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MONDAY, AUG. 24, 2015 | VOLUME 130 ISSUE 2
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YOUR EDUCATION CAN TAKE YOU PLACES
Be proud. The University of Kansas is a globally-engaged university with hundreds of internationally-focused opportunities for students, faculty, and staff.
As a Jayhawk, you can take regionallyfocused area studies courses taught by our five different area studies centers, study more than 40 foreign languages, interact with more than 2.400 international students (or, if you are an international student, Join Global Partners to engage with U.S. students), attend the lectures of world-renowned visiting scholars, and study abroad in more than 70 countries. Plus, you can earn a Global Awareness Certificate that recognizes your global engagement.
KU has a long tradition of being an internationally-focused institution. The first KU student studied abroad in 1949. KU's Applied English Center, which helps students whose first language is not English, opened in 1964. The first Area Studies center at KU, the Center for East Asian Studies, was established in 1959, followed in 1961 by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, in 1965 by the Center for Russian, East
European, and Eurasian Studies, in 1992 by the Kansas African Studies Center, and in 2009 by the Center for Global and International Studies. In 2005, the University of Kansas was nationally recognized as a leader in international education when we received a Simon Award for Campus Internationalization.
We're still innovating. In the fall of 2014, the Office of Study Abroad launched the Mapping Study Abroad to the Major Curriculum Integration initiative, which aligns study abroad opportunities to academic majors. This fall, KU's many foreign language departments will come together as the new School of Languages Literatures, and Cultures.
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today, almost 25% of KU undergraduates study abroad, and KU is currently ranked 26th in the nation among public universities for undergraduate participation in study abroad. KU also has the longest running exchange partnership in the Western Hemisphere with the Universidad de Costa Rica.
Be a part of the KU tradition, and embrace the many globally-minded and international opportunities that are key to a Jayhawk education.
UPCOMING EVENTS
School of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures Inaugural Convocation September 1, 3:30 PM Kansas Union Alderson Auditorium
International Opportunities
Jayhawks Without Borders Icebreaker September 4,11 AM Bailey Hall 318
Study Abroad Fair September 9,10:30-3:30 4th Floor, Kansas Union
Global Partners Launch Party September 11,5-7 PM Kansas Union, Kansas Room
SeptemberFest September 23,12-3 PM Kansas Union Plaza
Study Abroad Scholarship & Program Application Deadline October 1
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University alumnus and actor Rob Riggle before speaking to a crowd at the Kansas football homecoming game on Sept. 27, 2014. Riggle is hosting a scholarship fundraiser at The Dread hotel at 7 p.m. on Monday.
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On Monday, the Oread Hotel will host a meet-and-greet and scholarship fundraiser with actor and alumnus Rob Riggle.
actor and adamus R.Koggie. The event will honor the late James "Jim Bob" Clarke, a 10-year line cook at the Oread and Eldridge hotels, and the money raised will go toward a scholarship fund for his two young children.
The event begins at 7 p.m. in the Hancock Ballroom at the Oread at 1200 Oread Ave. Limited tickets are still available for $99, and the price includes a photo with Riggle, hors doeuvres and live music by Sugar Britches and Garrett Childers and Caroline. This event will also have a cash bar run by Riggle's Loaded Vodka company. For tickets, call the Oread at (785) 830-3927.
Clarke died unexpectedly this summer and left behind two children, ages one and three, said Nancy Longhurst, general manager of the Oread.
Clarke spent the last five years working at the Oread after spending five years at its sister hotel, the Eldridge.
"We just thought it would be really helpful to their family to provide and to set up some kind of a scholarship fund for the kids since they are so young and since he had worked for us for so long and was such a part of our lives." Longhurst said. "We wanted to do something for the family."
Riggle has starred in movies such as "The Hangover," "21 Jump Street" and "The Lorax." Riggle, who grew up in Overland Park, befriended some staff members at the Oread
during his numerous stays there, Longhurst said. She said Riggle was more than willing to help out when approached by staff members.
— Edited by Chandler Boese
Who: Rob Riggle, host
What: A scholarship fundraiser where attendees can take a photo with Riggle, eat hors d'oeuvres and listen to live music by
Sugar Britches and Garrett Childers and Caroline. This event will also have a cash bar run by Riggle's Loaded Vodka company.
Where: Hancock Ballroom
at the Oread,1200 Oread Ave., with an afterparty at The Nest on Ninth,the Oread's rooftop bar
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When: Aug. 24 at 7 p.m.
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