International Week 2005 schedule of events

All events are free unless otherwise stated.

Monday, April 4

World Cultures Fair and Market. Vendors will display and sell jewelry, clothing, crafts, music and other items from different nations. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., outside Shrader Pavilion.

Native Dress and Flag Processional. Dressed in costumes of their nations and carrying their nations' flags, UNT's international students will walk to the beat of African drums. 11:30 a.m., Kendall Hall to the Shrader Pavilion.

Opening Ceremony. Denton Mayor Euline Brock and UNT Provost Howard Johnson will preside. Noon, Shrader Pavilion.

Opening Reception for International Student Art Exhibit. The exhibit, on display through April 8, features fiber, jewelry, fashion, etching, painting and photography from students from Armenia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, Turkey and the former Yugoslavia. 3-5 p.m., University Union Gallery.

Tuesday, April 5

World Cultures Fair and Market. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., University Union, One O'Clock Lounge.

International Book Display. Featuring books by foreign authors. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., University Union Courtyard.

Film, Russian Ark. Shot in a single take, this 2002 film from Russia guides the audience through the Hermitage Museum, formerly the Winter Palace, in St. Petersburg to capture hundreds of years of Russian history. 12:30-2 p.m., Kendall Hall, Room 102.

Sakura Festival. This Japanese cherry blossom festival features traditional Japanese food, dance and music, and the dedication of a grove of cherry trees recently planted on the east side of the General Academic Building. 2 p.m., mall in front of the General Academic Building.

International Education Committee Awards Banquet. The event features international cuisine and entertainment, and the awarding of the Citation for Distinguished Service to International Education and Outstanding International Student Awards. 7 p.m., University Union Silver Eagle Suite. Tickets cost $25 for faculty and staff members. Reservations must be made by noon April 4 by calling (940) 565-2197.

Wednesday, April 6

Film, The Tin Drum. Set in the 1920s and '30s in Nazi Germany, this 1979 release follows a boy who is born with an advanced intellect. On his third birthday, he decides that he will refuse to grow older, and he withdraws with his tin drum. The film won the Best Foreign Film Academy Award in 1979. 3 p.m., Language Building, Room107A.

Film, El Viaje de Carol (Carol's Journey). In this 2002 release from Spain, a 12-year-old Spanish-American girl living in New York visits her mother's home village during the Spanish Civil War. She develops a friendship with the village teacher and a young local boy. 7 p.m., Chilton Hall, Room 111.

Thursday, April 7

International Food Fair. Food from 25 to 30 nations is sold via coupons costing 25 cents each. 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Baptist Student Union, directly across from the University Union on the east side.

World Cultures Performance and Fashion Festival. The event features students from 50 countries displaying their national costumes as well as dances from India, Japan and Venezuela; musicians from Laos and Nepal; a Chinese sword and martial arts demonstration and Brazilian capoeira, a form of martial arts. 7 p.m., University Union Lyceum.

Friday, April 8

Film, Daughter From Danang. This documentary focuses on the 7-year-old daughter of a poor Vietnamese woman and an American soldier who is among the Vietnamese-American children sent to the United States in 1975. Twenty-two years later, the girl, who was adopted by an American, returns to Danang, Vietnam, to meet her birth mother. Noon-1:30 p.m., Chilton Hall, Room 111.

Saturday, April 9

Basant Panchami festival. This spring festival originated in Pakistan and is now also celebrated in India. International students demonstrate kite flying techniques using fighter kites made in Pakistan and India. The festival also includes food booths, board games, music and a cricket match. 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Physical Education Field outside the Physical Education Building.

African Cultural Festival. Professional African drummers and dancers perform with the UNT African Percussion Ensemble. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $6 for children and can be reserved by calling the College of Music box office at (940) 369-7802. 8 p.m., Main Auditorium in the UNT Auditorium Building.

• Inspirational speaker "Rudy" Ruettiger to visit UNT
• Regents raise board-designated tuition $6 per semester credit hour
• Tenure granted in one appealed case
• Defense bill funding of $3.1 million buys UNT two electron microscopes
• International Week at UNT starts April 4
• Project aims to preserve web information for posterity
• UNT to host annual Texas Higher Education Law Conference April 11-12
• April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
• Staff Council hears update on campus master plan, proposed child care center
• Work continues on UNT's Academic Plan
• Senate approves tenure appeals process resolution

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