IIC Photo: India!

Recent IIC alumni Kelly Burt writes: Attached is a picture of IIC students Jillian Bird, Marlena Hartz, and Kelly Burt in front of the Taj Mahal after completing our three weeks of service learning required for Project Dharamsala during Winter Interterm 2010. Experience of a lifetime!

For more information on Project Dharamsala and other International Service Learning opportunities offered through DU, visit http://www.du.edu/intl/abroad/isl.html.

IIC Photo: Ukrainian Music Mash-up!

Here's something that you don't see everyday:

Crazy! IIC student Wendy explains:

"I attach here a photo from my time in Ukraine for the blog. It's a concert poster for 50 cent (obvious to even those who don't read Ukrainian) and I like it for the juxtaposition to the "Ukrainochka Ensemble" group to the left. I found the random woman dressed in bondage gear sort of funny. It is also significant that 50 cent played in Kyiv, as usually the only foreign acts were 80's metal bands."

Wow, talk about globalization. Keep traveling with your eyes and minds open and your senses of humor sharp, IICers!

Sustainability in London

Happy Wednesday, everyone! Wendy passed along this amazing opportunity:

"We would like to extend an invitation to you, or the appropriate colleagues on your team to attend the 2011 Redefining Value:  Integrated Reporting and Measuring Sustainability Conference. The conference, held in London on March 25th, will be proceeded by a full day introductory workshop on the Global Reporting Initiative framework and CSR ratings and rankings schemes.

This event will bring together leading practitioners and investors in the non-financial reporting, CSR and ESG (environmental, social, governance) communities to explore the future of sustainability reporting. Early bird ticket pricing ends on Friday February 4th and tickets are available for purchase here.
 
A full agenda is viewable here, confirmed speakers include:
 
Paul Dickinson, Executive Chairman, Carbon Disclosure Project
Wim Bartels, Partner and Global Head of Sustainability Services, KPMG
Carsten Ingerslev, Director, Danish Government Centre for CSR
Susan Blesener, Director, Corporate Accountability, Novo Nordisk
Toby Heaps, Co-Founder and President, Corporate Knights
Niels Christiansen, Vice President of Public Affairs, Nestle S.A.
Nicholas Robinson, Head of Reporting, BP plc
Helle Bank Jorgeson, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
 
We hope you can join us. Please feel free to email us with any questions on the conference and workshop. For sponsorship and speaker opportunities, please email cwood@justmeans.com
 
Sincerely,
The Justmeans Team"

Chinese New Year Celebration

Hi everyone! Just wanted to pass along this exciting event. Keep checking Korbel's "daily updates" for more upcoming lectures and speakers, and the IIC calendar here.

Chinese New Year Celebration

On Sunday, January 30, 2011, over 3,000 people will descend upon DU to attend a spectacular multi-cultural event - 2011 Annual Colorado Chinese New Year Celebration: The Year of the Rabbit, 12:00 and 3:30 PM at the University of Denver, Ritchie Center


For the 8th year in a row, Denver Chinese School, an IRS approved 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, in partnership with over 20 other Asian American organizations, presents the largest Chinese New Year Celebration in Colorado featuring professional performers from China and the US. Last year, near 3000 people attended the cultural fair, sampled delicious Chinese food, and watched an amazing show. This year’s event promises to be even larger and better!


* Enjoy an one and half hour on-stage show, including lion dancing, magics, face changing, Beijing opera, Asian music, folk songs, KungFu, group folk dances and more, performed by more than ten award-winning, internationally renowned professional artists from China and the US, as well as many local artists
* Experience cultural exhibits, arts & crafts through a variety of booths and displays
* Savor authentic and delicious Chinese food
* See Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Art Exhibition by famous Chinese Traditional Brush Painting Calligraphy artist Mr. Zheng, ShanLu from Beijing
* Play various children's games
* Win door prizes brought to you by our sponsors
Ticket Prices: Senior (over 70), Children (3 to 16) or Group (20 or more) - $10 ($13 at the door), All Others - $12 ($15 at the door). Tickets can be purchased at www.denverchineseschool.org<http://www.denverchineseschool.org/> or by mail: Denver Chinese School, PO Box 631175, Highlands Ranch, CO 80163, check Payable to "CNYC".

Please call Ms. Fang Zhang, CNYC Executive Director, at 720-270-7032 for more information. Thanks and we wish you and your family a very happy and prosperous Year of the Rabbit!

Reference to the past events:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwwyx92Sd2M&feature=channel
Photo: http://www.denverchineseschool.org/CNYC_pictures/

Multicultural Opportunity

Happy Wednesday! Here is an opportunity shared by Roshan:

The Center for Multicultural Excellence here on campus offers a program every year called Voices of Discovery. It is an intergroup dialogue program that brings together (mostly undergraduate) people from diverse ethnic, religious, and social backgrounds to engage in open, honest discussions of issues and challenges of diversity. It will be a great opportunity to gain a greater understanding of the perspectives of those from different backgrounds, and if you have never participated in such an activity, I highly recommend it as it can do wonders for your personal and social development -- think of it as training in the personal and practical aspects of Intercultural Communication. The program involves 5 weekly meetings that are 2 hours of discussion (there are a few different sessions/time slots, all in the evenings) and activities hosted by a pair of facilitators from the CME, of which I am one. Pizza is provided for all of the meetings. Please visit the website (http://www.du.edu/cme/voices.html) or contact me if you have any other questions. Hope to see some IICers there!

Check it out! Also don't forget to ask Julie about conversation partners.

A snowy beginning

Happy January, everyone! We're back in session here at DU and that means lots of news and events coming your way. We should be holding a council meeting shortly and determining a potluck date (to be posted here.)

In the meantime, please share what you did over winter interterm -- many IIC students studied and served as far away as Costa Rica and India this December! Keep sending photos and tales of your experiences. Here's a few inspiring photos of Anna's from the "Culture and Politics in Costa Rica" winter interterm session.

Two-toed sloth, Manuel Antonio National Park.

Storefront, Cartago.

Poison arrow frog, nature reserve outside San Jose.

Good luck with classes and internships, everyone! Don't forget to proudly let us know if you are graduating this quarter.