{"id":105952,"date":"2025-11-12T10:12:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=105952"},"modified":"2025-11-12T15:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T20:00:31","slug":"international-connections-at-heart-of-weeklong-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2025\/11\/international-connections-at-heart-of-weeklong-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"International connections at heart of weeklong celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From cultural exchanges at the Human Library to culinary journeys at the Night Market, members of the Brock community can travel the world without leaving campus during <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/international\/student-supports\/iew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Education Week (IEW)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Taking place from Monday, Nov. 17 to Friday, Nov. 21, IEW aims to promote the value of education abroad and at home. Brock\u2019s weeklong celebration coincides with events in more than 100 countries around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout the week, we\u2019re shining a light on the many ways students, faculty and staff can explore the world through education. It\u2019s a celebration of how these experiences bring new perspectives to Brock and connect us to a vibrant global network,\u201d said Marla Terreberry-Portfilio, Associate Director, International Services.<\/p>\n<p>Organized by Brock International in collaboration with several campus partners, IEW will offer students, faculty and staff the chance to learn more about internationalization on campus as well as global learning and research opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s schedule includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/299238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Study Abroad Fair<\/a> on Monday, Nov. 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Rankin Family Pavilion<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/307656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Library<\/a> on Tuesday, Nov. 18 from 1 to 3 p.m. in Pond Inlet<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/307017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Trivia and Crafts Night<\/a> on Tuesday, Nov. 18 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the International Centre\u2019s Global Commons<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/308070\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Night Market<\/a> on Wednesday, Nov. 19 from 6 to 10 p.m. in Market Hall<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/307019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cultural Exchange Caf\u00e9<\/a> on Wednesday, Nov. 19 from 12:30 to 3 p.m. in the International Centre\u2019s Global Commons<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/301512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Articulating International Experiences on your Resume<\/a> on Wednesday, Nov. 19 from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Career Education Office adjacent to Market Hall<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/308096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Immigration in Focus: Immigration Policy and the Student Experience<\/a> on Friday, Nov. 21 from 11 a.m. to noon in RFP 214\/215 and online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a full listing of events, please visit Brock\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/organization\/brockinternational\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Education Week events page on ExperienceBU<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From cultural exchanges at the Human Library to culinary journeys at the Night Market, members of the Brock community can travel the world without leaving campus during International Education Week (IEW).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7484,14105,1],"tags":[159,288],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105952"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105952"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105967,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105952\/revisions\/105967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}