Director of Sustainability
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November 18-22, 2024
Each November, in recognition of International Education Week, the UR community "meets in another culture" here on campus. This year, our community’s engagement will be with Costa Rica -- a growing hub of global connection for UR students, faculty, and staff. Scholars and visitors will travel to Richmond to offer their expertise; faculty will align their teaching with topics and themes related to Costa Rica; and there will be opportunities for everyone to taste the cuisine, learn about biodiversity, and practice their Spanish.
Pre-Week Engagement Opportunities
Soccer Match
Students, faculty, and staff are all invited to hit the pitch for one of Costa Rica’s favorite sports as excitement builds for IE Week.
Friday, November 15, 3 p.m. at the Intramural Fields
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Costa Rica Blogs
Read the daily blog posts from our Spider Athletes who traveled to Costa Rica in October 2023 and see how Spiders are already engaging with Costa Rica:
Day 1: Delonnie Hunt and Mikkel Tyne, Men’s BasketballDay 2: Brian Reinke and Esteban Rodriguez, Baseball
Day 3: Hannah Custer and Maddy Sesay, Women’s Lacrosse
Day 4: Logan Anderson, Women’s Soccer; Grace Townsend, Women’s Basketball
IE Week Programming Calendar
Monday
November
18
ACTIVITY
Yoga, Dance, & Meditation classes in the Weinstein Recreation Center
Various times TBA
PROVOST'S GLOBAL FORUM
The academic deans discuss their school’s global engagement
12 p.m. International Commons
Registration opens soon!
EXCURSION
River walk at the James
3 p.m. More details coming soon!
Tuesday
November
19
DEMO KITCHEN
Costa Rican Coffee & Chocolate
10-11 a.m. Well-Being Center
SFS AFFINITY GATHERING
SFS Study Abroad: Past and Prospective Students
3 p.m. IE Lobby
TALK
“Do Costa Rican forest fragments in community-managed water protection areas serve as a refuge for endangered mammals?”
Milena Cambronero, The School for Field Studies (SFS)
4:30 p.m. International Commons
CONSIDER THIS
Chaplaincy Dinner
6:15 p.m. (by invitation)
Wednesday
November
20
TALK
"Problems in paradise: the rise and erosion of Costa Rica’s exceptionalism"
Juliana Martinez Franzoni, University of Costa Rica
1:30 p.m. International Center Commons
FAIR
IEW Costa Rica, featuring more than a dozen stations with connections to Costa Rica
3:30-5:15 p.m. Alice Haynes Room, THC
DINNER
Costa Rican Recipes
4-8 p.m. HDC
Thursday
November
21
TALK
“Climate Impacts in Costa Rica: From Study Abroad to Field Reporting”
Amy McDermott, Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting
12 p.m. International Commons
BIOBLITZ
Hunt and document species on our campus
3 p.m. Eco-Corridor
Friday
November
22
SPANISH LANGUAGE
Lonche con LALIS
12 p.m. D-Hall Glass Room
LATINX AFFINITY
A Bite of Chisme
5:30-7 p.m. SCEI Multicultural Space
Weeklong Programming
Opportunities to engage at your own pace and timeline
- The seventh annual Ecochallenge (Co-sponsored by the Office for Sustainability)
- Library Guide - News and information resources focusing on Costa Rica, curated by Boatwright Memorial Library
- Music Library - Exhibit, playlist, and blog post
- Dining Hall: Specials Monday-Wednesday
- Passport Café: Weekly special
IEW Fair: Costa Rica
Richmond’s Many Ties to Costa Rica in Full Voice
We anticipate more than a dozen tables/stations for the fair on Wednesday, November 20, representing a wide variety of community connections to Costa Rica. Interest has been received in the following topics:
Children’s literature, sustainability, climate impacts reporting, cultural reflection after study abroad, biodiversity, UR study abroad in Costa Rica, and more!Faculty & Staff Involvement with IEW 2024
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