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COSMOS  “The  World  As  a  Harmonious  

Whole”    

Office  of  International  Student  Affairs      Center  for  Diversity  and  Global  Engagement    

 Babcock  Hall  The  College  of  Wooster  

September 2014

Yorgun  Marcel  Assistant  Dean  of  Students/Director  

 

Important Dates in September

Office  of  International  Student  Affairs  Staff  Jill  Munro  

Director,  International  Student  and  Scholar  

Services  

Jessie  Jiang  Program  

Coordinator  

Mariana  Weyer  Administrative  Coordinator  

Sept. 4 Sept. 10 Sept. 25 Sept. 26-28 Sept. 30

East Asia Forum Chinese Cinema with Hollywood Characteristics By Michael Berry McGaw Chapel 7:30 pm International Student Picnic Houser Pavilion at Freedlander Park 5:30 pm East Asia Forum Understanding the ‘Rise of China’ from the Perspective of World History By Michael Puett McGaw Chapel 7:30 pm Homecoming All Day East Asia Forum The Heart of a Writer By Amy Tan McGaw Chapel 7:30 pm

Nicola  Kille  Associate  Director  

Date: Wed, Sept. 10 Time: 5:30 pm Location: Houser Pavilion at Freedlander Park Student pick-up is available at 5:00 pm at the Babcock Circle. Please RSVP to Jessie Jiang by September 5.

The Women’s Advisory Board of

The College of Wooster Cordially Invites You to the 47th Annual

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Did you know half of Latin American countries' independence days are in September?

Latino countries fought hard for freedom from Spain during the 18th & 19th centuries. These revolutions were known as the Latin American Wars of Independence.

Simon Bolivar (picture), one of South America's greatest generals. His victories over the Spaniards won independence for Bolivia, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. He is called El Liberator (The Liberator) and the "George Washington of South America.")

There were various revolutions that took place during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that resulted in the creation of a number of independent countries in the Latin American region. These revolutions followed the American and French Revolutions, which had profound

effects on the Spanish, Portuguese and French colonies in the Americas.

Haiti, a French slave colony, was the first to follow the United States to independence during the Haitian Revolution, which lasted from 1791 to 1804.

Thwarted in his attempt to rebuild a French empire in North America, Napoleon Bonaparte turned his armies to Europe, invading and occupying many countries, including Spain and Portugal in 1808. The Peninsular War, which resulted from this occupation, caused Spanish Creoles to question their allegiance to the metropole, stoking independence movements that culminated in bloody wars of independence, which lasted almost two decades.

At the same time, the Portuguese monarchy relocated to Brazil during Portugal's French occupation. After the royal court returned to Lisbon, the prince regent, Pedro, remained in Brazil and in 1822 successfully declared himself emperor of a newly independent Brazil.

Argentina 9 July 1816 (from Spain) Belize 21 September 1981 (from UK) Bolivia 6 August 1825 (from Spain) Brazil 7 September 1822 (from Portugal) Chile 18 September 1810 (from Spain) Colombia 20 July 1810 (from Spain) Costa Rica 15 September 1821 (from Spain) Cuba 20 May 1902 (from Spain 10 December, 1898) Dominican Republic 27 February 1844 (from Haiti) Ecuador 24 May, 1822 (from Spain) El Salvador 15 September 1821 (from Spain) Guatemala 15 September 1821 (from Spain) Honduras 15 September 1821 (from Spain) Mexico 16 September 1810 (from Spain) Nicaragua 15 September 1821 (from Spain) Panama 3 November 1903 (from Colombia) Paraguay 14 May 1811 (from Spain) Peru 28 July 1821 (from Spain) Puerto Rico none (territory of the US with commonwealth status) Uruguay25 August 1825 (from Brazil) Venezuela 5 July 1811 (from Spain)

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CDGE Open House

ISAN

International Student Alumni Network

https://www.facebook.com/ISANatCOW

You don’t need to be an international student to join!

Our mission: To ensure a vibrant international presence at The College

of Wooster; to provide networking opportunities for current and past Wooster students.

Amit Tibrewal was in Wooster in late August, visiting the College and catching up with old friends. Very generously, he also found the time to meet some current Indian students for breakfast to discuss being an international student at Wooster, networking opportunities in India, and life after Wooster. Amit Tibrewal:

General Manager in IT Services at ITC Infotech, Kolkata, India.

9/04 Sayantan Mitra

9/06 Paroma Palchoudhuri & Akosua Thompson

9/09 Pratistha Bhandari, Niamh McKenna, & Guanrong Wang

9/10 Feiyi Wu

9/12 Yanli Xiong

9/14 John Wu

9/15 Raianne Demetrius

9/17 Nicolae Istrate & Avi Vajpeyi

9/18 Jessica Verghese

9/22 Christopher Fafalios

9/24 Sidney Irias

9/26 Julius Shirima

9/28 Rhishav Choudhury

9/29 Thanh Chi Dang

ISAN in Action

A Word from Jill Munro

Students, if you renewed a passport or visa over the summer you need to provide me a copy of the new documents for your file.

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WOO  @  1st  Glance!    

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Educational Housing Services (EHS) is a non-profit provider of student housing in New York City. EHS operates eight properties situated in Manhattan and Brooklyn and contracts with colleges, universities, and individual students.

EHS provides short-term living for students. Each residence has 24-hour security and on-site staff support, fully furnished rooms, and first-rate amenities. In addition, EHS offers comprehensive and diverse Student Life program giving residents “insider access” to the culture and creativity in New York City.

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 Learning  About  Each  Other’s  Religious  Traditions      Welcome  to  another  Wooster  year!    As  Campus  Rabbi  and  an  Interfaith  Campus  Ministries  staffer  I  greet  you  and  hope  that  you  are  off  to  a  good  start.    Every  month  I  will  be  writing  a  little  article  about  an  upcoming  holiday  or  observance  of  one  of  the  religious  traditions  represented  on  this  campus.    If  you  have  a  request  for  discussion  of  a  particular  one,  drop  me  a  note  at  jfriedman@wooster.edu.      September  brings  us  the  holy  day  of  Rosh  Hashanah,  the  Jewish  New  Year.    Rosh  Hashanah  falls  this  

year  on  Thursday,  September  25,  though  it  actually  begins  at  sundown  on  the  24th  because  for  Jews  a  “day”  starts  at  sundown.      For  Jews,  Rosh  Hashanah  is  when  God  judges  each  person  for  their  behavior  during  the  previous  year.    The  idea  is  that  God  wants  each  person  to  “return”  to  God  by  fixing  what  is  broken  in  their  relationships  with  God  and  with  other  people.    Before  Rosh  Hashanah,  a  person  is  supposed  to  review  his  or  her  conduct  of  the  previous  year  and  then  go  to  any  people  he  or  she  has  wronged,  and  ask  their  forgiveness.    Once  the  person  has  forgiven  you,  God  also  forgives.    God  also  forgives  any  wrongs  committed  against  God,  so  long  as  the  person’s  “return”  is  sincere.    Common  Rosh  Hashanah  customs  are  to  eat  apples  dipped  in  

honey,  signifying  hope  for  a  sweet  year,  and  to  wish  others  that  they  will  be  “written  in  the  Book  of  Life”  for  the  new  year.                  Dialogue  starters:    Ask  a  Jewish  friend  to  tell  you  about  their  experience  of  the  holiday.    Ask  any  of  your  friends  how  they  go  about  repairing  relationships  with  people  they  may  have  hurt.        Think  about:    In  what  ways  is  starting  a  school  year  also  a  new  year?    Are  there  people  with  whom  you  wish  you  could  clear  away  the  old  problems  and  start  fresh?    How  might  you  do  that?      Shalom,  Rabbi  Joan  

   

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Week One F-U-N!

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Limbani  Kamanga  ‘15  Malawi  

         

   

 Leiden  Choden  Doma  ‘17  Bhutan  

 Alvi  N  Sakib  ‘16    Bangladesh  

         

 Ji  lin  Yoo  ‘17  South  Korea  

       

     

 Nanako  Ito    ‘17  Japan  

2014-­‐2015  Student  Ambassadors

President Public Relations Secretary Treasurer Vice President Khoa Karsten Aishwarya Yixuan Diep

Board of Executives

The objectives of the association are to provide fellowship among Wooster international students, promote mutual understanding in each other’s culture, encourage participation in group

activities, and assist new international students in adjusting to collegiate life.