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Free reception celebrating 2019 International Education Week!

THE FULBRIGHT ASSOCIATION-Chicago Chapter and WorldChicago invite you, your family, colleagues, and friends to attend our International Education Week Reception.

International Education Week (November 18-22, 2019) was established by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences. We celebrate the benefits of international education with over 190 countries worldwide.

This year we are featuring Seth Green, left, founding director of the Baumhart Center, an interdisciplinary center at Loyola University Chicago that equips Chicagoland leaders and students with the business tools to accelerate social impact. Green is also an executive lecturer in the Management Department of Loyola’s Quinlan School of Business, where he teaches courses on nonprofit leadership, social entrepreneurship, and corporate social responsibility.

DATE Monday, November 18th, 2019
TIME 5:30-8:00 p.m.
LOCATION The Chicago School of Professional Psychology | 325 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654

RSVPs are required. Please R.S.V.P. using this FORM.

COST FREE

If you will be using public transportation, you can plan your trip with the CTA Trip Planner: www.transitchicago.com

We look forward to seeing you at the event!

*Please note that photos and video will be taken at the event.

This program has been made possible by support from the Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

International Education at Loyola University, Presentation and Reception with the FBI

JOIN US FOR International Education Week in partnership with Loyola University Chicago. To celebrate the benefits of international education and worldwide exchange, Robert D. Grant, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Division of the FBI will present: “FBI Transformation in the 21st Century.”

Mr. Grant started his FBI career in 1983 and has covered different areas —violent crime, international terrorism , undercover operations, financial fraud, corruption charges, racketeering and the Chicago mob. In 2008 he was the recipient of the Presidential Rank Service Award, and the Chicago Field Office that he is in charge of has been recognized by numerous civic and community organizations for outstanding investigative accomplishments.

The presentation will be followed by a reception, appetizers and drinks

WHEN Saturday, November 19, 2011

TIME 11:30 am.-1:30 pm.

WHERE Loyola University Chicago, Lake Shore Campus, Mundelein Center (see map below,) Room 1410,  1032 W. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL 60660

PARKING Loyola Parking Structure ($7.00) or Fordham Garage ($5.00.) Free around campus on weekends.

TRANSPORTATION Red Line to Howard, exit on Loyola.

COST Free for all visiting Fulbright students/scholars; Fulbright Alumni members $30; Non-chapter members $35

RSVP Email Alonso Villarán at avilla4@luc.edu, by Wednesday November 16, 2011

This is certainly a small, small world

Lifetime member and Columbia College Chicago journalism professor Dr. Norma Fay Green (right) with Dr. Azia Idrissi Kobaiti in Fes, Morocco, during her Fulbright-Hays Seminar this summer

While traveling on a six-week  Fulbright-Hays Seminar Abroad to study religious diversity in North Africa’s Maghreb (Morocco & Tunisia) in Summer 2011, an opportunity recommended by Chicago Fulbright Past President Ana Gil-García, Fulbright Association lifetime member and Columbia College Chicago Journalism Professor Dr. Norma Green met  in Fes with Dr. Azia Idrissi Kobaiti from the Department of Islamic Studies at Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, who lectured the seminar participants on Moroccan Sufism. Dr. Kobaiti will be on a Fulbright at Loyola University Chicago this year.

In 2010, Dr. Green was recognized at the Dee Sarelas Service Award ceremony for her commitment and support to the Chicago Chapter of the Fulbright Association.