Noelia Barbolla Báez is a Spanish language assistant from El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain, working with students at Central this year. She recounts her experience as a teacher, student, friend, traveler and survivor of the Central College “jungle.”
The Central College A Cappella Choir will tour Brazil in May and work with the Northeast Rotary Club in Sao Paulo to collect shoes for those in need.
Junior Katherine Zellmer will host an International Dinner featuring Austrian foods on April 11 after studying abroad in Vienna, Austria.
The Central College Symphonic Wind Ensemble and College Community Band, both under the direction of Mitchell Lutch, associate professor of music, will present a concert with several special guest soloists Sunday, Dec. 2 in Douwstra Auditorium at 4 p.m.
Led by assistant professor of music Mitch Lutch, Central College is sponsoring an instrument donation initiative to benefit the Yucatan Youth Orchestra Program, a music education program based in Merida, Mexico, for students with otherwise limited exposure to music opportunities.
Bernadette Allen ’78, former U.S. ambassador to Niger, will be in residence at Central College from Nov. 12-16.
The Institute of International Education (IIE) has selected Central College for the 2013 Brazil initiative of their International Academic Partnership Program (IAPP).
In September, Cynthia Doggett, associate professor of music at Central, performed with the City Chamber Orchestra of Merida.
Magnus McFarlene-Barrow, founder of Mary’s Meals, will speak about his organization and helping those in need Sept. 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the Graham Annex.
Central and Bangor University recently made an agreement to allow selected students to insert an “American Year” into their studies. The agreement is expected to last for the foreseeable future, bringing five students to Central each fall.
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