UCSB Global 2 - Fall 2016

Thursday, November 3, 2016
1:00-2:00 pm @ SRB - MPR

I wanted to be sure you know about an event this afternoon focusing on South/Southeast Asia.

In addition to having many incoming international students, UCSB has a rich community of faculty and staff from around the world. OISS is launching GLOBAL VOICES to introduce our campus to more of our global community, one region at a time. The first region is South/Southeast Asia and we have four excellent representatives (campus rock stars!) to speak on the panel about the educational systems they grew up with.

Today’s panelists are:
ZAVEENI KHAN-MARCUS (Sri Lanka)
Director, UCSB MultiCultural Center

SHIRLEY GEOK-LIN LIM (Malaysia)
Professor, English

HIMANGSHU CHOWDHURY (Electrical Engineering student) (India)

& JOI DUNCAN (Psychology/Education student who participated in EAP in Thailand)

Thursday, November 3, 2016
1:00-2:00 pm
In the Student Resource Building MultiPurpose Room (SRB MPR)

Students, faculty, and staff welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

The 2016-17 Big Ideas Contest launches for UC Santa Barbara students!

Big Ideas is an annual innovation contest that provides funding, support, and encouragement to interdisciplinary teams of undergraduate and graduate students who have creative solutions to address important social challenges. Each year, the contest awards up to $300,000 in prizes. Since its founding in 2006, the competition has inspired over 1,300 student-led projects aimed at solving the world's most pressing problems.

Information Sessions available on our website

Wondering if your idea is a good fit for the contest? Chat with a Big Ideas advisor!

Please share this email with interested students! Schools within the University of California system are eligible to compete in the following 8 categories:

*· Art & Social Change

*· Energy & Resource Alternatives

*· Financial Inclusion

*· Food Systems

*· Global Health

*· Hardware for Good

*· Information Technology for Society

*· Scaling Up Big Ideas

Students receive:

·- Chance to win up to $18,000 for a creative idea

- Extensive feedback from judges

·- Access to proposal writing, budgeting, and skills development workshops

·- Networking opportunities

·- Exposure to topic area experts

·- 6-week mentorship period for finalist teams

3 page pre-proposal submissions due November 16, 12pm PT
Subscribe to contest updates
Learn more: http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/
Questions? [email protected]

I'm writing to let you know that two important events will be occurring later this month to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Suez Crisis and War of 1956. They are:

A screening, followed by discussion, of the acclaimed BBC documentary film "The Other Side of Suez," taking place on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, at 7:30 PM in HSSB 6020 (McCune Room).

A set of academic talks, featuring scholars from UCSB and elsewhere, on the significance and legacy of the Suez Crisis and War within Egypt, in the Middle East, and internationally. These talks will take place on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, from 1:30 to 5:30 PM in the UNIVERSITY CENTER HARBOR ROOM (lower level of UCen).

The events are sponsored by the UCSB College of Letters and Science, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Center for Cold War Studies and International History. A fuller description is appended below. A flyer announcing both events and a schedule for the Friday talks are attached to this email.

Both events are free and open to the public. Delicious refreshments, also free of charge, will be served. Don't miss this exciting program!

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