Clark Center News and Events Calendar

Events:

November 2009 is International Education Month  at SUNY Cortland!

International Education Month is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide.

This annual initiative aims to promote international understanding and build support for international education exchange by encouraging the development of programs that prepare Americans to live and work in a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study in the United States. 

International  Education Month is an expansion of International Education Week, a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education.

SUNY Cortland International Education Month Schedule of Events

Thursday, November 5: Australia Student Teaching Information Session 

SUNY Cortland's student teaching program in Queensland, Australia is a 13 1/2 week program consisting of a 2 week summer program in which you will take a specialized course designed to introduce you to the Australian education system and prepare you for your student teaching experience. The program includes a 9 week student teaching placement. This student teaching placement meets the requirements by the New York State Education Department as well as by the State University of New York. The information session will be conducted by Dr. Marley Barduhn and Colin Balfour of Australia.

Old Main, G-24 at 7 p.m.

Movie Series

The Institute for Civic Engagement would like to extend an invitation to your department and students to join us in the upcoming movie series: Untold Stories.  The meaning behind the title, "Untold Stories," is to describe important societal and world events from perspectives that are not often heard or are often misinterpreted.  The series reinforces the academic theme "WALLS" by breaking down ideological walls.  The movies will be shown in Brown Auditorium of Old Main at 7 p.m.  In the month of October, the focus will be "Examining the Media."  In the month of November, the focus will be  "Effects of U.S. Intervention Abroad."  The following is a list of the movies, their dates, and a brief synopsis of what each documentary is about.  Please feel free to contact Timothy Rodriguez at timothy.rodriguez@cortland.edu or (607) 753-4271 for any questions that you may have. 

For Posting- Movie Series Posters

Thursday, October 8: Manufacturing Consent  

This film, based on the intellectual work of MIT Professor and Linguist, Noam Chomsky, demonstrates how, in Chomsky's words, "corporate media, as profit-driven institutions, tend to serve and further the agendas of the interests of dominant, elite groups in the society."

Thursday, October 15: Outfoxed 

Takes a look at, as one movie reviewer put it, "whether and how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, have an active campaign to misinform people for personal gain."

Thursday, October 22: Orwell Rolls in his Grave 

Follow along as media specialists discuss various stories and news events that went unreported or misreported, while examining how and why the media can be misleading.  This movie "talks about the one thing that the media doesn't like to talk about: itself".

Wednesday, November 4: The War on Democracy 

This documentary looks at the United States' military involvement with Latin American democracies, focusing on  Venezuela, Guatemala, Chile, and Bolivia.

Brown Auditorium of Old Main at 7 p.m. 

Thursday, November 12: Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land 

Explore the US-Israel-Palestine conflict and the U.S. media that reports it.  "Is Peace Possible?"  The answer may be less complicated and controversial than you think.  

Thursday, November 19: Breaking Ranks 

Takes an intimate look at the lives of United States soldiers who have deserted the military and moved to Canada to seek refuge from the war in Iraq.  Hear soldiers' testimonies of military actions they say they witnessed or were involved in during the war.  

 

News:

College's International Honor Society Receives Regional Recognition - 04/02/2009

SUNY Cortland's chapter of Phi Beta Delta (PBD), the International Honor Society dedicated to recognizing scholarly achievement in international education, recently was named the outstanding chapter in the northeast region.  The three-year-old chapter was presented with a plaque during an award ceremony during the PBD's national conference.