WWW: Enlightenment Uganda — 2/16 at 5:30 p.m.

Wesleyan World Wednesday presents: “Enlightenment Uganda”

 What’s the link  between

    Malaria and Ugandan traditional music and Dance?

 Come find out about Bitone Children’s Center’s new project “Enlightenment Uganda,” internship opportunities and much more!

Dr. James Hadler will be speaking!

 Dr. James Hadler currently is a senior infectious disease and medical epidemiology consultant to the Connecticut and Yale Emerging Infections Programs, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. 

When: Feb. 16th              Where: CRC Lobby             Time: 5:30-7pm

Food will be served!

We Take Clean Water for Granted: Learn Why We Shouldn’t — Noon, 4/21

On Wednesday April 21, 12:00 p.m. in Downey House, Room 113, Wesleyan World Wednesdays, Environmental Studies and  African StudentS Association/Wes Friends of Africa  presents a discussion and short film on why we shouldn’t take clean water for granted. 

Learn about how Max Perel-Slater ’11 and Abby Horton ’11 worked with a community in rural Tanzania to build a rainwater catchment system to make clean water more accessible.  There will also be a screening of the film “The Water Project.”   A question and answer will follow, and lunch will be served.

Wesleyan’s International Community

The Class of 2013 has 52 international students from 31 different countries. The Office of International Student Affairs (OISA) is very excited and busy preparing for arrival day!

International Student Orientation (ISO) begins on Friday, August 28, 2009, and provides an opportunity for all new international students to meet before classes begin. International students are required to attend ISO. Additional information regarding ISO is located on the OISA website.

If you have questions regarding ISO, arrival day, or transportation to Wesleyan on arrival day, please email Meherazade Sumariwalla, the ISO intern for 2009, or call 860-685-5720.

If you have questions regarding immigration, please contact Janice Watson (860-685-3704) or Alice Hadler (860-685-2832).