Each November, Michigan State University joins institutions across the country in celebrating International Education Week November 11 through 18.  As a special recognition week sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education, International Education Week was established "to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States."For a complete list of International Education Week events at MSU, visit the IEW website at  http://iew.msu.edu/

We encourage your participation in the many events being organized for this year's MSU International Education Week. Highlights of MSU’s activities are listed below. 

• Global Festival
Sunday, Nov 11; 12 noon to 5 pm
MSU Union
Free admission

The 28th Annual Global Festival will kick-off MSU’s week- long celebration of international education Nov. 11. The festival will be held from noon to 5 p.m. at the MSU Union.
The festival’s live entertainment is a mosaic of music and dance representing more than 30 countries from Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America.

With hundreds of cultural displays and demonstrations, the festival offers international cuisine at the Global Café, and hands-on art projects, games and activities for children of all ages.
A favorite feature of the festival is the World Gift Shop, offering a variety of international art works, jewelry, glassware, clothing, and a multitude of gift items for sale. Proceeds support scholarship fund for spouses of international students to attend MSU classes.
For more information, go to http://cvip.isp.msu.edu/globalfestival/

The MSU Global Festival is sponsored by the Community Volunteers for International Programs, the Office for International Students and Scholars, the Office of Cultural and Academic Transitions, and International Studies and Programs. 

• Crossing Borders
Film Screening
Monday, Nov. 12; 6:30 pm
115 International Center
Free admission

In collaboration with Crossing Borders Education (CBE) (http://cb-education.org/), MSU will host a facilitated screening of the award winning “Crossing Borders” documentary. The screening will conclude with a facilitator-discussant panel that will engage the audience in discussion of a range of intercultural issues that are raised in the film. Through the unique expertise of each panel member, the discussion promises to be enlightening and lively!

• International Coffee Hour
Friday, Nov. 16, 5 pm
MSU International Center, Spartan Rooms B&C
Free admission

International Coffee Hour takes place Nov. 18 from 4 pm to 6 pm in Spartan Rooms B& C in the International Center. The coffee hour is where winners of the International Students and Study Abroad Students essay contests will be announced. Winners will read their essays at this event. This is the 10th anniversary of the International Student Essay contest.

• Indian Student Organization – Sargam 2012
Sunday, Nov. 18, 5 pm
Pasant Theatre, Wharton Center
Free student admission
$10 community member admission

The concluding event for MSU’s International Education is a dramatic and musical performance by the MSU Indian Student Organization. An annual cultural fest of the Indian Students Organization, Sargam has grown from being a small event taking place within the confines of the MSU campus to a musical/histrionic extravaganza that the MSU community looks forward to year after year.

Sargam 2012 draws inspiration from one of India’s most ancient epics, Ramayana, the story of victory of good over evil. It’s a dramatic representation, with the storyline inspired by the events of Ramayana, thus named as ‘DRAMAYAN’. The story relies on how history repeats itself through various ages of our lives and how the characters are all fundamental to the cultural consciousness and yet they have evolved over the years.

Sargam 2012 thus, explores the concepts of Indian culture, values with a hint of some old fashioned humor.