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DIVERSITY CONFERENCE
Pam Bach
Rahma Al-Riyami
Ankita Singh
Olga Hart
University of Cincinnati April 2 2014
STUDENTS LEADING CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
Across Nations
UC LIBRARIES: A CROSSROAD OF DIVERSITY
Welcoming New International Students
Greetings from Dean Wang
Publicity
Event Themes
Chalk It Up: Continuing the Conversation Students at the Intersection of Knowledge, Information,
Technology & Media.
Survivor, Library Edition Test your survival skills and compete to see who can create
the best survival strategy!
Murder in the Library: Figure out whodunit! Test your investigative skills and explore the library for clues
to solve a murder mystery.
Celebrate the Chinese New Year Explore the myths and truths about China, verifying information
and learning about global resources.
The Secret World of Rare Books Come see the world’s smallest book!
Gays Gone By…. The Struggle Continues Join us to hear how key players at UC grappled with this question,
focusing on LGBTQ concerns from the 70’s to the current day.
Food, Trivia, and BANNED BOOKS! To celebrate the Freedom to Read during National Banned Books
Week, UC libraries will hold its “first ever trivia challenge.”
Fun!
Library Finds!
Pam Bach and Olga Hart
University of Cincinnati Libraries
ALAO 2013 Conference
Food!
Fridays @ 4
Fun, Food and Library Finds
Feedback
“Awesome!” “Delicious!”
• “Made new friends”
• “Diverse opinions and topics”
• “Learned something new”
“Interesting!”
FRIDAY @ 4 EVENTS
Celebrate the Chinese New Year, exploring the
myths & truths about China
FRIDAY @ 4 EVENTS
Gays Gone By: The Struggle Continues
Collaborations
LGBTQ Center
RAPP
University Communications
FRIDAY @ 4: INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK
Planning Srivasa “Sid”
Thatham
Hannah Randolph
Ankita Singh
Rahma Al Riyami
Yaarub Alsulaimi
Yu Mao
Vanessa de los Reyes
Publicity Yu Mao
Srivasa “Sid” Thatham
Program Hannah Randolph
Anikta Singh
Madhuri Jamma
Sai Susmitha Gollapudi
Rahma Al Riyami
Yaarub Alsulaimi
Vanessa de los Reyes
Sarah Stafford
Malik Darakshan
Dominique Hosch
Mariah Sano
Darwin Henderson
Jennifer Balog
Hongying Zhang
Alexa Mendez
PUBLICITY
ACROSS NATIONS: DIVERSITY SPEAKS
Sharing Their Experiences
Culture Shock
INDIA
Culturegrams
INDIA: 2 TRUTHS & 1 LIE
People are very religious.
India is a diverse, cultural country.
Hindi is the national language.
OMAN
Global Road Warrior
OMAN: 2 TRUTHS & 1 LIE
The President won the Noble Peace Prize.
Oman has the 3rd safest roads in the world.
Oman is an island.
