Indiana, died
7 August 2004. He served as Executive Director Emeritus of JASI until his death
at age 81.
January�s
International Calendar for Indy�
For complete information on
these and details about more international events, please go to http://nationalitiescouncil.org/calendar.html.
11: First session of 10-week
"Teaching about Asia
Seminar", East Asian Studies Center of Indiana Univ. 4:30-7:30 p.m. At Purdue
University.
11: First session of 6-week German course. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays.
Information and registration, [email protected]
or 317:888-2963.
12: Board meeting, Indiana German Heritage Society. Athenaeum,
Indpls.
12: Regular meeting, Scottish Society of Indianapolis. 6:30
p.m. Pitch-in dinner and program. Robert E. Sterrett Senior Center, 8950 Otis
Avenue, Indianapolis. Information, Carson Smith ([email protected])
13: "Spring Study Abroad Fair." 10:30 a.m. - 1:30
p.m. UC 115, IUPUI. Information, Hilary E. Kahn in Int'l Affairs Office ([email protected]).
13: First session of 10-week
"Teaching about Asia
Seminar", East Asian Studies Center of IU. 5-8 p.m. At Park Tudor School,
Indianapolis.
15: "Faster than
Sooner" (Cuban and Irish-American family and folk tales
performed by Antonio Sacre). Indiana History Center, Indpls.
22: "Karneval Masken
Ball." 6-11:30 p.m. $15 (dinner � la carte). Athen�um/Das Deutsche Haus, 401 East Michigan
Street, Indianapolis.
26: Mayor Bart Peterson's
"Celebration of Diversity"
Awards luncheon. 11:30 a.m. Westin Hotel, downtown Indianapolis. NOTE: the Nationalities Council of Indiana
received its award at the 2003 "Celebration".
28: Annual meeting, Indiana Sister Cities, Inc. 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
$35 (includes lunch). Athenaeum/Das Deutsche Haus, 401 E. Michigan,Indpls.
29: "24th Annual Burns
Supper." 6 p.m. $45, adults; $15, children. Sponsored by Scottish American Club of Indiana. Ritz
Charles, Carmel.
29: "16th Annual Fasching/German Mardi Gras." 6 p.m. -
midnight. $25. German-American Klub, 8602 South Meridian Street, Indianapolis.
30: Regular meeting, (Scottish-American)Pipers Club of
Hamilton County. 1-3 p.m. Indiana State Museum, White River State Park,
Indianapolis.
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