International Education Week
Celebrating Cultural and Academic Exchange
November 18-22, 2024, is International Education Week!
IEW is full of culturally-rich activities organized and presented by UNA's international and domestic students. A variety of activities, hosted by the Office of International Affairs and various campus and community organizations, will be available for UNA and the Shoals throughout the week.
This is part of our efforts to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences.
History of International Education Week
Passport to the World - our Signature Event
Passport to the World is an epic evening of cultural content. Attendees travel the world in one night to experience amazing people, food, talent, fashion, and of course dancing! Over 50 countries are represented.
Campus-Wide IEW Ideas
- recognize students, staff and faculty with international connections or experience
- highlight international authors, researchers or sources in course curriculum
- host or co-host a social event like an international trivia night
- eat foods from other countries
- promote department study abroad trips
- poster or bulletin board presentations of your unit's discipline as it is practiced in the US and other countries*
- use social media to connect international alumni from UNA
- showcase different sports around the world
- a fun display or post of how some words have different meanings around the world
We hope your unit or office will join us in celebrating IEW in one or more ways - no matter how small! Share your plans with International Affairs so we can promote your activity. Please use these hashtags for any social media posts: #IEW2024 #IEWatUNA
*We would love to coordinate a scavenger hunt to find all the poster or bulletin board presentations on campus if we have enough presentations.