Upcoming Brown Bag Seminars

These informal noon-time seminars are FREE and open to the public. The topics are of interest to students, faculty, and educators at all levels and focus on educational, international and intercultural activities.  Scheduled for one-hour, the first half is devoted to the presentation, with the last half hour left open for interaction with the presenter(s).  Call Rose Onders at 330-672-0564 or e-mail her at ronders@kent.eduto find out the date, time, topic, and location for the next offering of Brown Bag Seminars for the current term.   

Past Brown Bag Seminars offered an array of international and intercultural educational professional development activities for students, faculty and friends    Seminars offered in the the recent past included:

• Internationalizing Your Teaching--  Drs. Wendy Kasten, Natasha Levinson, Andrew Gilbert, Maureen Blankenmeyer. 
• Internationalizing Your Scholarship--Drs. Vilma Seeberg, Anthony Manna, and Autumn Tooms. 
• The Cultural Aspects of Teaching About HIV and STDs--Jean Baxen
• Armenia:  Country Known and Unknown--Arayik Navoyan.
• Constructing Educational Bridges in Turkey--  Wendy Kasten, Andrew Gilbert, Janice Kroeger, David Keller, Joanne KilgourDowdy, Linda Robertson
• NationBuilding in Kenya:  Literacies in Science, Environmental Education, and Early Childhood Education--Wendy Sherman, Richard  Ambrose, Andrew Gilbert, Sheri Greenleaf  and others.
• Educational Changes in Krygyzstan. Visiting scholars from Krygyzstan. 
• Career Counseling Projects in Istanbul (Turkey): Theory into Practice --Sinem Vatanartiran and Dr. Marty Jencius 
• East West Center (Hawaii) and Its Study Tour to Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia: Incorporating an Asian Perspective to Scholarship--Dr. Vilma Seeberg  
• Literacy Conference and Opportunities at Kenyatta University and Taito Discovery Center (Kenya)--Drs. Kenneth Cushner, Wendy Sherman, Richard Ambrose, Bev Bruneau and faculty from Kenyatta University
• Bursa (Turkey) School: Opportunities for Research and Training-Omral Yucel and Dr. Carolyn Schlemmer. 
• Taiwanese Culture and Educational Systems—Taiwanese Graduate Students.
• Taiwanese Spirituality, History, and Sport—Taiwanese Graduate Student.
• Bahcesehir Educational Institutions: A Virtual Tour—Omral Yucel, Bahcesehir Ugur Educational Institutions, Istanbul, Turkey, and Dr. Joanne Arhar, Consultant to Bahcesehir College.
• 10 Weddings and an Autopsy: A Day in the Life of Our Kenyan Experience, –Drs. Wendy McCann, Richard Ambrose, and Kenneth Cushner of the COE, and Cheryl Chuluda of Hudson City Schools. 
• Diversity Issues in the College of Education: A Panel Discussion of Students, Staff and Faculty–Roberto Chavez, of COE facilitated.   
• Internationalizing A Course: Grant Recipients Present—Dr. Anthony Manna and Marty Jencius
• Off-shore Courses or Programs—Drs. Natasha Levinson, Vilma Seeberg, Don Bubenzer of the COE and Dr. Ruth Ludwig of the School of Nursing. 
• Enhancing your Career Through International Collaboration—Dr. Charles Nieman (Utilizing KSU's Existing International Collaborations) Charlee Heimlich (Sponsored International Grants), and Dr. Diedre Badejo, (Fulbright and other Study Abroad Opportunities). 
• India Unveiled: A Slide Presentation—Robert Arnett, co-sponsored by Firestone Chair in Finance.
• Development of a Civil Society and Democracy in Uzbekistan—Victoria Levinskaya, Fulbright Visiting Scholar. 
• Transformation of Higher Education for the 21^st Century: Turkmenistan –Dr. Oguljamal Yzaleyeva, H. H. Humphrey Visiting Scholar.