Person of the Week
Dear
Readers,
We
are currently looking for students to feature in our Person of the Week
section of the Digest. If you are interested in being featured, please
contact our Student Affairs Associate, Ainsley Fagan, at afagan1@tulane.edu,
or our student worker, Karen Chen, at kchen5@tulane.edu,
We
sincerely hope that you will consider this great opportunity.
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Name: Harri Plotnick
Program: International Relations (May 2015)
Home Country: United States of America
Birthday: September 18, 1992
Although Harri is originally from the US, she has lived in
Bologna and Rome and speaks fluent Italian. She is graduating in May and
hopes to sing the Helluva Hullabaloo one more time before she does so.
What
are some activities you’re involved in at Tulane?
I’m the president of Tavolo
Italiano, the Italian club here. Outside of the
university, I dive weekly in the Maya Exhibit at the New Orleans Adventure
Aquarium (as a volunteer).
What
has been your most memorable experience so far at Tulane?
My most memorable experience would
be the collective events that I’ve gotten to attend, where I met many
interesting and distinguished people, including Bob Woodward, Sherman
Alexie, Nancy Pelosi, James Carville, and Dan Savage. Not only do these
people continue to inspire me, but I also made significant connections
through those events.
What
are your plans after graduation?
I’m going to be a broadcast journalist! I will
probably start in a small market near New Orleans, like Biloxi/Gulfport or
Baton Rouge.
What
advice do you want to share with other/incoming international students?
When
I studied abroad, the only way I learned Italian and got an authentic
experience was to separate myself from other non-native speakers. No one
says it’s easy, but when you find yourself among a group of people from
your host country and you feel like you finally fit in, it is so worth it.
STAFF
Ainsley Fagan
Student Affairs Associate
Evan Kirk
Operations Assistant
Nancy Lauland
H-1B Employees
J-1 Scholars
Kristy Magner
OISS Director
Beth Nazar
J-1 Students
Belinda Schneider
F-1 Students
Classified Spotlight
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for a new place to live? New furniture? Check the listings!
Please
refer to the linked flyers for more details. Check out the classifieds link
at the bottom of the digest for more!
Looking to
advertise? Please send a detailed description to oiss@tulane.edu with the subject line “Classifieds”.
On Going Weekly Events
Downtown hours
Location: Tidewater Building, Room 2460
Time: 1:00- 4:00pm
Dates: 4/14, 4/21,
If you need
documents or mail brought from OISS, please email or call us before 10:00
am that day.
Coffee Hours
Uptown coffee hours will now be held weekly (Fridays 3-5pm).
Please check this section of the digest for the most up-to-date
information.
April Coffee Hours
April 17, 24. 3-5 pm at the OISS Office
Prayer Space (Downtown)
Tidewater Building 15th floor Room 1506, has been
dedicated as a quiet prayer space for students of all religious
denominations.
Hours: Open when building is open.
Check the digest weekly for more updates about times and
locations.
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EVENTS
OISS
EVENTS
Coming Soon!
End
of the Year Event – Keep your calendars open, more details in the next
digest!
Weekly Coffee Hour
There will be no coffee
hour this week. Coffee hours resume the on 4/17! We hope to see you there.
Beyond OPT and Beyond H-1B Workshops
Please join us for an information session featuring
representatives from the immigration law firm of Ware|Immigration and Tulane’s
Office of the General Counsel
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Beyond OPT - Downtown, 12 pm to 1 pm,
Tidewater 1208 (Map)
Topic: Steps
after OPT including H-1B visas and the Permanent Residence process
Who: Current Tulane students in F-1 or J-1.
Note:
we will not be discussing the OPT process.
Beyond H-1B - Downtown, 2 pm to 3 pm,
Tidewater - Diboll Auditorium (Map)
Topic: Steps after H-1B (and other work
visas) including the Permanent Residence process
Who:
Current Tulane employees in H-1B, TN, and O-1 status, and department
administration.
Note:
we will not be discussing the H-1B process.
Beyond OPT - Uptown, 4 pm to 6 pm,
Goldring-Woldenberg II 3110 (Building #40 - Map)
Topic: Steps after OPT including H-1B visas and
the Permanent Residence process
Who:
Current Tulane students in F-1 or J-1.
Note: we will not be
discussing the OPT process
Audubon Zoo Ticket Sale
Tickets are available for $5 plus fees via Brown Paper
Tickets
-(CLICK HERE)
Please print out
your ticket and bring it to the OISS Office. Your print-at-home ticket will be
exchanged for a physical zoo ticket the front desk.
CGE
EVENTS
ESL
For Spouses
The
English as a Second Language program at Tulane University is pleased to
announce this new class! Mondays from 12:30-1:30PM starting 3/16 – 4/27 in
Norman Mayer room 118, Uptown Campus! Please CLICK HERE
for the flyer.
TULANE AND LOCAL EVENTS
The 26th
Annual Josephine Gessner Ferguson Lecture
featuring
Professor Lisa Ruddick
Thursday, April 9, 2015. 6 pm. Woldenberg Art
Center, Freeman Auditorium.
Professor Lisa
Ruddick will deliver her lecture on Thursday, April 9 at 6:00 pm in
the Freeman Auditorium of the Woldenberg Art Center. The title of her talk
is "Poetry, Psychoanalysis, and the Self". Professor
Ruddick is Associate Professor of English at the University of Chicago,
where she teaches courses in British fiction, literature and
psychoanalysis, and poetry and poetics.
French
Quarter Festival
Thursday,
April 9, 2015 – Sunday, April 12, 2015. All Day. French Quarter.
 During this 32nd
Annual French Quarter Fest, more than 1,700 musicians will be performing on
23 stages located throughout the French Quarter and the Spanish Plaza. More
than 60 food and beverage vendors will be set up in half a dozen locations
offering a wide variety of Crescent City culinary delights. Some of the New
Orleans; top artists and artisans will have their talented work on display
and for sale, and there will be fun activities for children to enjoy as
well. Don’t miss out on the “World’s Largest Block Party!!”
The Dynamics of
Gender in France: the 17th and 21st Centuries
featuring
Professor Domna C. Stanton
Friday, April 10, 2015. 4:30 pm – 6 pm. LBC Rm 201.
Join Prof. Stanton as
she discusses her new book, “The Dynamics of Gender in Early-Modern France:
Women Writ, Women Writing”, and talks about the heated debates over gender
studies in France today.A major scholar of gender and a pioneer of feminist
approaches within French studies for over three decades, Prof. Stanton has
constantly striven to expose readers to women’s writing and gender issues.
Into
the Woods
Friday, April 10 & Saturday, April 11, 2015.
7:30 – 9 pm. Dixon Hall.
Newcomb Department of Musical Theater presents, Into
the Woods – a musical about a Baker
and his wife who wish to have a child, Cinderella who wishes to attend the
King's Festival, and Jack who wishes his cow would give milk. When the
Baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a Witch's
curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse. Everyone's wish is
granted, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later
with disastrous results. Don’t
miss out on what will be a very exciting show!! Tickets are $10 for
students and $15 general admission. Check out the flyer HERE.
Film
Screening of Bayou Maharajah:
The
Life and Music of New Orleans Piano Legend James Booker
Monday, April 13, 2015. 7 pm – 9 pm. Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman
Auditorium.
Bayou Maharajah explores the
life and music of New Orleans piano legend James Booker, the man Dr. John
described as “the best black, gay, one-eyed junkie piano genius New Orleans
has ever produced.” A brilliant pianist, his eccentricities and showmanship
belied a life of struggle, prejudice, and isolation. The film paints a
portrait of an overlooked genius and will be presented by the director,
Lily Keber, with a Q&A and
reception.
Public Lecture: The
Politics of Irony
featuring
Kaarina Nikunen
Tuesday, April 14 2015. 12 pm – 1:30 pm. LBC Rm 202.
Join Kaarina Nikunen as she discusses the politics of irony in the
debates on immigration, race, and ethnicity in Europe and Nordic countries,
and the role of new media in these debates. Nikunen’s
research reveals the affective charge of the politics of irony: fear,
disgust, and hate are circulated in images of violent asylum seekers,
vulnerable Muslim women and feminist multicultural activists. Nikunen will also discuss the ways in which social
network sites organize and shape affective political struggles about race,
ethnicity and gender and the implications of these struggles for the wider
political trajectories in Europe.
Breaking
Trends: A Workshop on Cultural Appropriation and the College Environment
Wednesday, April 15 2015. 5:30PM-6:30PM LBC Rm 203
(Stibbs)
Join Student Affairs Associates Ainsley Fagan and Ghiya
Ali in partnership with Desiree Anderson from the Office of Multicultural
Affairs in this hour long workshop on the definition of cultural
appropriation and the meaning of identity. Please join the Facebook event HERE .
Career Workshop: Work on Purpose
– Fear Means Go
Thursday, April 16, 2015. 12 pm – 1 pm. Taylor Center, SISE Lab, 2nd
Floor Flower Hall.
Confront your fear of
failure, a central barrier emerging professionals face when pursuing their
purpose. Echoing Green’s Work on Purpose program inspires and equips those
in the first decade of their careers to realize their unique way to make a
social impact. For more information click HERE and to RSVP click HERE.
CRAWFEST 2015
Saturday,
April 18, 2015. 11 am – 7 pm. LBC Quad.
This is a can’t miss event!! Crawfest is an annual
music, food, and art festival located on Tulane’s uptown campus. Each year,
10,000 – 12,000 community members and students enjoy an amazing music
lineup, 20,000 pounds of crawfish, and local food and art vendors. Crawfest
is FREE for Tulane students and staff with a Splash Card and is $10 general
admission. For more information click HERE.
Tulane Concert Band’s Spring Concert 2015
Wednesday, April 22, 2015.
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm. Dixon Hall.
TU Concert Band’s Spring Concert is the culminating
artistic event of the academic year for the band program, showcasing 80
student performers who represent every academic school across the
university. The repertoire for this concert features composers of the
British Empire, who transformed the military bands of the late 1800’s into
the modern concert band ensembles of the 20th Century.
Forró in the Park
Ongoing classes every
Saturday. 11 am – 12 pm. Audubon Park Gazebo.
Learn a Brazilian
Dance Style! Bringing together the fiddle, accordion, and syncopated
percussion, Forró is a contagious,
high-energy dance music from Northeastern Brazil that feels like a mix of
Reggae and Zydeco. It is a couples dance that combines elements of swing
and two-step and is a raucous release from everyday life. Classes include a
group warm-up and rotating couples sequences. For more information, click HERE.
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