OIE Announcements for International Scholars
This e-mail bulletin is sent by the Office of International Education
(OIE) to international scholars and employees at OSU.
Topics in this announcement:
* International scholar conversation group
* Taste of OSU
* Scholar Valentine's Day party
* Korean Films
INTERNATIONAL SCHOLAR CONVERSATION GROUP
All international scholars and employees, as well as spouses, are
invited to meetings of the OIE International Scholars Conversation
Group. The group meets for informal English conversation on the dates
below. The meetings are a good place to practice English conversation
and meet new people. Light refreshments will be provided.
All meetings will be held on Wednesdays at 12:00 noon in room 122 Oxley
Hall, 1712 Neil Ave. No reservations are required.
The group will meet on 1/18/06, 2/1/06, 2/8/06, 2/15/06, and 2/22/06.
(There will be no meeting on 1/25/06. Contact Sue Dollinger
(dollinger.2@osu.edu) with any questions.
TASTE OF OSU
You are invited to attend Taste of OSU on Friday, February 10, 2006
from 6-9 p.m. in the Ohio Union Ballrooms, 1739 North High Street.
Taste of OSU includes international food and cultural exhibits provided
by OSU's international student organizations. Admission is $1, and
food tickets are sold at the door. Families are also invited.
The event will be followed by World Carnaval from 9 p.m. to midnight,
which will feature carnival exhibitions and activities from around the
world, and dancing to World and Top 40 music.
SCHOLAR VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY
OSU scholars, employees, and their families are invited to a
Valentine's Day party on Saturday, February 11 from 2-4 p.m. in
Oxley Hall, 1712 Neil Ave. The party will include food, crafts, games,
the chance to learn about how this holiday is celebrated in the US, and
the opportunity to meet new people. There will be activities for
children as well as for adults. Everyone is welcome - we hope to see
you there!
KOREAN FILMS
The Wexner Center for the Arts is hosting visiting Korean filmmaker
Hong Sang-soo, and screening several of his films. Hong Sang-soo has
been compared to European film masters like Rohmer, Bresson, or
Antonini, and briefly studied at OSU's Photography and Cinema
department in the mid-80's. See www.wexarts.org for more details.
OIE HAS A LIMITED NUMBER OF FREE TICKETS FOR: Turning Gate, Thursday
February 2 ; A Pig Fell Into the Well, Thursday February 9; Virgin
Stripped Bare, Thursday February 16; and Tale of Cinema, Friday
February 24 - which will be introduced by the director. All films will
be shown at 7:00 p.m. at the Wexner Center Film/Video Theater, 1871
North High Street.
THE FREE TICKETS MAY BE PICKED UP IN ROOM 100 OXLEY HALL - LIMIT 2 PER
PERSON. ASK FOR THE PARTICULAR FILM YOU WANT TICKETS FOR. TICKETS ARE
ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE WEXNER CENTER BOX OFFICE.
Also see www.wexarts.org for information about films from the
following countries which will be shown in January: Colombia, Syria,
Slovenia, and Poland. Several films of Japanese director Mikio Naruse
will be shown through January 28.
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Office of International Education
The Ohio State University
100 Oxley Hall
1712 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
USA
Tel: (614) 292-6101
FAX: (614) 292-4725
Email: oie@osu.edu
http://www.oie.ohio-state.edu
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