How and Why We Celebrate International Education
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The nation has recognized International Education Week for the better part of two decades. What makes this week so special at Beloit?
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- <article class="inner"><div class="story-block-left"><h5 class="story-block-meta">Sculpture at the Confluence</h5><h4 class="story-block-title">A Meaningful Collaboration</h4><div class="story-block-text">The first public sculpture to be erected in South Beloit, Illinois, honors the area’s Ho-Chunk heritage and the tribe’s continuing verve. The initial idea for the artwork emerged from a Beloit College class taught by Professor of Art History Jo Ortel, shown at the September dedication with Ezra Rogers’19, one of the student leaders behind the project.</div><a class="story-block-link" href="/live/news/747-a-meaningful-collaboration">More</a><br/><div class="story-block-related"><ul><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/academics/art-and-art-history/" target="_blank">Art & Art History</a></li><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/academics/environmental-studies/" target="_blank">Environmental Studies</a></li><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/wright/" target="_blank">Wright Museum of Art</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="story-block-right"><img src="/live/image/gid/113/width/570/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2304/2923_0p_RXGVw.rev.1570050362.jpg" alt="A Meaningful Collaboration"/></div></article><div class="easter-egg easter-egg-1 left skrollable skrollable-between" data-0="transform:translateX(-125%)" data-500="transform:translateX(-25%)"><img src="/live/image/gid/113/width/300/1325_Pennant.rev.1567016537.png" alt="Founded in 1846, Beloit is Wisconsin’s oldest college."/><span class="easter-egg-caption" style="-webkit-transform: translateX(55%);transform: translateX(55%);top: calc(100% - 70px);">Founded in 1846, Beloit is Wisconsin’s oldest college.</span></div><div class="yline yline-2 skrollable skrollable-between" data-0="height:0px;" data-1000="height:0px;" data-2000="height:750px;" style="background-image:url('/live/image/gid/3/1411_Line_2.rev.1564620572.png');"/>
- <article class="inner"><div class="story-block-left"><img src="/live/image/gid/12/width/600/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/3381_Beloit_9-13-18_0268.rev.1573853825.jpg" alt="Jonathan Dudley’20 talks with Professor Beatrice McKenzie and classmate Joanna Furlan’20" class="lw_image" width="600"/><div class="story-block-caption">Jonathan Dudley’20 talks with Professor Beatrice McKenzie and classmate Joanna Furlan’20</div></div><div class="story-block-right"><h5 class="story-block-meta"> Reaching Kids with Gospel and Local History<!-- LW: this field is only present on Core groups story editor --></h5><h4 class="story-block-title">History, Music Come Together</h4><div class="story-block-text">Jonathan Dudley’20 incorporated his love for music and history into one experience last summer—one that his McNair Scholar mentor and major advisor Professor of History Beatrice McKenzie knew would fit him perfectly.</div><a class="story-block-link" href="/live/news/978-history-music-come-together">More</a><div class="story-block-related"><ul><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/academics/history/" target="_blank">History</a></li><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/offices/mcnair-scholars/" target="_blank">McNair Scholars</a></li><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/academics/music/" target="_blank">Music</a></li></ul></div></div></article><div class="easter-egg easter-egg-2 placeholder right skrollable skrollable-between" data-1200="transform:translateX(125%)" data-1700="transform:translateX(25%)"><img src="/live/image/gid/113/width/300/1324_turtle-PNVVN25.rev.1564445064.png" alt="The turtle is Beloit’s unofficial mascot"/><span class="easter-egg-caption" style="top: 100% ;bottom: 0;">The turtle is Beloit’s unofficial mascot</span></div><div class="yline yline-3 skrollable skrollable-between" data-0="height:0px;" data-1500="height:0px;" data-2500="height:750px;" style="background-image:url('/live/image/gid/3/1412_Line_3.rev.1564610381.png');"/>
- <article class="inner"><div class="story-block-left"><h5 class="story-block-meta">Merging History & Future</h5><h4 class="story-block-title">The Powerhouse: Tomorrow’s Student Center</h4><div class="story-block-text">The Powerhouse project is a first-of-its-kind facility in Beloit that interlaces student life spaces with recreational facilities. It connects campus with community and completes the city’s redevelopment efforts to the north and south while providing the college’s first site on the Rock River.</div><a class="story-block-link" href="/live/news/430-the-powerhouse-tomorrows-student-union">More</a><br/><div class="story-block-related"><ul><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/student-life/the-powerhouse/" target="_blank">The Powerhouse</a></li><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/student-life/" target="_blank">Student Life</a></li><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/student-life/wellness-recreation/" target="_blank">Wellness & Recreation</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="story-block-right"><img src="/live/image/gid/12/width/660/src_region/0,672,2071,2745/1905_Beloit_College_Powerhouse_Turbine_Hall_Courtesy_Studio_Gang.rev.1565801545.jpg" alt="Inside the Powerhouse with the running track above." class="lw_image" width="660"/><img src="/live/image/gid/113/width/660/1313_power-place-2.rev.1564439000.jpg" alt="The Power of Place" class="lw_image" width="660"/><div class="story-block-caption">Inside the Powerhouse with the running track above.</div></div><div id="lw_widget_1d6e57fd" class="lw_widget_id_30 lw_widget_statistics_slider lw_widget_randomized lw_widget_clean_markup"><div class="text-slider"><div class="text-slider-container swiper-container"><div class="text-slider-swiper swiper-wrapper"><ul class="lw_widget_results lw_widget_results_blurbs lw_widget_inactive_results lw_widget_inactive_results"><li class="lw_item_1"><div class="text-slider-slide swiper-slide"><div class="inner"><div class="text-slider-heading homepage, Student Life, Visit Campus">10</div><div class="text-slider-text">minutes to walk from campus to downtown</div></div></div></li><li class="lw_item_2"><div class="text-slider-slide swiper-slide"><div class="inner"><div class="text-slider-heading Facts, Stats, Rankings, homepage, Our Story">#34</div><div class="text-slider-text">Best Liberal Arts College - Washington Monthly (2019)</div></div></div></li><li class="lw_item_3"><div class="text-slider-slide swiper-slide"><div class="inner"><div class="text-slider-heading Facts, Stats, Rankings, homepage, Our Story">#1</div><div class="text-slider-text">most diverse college in Wisconsin</div></div></div></li><li class="lw_item_4"><div class="text-slider-slide swiper-slide"><div class="inner"><div class="text-slider-heading homepage, Our Story">37,000</div><div class="text-slider-text">the city of Beloit’s population</div></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="text-slider-dots"/></div></div><span title="<widget type="blurbs"><arg id="min">1</arg><arg id="max">10</arg><arg id="type">Statistics</arg><arg id="sort_order">random</arg><arg id="widget_template">statistics</arg><arg id="tag">homepage</arg></widget>" class="lw_widget_syntax lw_hidden" data-widget-id="30"/></div></article>
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Students in Performance
College students in recital.In the Next Room
Set in the 1880s, and in the glow of the fancy new invention of electricity, the Givings family is forced to confront the realities of their marriage, their love for one another, and the nature of intimacy.Gashkibidaaganag: Beaded Bags of the Ojibwe
This exhibition features beaded bags made by Ojibwe and neighboring people of the western Great Lakes.Evening on Broadway
Join us for this fun evening of show tunes!Winds & Jazz Concert
Concert, 7:30 pm on Monday, November 25, 2019 featuring two college ensembles Wind Ensemble, conducted by Glenn Wilfong Jazz Band, directed by John MeyersCOMPARE: Images of Childhood
Curated by students in EDYS 276: East Asian Education, Culture, and Society, this exhibition explores different cultural lenses on childhood and how artists have borrowed across cultures to frame these young subjects.December Dance Workshop
An evening of dance by our finest student work.Holiday Concert
Join the music department for a late afternoon of music.Chelonia 2020
An exhilarating evening of dance performed by Beloit College students.Astronomy Open House
Learn about the night sky with Professor Paul Stanley and his astronomy students.