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Join the campus to engage in international education every day in classrooms, residence halls, through lectures, performances, exhibits, and in unscripted experiences.
The Beloit College Office of International Education is charged with facilitating the internationalization of the College by providing
International Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education. Established in 1999, International Education Week promotes the international education of all students studying at U.S. colleges and universities.
Beloit College has participated in the initiative since its inception with activities reflecting the many different ways in which the college and its alumni, students, staff and faculty engage with the world at home and abroad
Held during International Education week, this lecture honors the memory of Ivan and Janice Stone and is made possible by a gift from their estate. That gift also makes study abroad possible for students with financial need.
Ivan Stone taught for many years at the College, chairing the government department and the College’s international relations concentration. He also served as Dean and was the first director of the College’s World Outlook Program, which signaled the College’s decision to become international by innovating in the curriculum and significantly increasing study abroad enrollments..
To quote from a 1987 article in the Beloit Daily News, “Ivan Stone was the kind of teacher who opened the eyes of his students. He expanded their vision, and widened their horizons. He made them see the world; look beyond boundaries.”
Like her husband, Janice Shrimpton Stone was an advocate for international education and experience and for engagement at the local level. Both she and her husband were active in campus and community affairs, and together they led some of Beloit College’s first seminars abroad. Before her marriage, Janice Stone had worked at the International YMCA in Geneva, and following World War II, she spent a year in Germany working on a democratization project.
2019- Paul Fishstein, Arsalan Khan, and Mashail Malik. “Afghanistan & Pakistan: Politics, Identity, Conflict.” Richardson Auditorium, 7:00pm, November 18.
2018 - Steven A. Cook , Council on Foreign Relations. Lecture: “U.S. Turkey Relations”
2017 -Steven Lee Myers, New York Times. Lecture: “Vladimir Putin and the Russian Resurrection”
2016 - Hasan Hasanovic, Translator and Curator, Srebenica Genocide Memorial. Lecture: “Surviving Genocide: Srebrenica, July 1995”
2015 - Rochelle Davis, Georgetown University. Lecture: “The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Changing the Narrative”
2014 - Frederic Wehrey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Lecture: “Sunni-Shia Identity Politics in the Gulf Region”
2013 - Elizabeth Ransom, University of Richmond. Lecture: “Feast and Famine: Inequalities in the Global Food System”
2012 - Paul Fishstein’76. Lecture: “The Dilemmas of Humanitarian Assistance in Afghanistan”
2011 - Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt, International Crisis Group. Lecture: “China’s North Korea policy”
2010 - Alicia Ely Yamin, Harvard Law School. Lecture: “A Rights-Based Approach to Health”
2009 - Neil DeVotta, Wake Forest University. Lecture: “From Civil War to ‘Soft Authoritarianism’: Sri Lanka in Comparative Perspective”
2008 - Lincoln Mitchell, Columbia University. Lecture: “The Russia/Georgia Conflict: Foreign Policy Implications”
2007 - Carol Bellamy, World Learning. Lecture: “Shaping the Future: The Need for Global Citizens”
2006 - Alfred W. McCoy, University of Wisconsin Madison. Lecture: “A President’s Legacy of Legalized Torture”
2005 - R. K. Ramazani, University of Virginia. Lecture: “Jeffersonian Ideals and Middle East Realities”
2004 - James Winkates ’65, Air War College. Lecture: “Globalization”
2003 - Robert Houdek ‘61. U.S. Department of State. Lecture: “Africa: Challenges and Prospects”
This annual event held during International Education Week provides a forum for students to share the academic, personal, and professional growth they achieved abroad with the rest of campus.
The 2019 International Symposium will take place on Wednesday, November 20th.
An international relations major, Jack Chelsky’20 is preparing to teach English in Japan through the JET program post-graduation. His inspirations: international student friendships, two summers spent volunteering and interning abroad, his international relations studies, and Beloit graduates who came before him.
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Ed Stern’19 shares how his experiences at Beloit, including a Center for Language Studies summer block course, and studying abroad in Japan, have prepared him for his current job as a sales representative for a Japanese company.
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