UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, April 15, 1997
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Events to pique cultural interest
By Umut Bayramoglu Kansan staff writer
KU students interested in cultural awareness or international politics will be in multicultural heaven this week.
The International Students Association and International Student Services began International Awareness Week last Friday, and it will run through April 26.
Mandy Gilson, Andover senior and ISA culture chairwoman, said the purpose of the week was to inform students about international student groups on campus.
"We wanted to let people see all the hard work international students do to promote their cultures." she said.
Gilson said the idea of awareness week was the product of international leadership forums held throughout the year.
"When all the leaders of different international groups came together, they realized there were a lot of things going on this week," she said. "So we decided to make it
into one big event."
During the week, 10 international groups will present programming that includes lectures, movies and concerts.
The highlight of the week is Friday's World Expo, which will take place in front of Stauffer-Flint Hall.
"This year's Expo will be the biggest so far," Gilson said. "We'll have more than 25 countries represented with cultural artifacts, music and posters displayed on tables."
ISA also will have an information table in front of the Kansas Union and a display case in front of Watson Library all week.
Gilson said the association hoped to raise American students' interest in different cultures.
"A lot of Americans do not take the time to notice that there are other cultures trying to express themselves," she said.
Carrie Murray, Wichita senior, said it was important for Americans to accept exchange students on campus.
Awareness Week
Lecture, European and Cyprus Relations, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union.
ISA World Expo, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Friday on the lawn in front of
Stauffer-Flint Hall.
ISA Culture Show, 7 p.m. Friday at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
ISA party, 10:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Friday at Liberty Hall.
Indian classical music concert,
6:30 p.m. Sunday at Woodruff
Auditorium in the Kansas Union
Lecture, Jewish Writers in the Netherlands After 1945, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 23 at the Max Cade Center.
International Olympiad, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 26 behind Robinson Center.
"Americans need to know what's going on in the world besides what goes on in America, where everything's safe and happy," she said.
Award honors good advisers
By Mark McMaster Kansan staff writer
Although the University's advising system has been criticized, it can work well for many, if students seek it out.
Later this month, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Alumni Club will give out the fourth annual J. Michael Young Academic Advisor Award, which recognizes faculty members who have made a difference in students' lives through their advising. The award is given in honor of Young, a philosophy professor who died of brain cancer in 1995. He was known for his excellence in advising.
The past recipients of the award said all students could get beneficial advising at the University as long as they took the initiative.
She suggested students seek a professor whose class they enioved.
"They will have the best advising experience if they actively seek out someone who they think would make a good adviser," said Sally Frost-Mason, CLAS dean and 1995 winner of the Young award.
If students don't make the effort to find an adviser, they may not receive the best help. Frost-Mason said.
"The current system works really well for a number of outgoing students," she said. "But there's another group of shy students who are afraid to approach their advisers."
Elizabeth Banks, classics professor and 1996 Young award winner, said all students could find high-quality advising if they followed the instructions on their enrollment forms.
"Students don't have to go out and find an adviser," Banks said. "If they don't have a declared major, they are designated an adviser or department to handle them."
Banks said students rarely took advantage of assigned advisers.
"One of the best things students can do for themselves is to meet numerous people that can give them advice." she said.
Once a student has formed a relationship with an advisor, Banks said it was important to keep in touch.
"They must be persistent because faculty can be busy," she said.
It may take multiple tries to get in touch with an adviser, but that does not mean the student is being pushed aside.
"I can't have a relationship with an advisee I never see," Banks said. "As I always tell students, advising is one of the things we get paid to do."
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