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Venue:FIU MMC, Graham Center 150

The Mainstream Schools Workshop focuses on the Place of Grammar in Intercultural Communicative Language Teaching. Featuring Dr. Ana Thomé Williams, Associate Professor of Instruction in Portuguese at Northwestern University. Supported by LACC's US Department of Education Title VI Grant. Co-sponsored by FIU's Department of Modern Languages Portuguese Program, AOTP - American Organization of Teachers of Portuguese - and the FIU Brazilian Culture Club. Info at bcari001@fiu.

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Venue:FIU MMC, Green Library 220

This installment of the Tinker-Andes series will feature research by Morgan Gray, PhD student from the Department of History. Morgan's work explores rape and seduction lawsuits in Peru. Bianca Premo, Department of History, will serve as the discussant. Sponsored by the Tinker Foundation and supported through LACC's Andean Studies Program. For more information, contact 305 348 2856.

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Venue:FIU MMC, College of Business Complex 154

Eduardo Chavez, the grandson of civil rights activist Cesar Chavez, will screen his documentary "Hailing Cesar." The film follows Eduardo's personal journey to connect with the legacy of his grandfather. The event will also feature a presentation by Eduardo about the documentary. This event is co-sponsored by Miami-Dade County Public Schools' Division of Academics, Department of Social Sciences and the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center.

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Venue:FIU MMC, College of Business Complex R233

Panel presentation featuring Elizabeth Zechmeister, Director of LAPOP Lab; Barry Levitt, Politics and International Relations Associate Professor, FIU; Richard Olson, Director of the Extreme Events Institute, FIU and José Miguel Cruz, Director of Research, LACC, FIU. Discussant: President Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera, Visiting Distinguished Professor of Latin American Studies. Co-sponsored by LACC and LAPOP. Free and open to the public. For more information, please call (305) 348-2894.

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Venue:FIU MMC, College of Business Complex 154

LACC Director Frank Mora, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere, and Rebecca Kimbrell, U.S. State Department Diplomat in Residence at FIU, MDC and former U.S. Consul to Lyon, France, offer an insider's guide to career opportunities with the United States government. Co-sponsored by the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center and the U.S. Department of State. Free and open to the public. For more information, contact (305) 348-2856.

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Venue:FIU MMC, College of Business Complex 154

Workshop for students on "Writing a Personal Statement that Pops" offered by Rebecca Kimbrell, Diplomat in Residence at FIU, MDC, and former U.S. Consul to Lyon, France. Co-sponsored by LACC and the U.S. Department of State. Free and open to the public. Information at (305) 348-2856.

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Venue:FIU MMC, MARC 290

This conference will bring together European, Caribbean and US experts to discuss the relations between the EU and the Afro-Caribbean. Sponsored by the Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, and the African and African Diaspora Studies Program. For more information, please contact calyc@fiu.edu

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Venue:FIU MMC, Green Library 220

This 29th Interdisciplinary Faculty Colloquium features Gayle Williams, Latin American and Caribbean Information Services Librarian from FIU Libraries. Gayle Williams will discuss unfilmed screenplays based on her soon to be published bibliography of screenplays from Latin America and the Caribbean. Discussant: Santiago Juan-Navarro, Department of Modern Languages. Free and open to the public. For more information, please call 305-348-2856.

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Venue:Hotel Arya in Coconut Grove

Palmer Trinity will be hosting 35 Heads of School from around the world at the XXI Global Connections Seminar beginning on Friday, February 28. Global Connections encourages school leaders worldwide to develop global consciousness within their school communities. Member schools cooperate actively with each other to promote global engagement and impact. Made possible by LACC's US Department of Education Title VI grant. Co-sponsored by Palmer Trinity School. More information: 305-348-2894.

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Venue:Miami, Florida

This Conference will feature presentations on Ignacio Jerusalem, Chapelmaster of the Mexico City Cathedral: Music and Art in New Spain during the Eighteenth Century. Musical performances will also be featured. Co-sponsored by FIU's School of Music and the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center.