Campus International Events

This calendar includes events from units or departments on campus that have an international or global focus.

Thursday, January 2, 2025

- All Day
On Demand Training for Faculty Traveling with Graduate Students

The Program Leader Safety and Best Practices Workshop guides faculty in preparing for the safest possible experience abroad. This training is specifically designed for faculty and staff traveling with graduate students.
- Conference/Workshop

- 1:00 - 3:00 pm
LAS International Programs Virtual Drop-in Advising
- Meeting
- 2:00 - 4:00 pm
- Main Library, Orange Room (1408 W. Gregory Drive, Champaign IL)
Global Games Get-Together: Board Games from Around the World

Come learn and try playing various board games from around the world! International snacks and light refreshments provided.
- Social/Informal Event
- 2:00 - 4:00 pm
- Main Library, Orange Room
Winter Break Program: Board Games from Around the World
- Social/Informal Event

- 1:00 - 3:00 pm
LAS International Programs Virtual Drop-in Advising
- Meeting
- 1:30 - 2:30 pm
- International Studies Building (910 S 5th St, Champaign, IL 61820) Front Atrium
Campus Tours for New International Students Arriving in Spring 2025

New to campus in Spring 2025? Let us help you find your way! Join our campus tour for new international students to get familiar with the University of Illinois and its resources.
- Informational
- 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Online Level 1: Introduction To Safety & Security Abroad For First-Time Program Leaders

The Level 1: Introduction To Safety & Security Abroad For First-Time Program Leaders guides program leaders (faculty, staff, or students leading programs) in preparing for the safest possible experience abroad. Those who lead, or assist, short-term education abroad or other University-related travel abroad for students must attend at least one workshop a year.
- Conference/Workshop
- 5:00 pm
- Coble Hall, Conference Room 108 -- 801 S. Wright Street
Seminar Series - Andrew Castiglioni
- Seminar/Symposium

- 10:00 - 11:30 am
BODIES IN FOCUS: Endangered Bodies & Activism
- Lecture
- 1:00 - 3:00 pm
- Siebel Center for Design (1208 S. Fourth St. Champaign, IL 61820) - Starlight Room and Upper Lobby
Coffee Across Cultures - January
- Social/Informal Event
- 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Express Advising Fridays for Students!
- Other
- 5:30 pm
- Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 LCLB
A Diary of an Invasion: In Conversation with Oksana Maksymchuk

A conversation with Ukrainian American poet, scholar, and translator Oksana Maksymchuk on her debut English poetry collection, Still City: A Diary of an Invasion.
- Lecture

- 12:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 108
Book Discussion and Lunch: “Unsettling: The EI Paso Massacre, Resurgent White Nationalism and the US-Mexico Border”

Join Gilberto Rosas (Anthropology and Latina/Latino Studies) for a lunchtime book discussion. Professor Rosas will briefly introduce his book Unsettling: The EI Paso Massacre, Resurgent White Nationalism and the US-Mexico Border, and then HRI will moderate a discussion.
- Lecture
- 2:30 - 4:00 pm
- International Studies Building, Room 320. 910 S 5th St, Champaign.
In-Person Level 1: Introduction To Safety & Security Abroad For First-Time Program Leaders

The Level 1: Introduction To Safety & Security Abroad For First-Time Program Leaders guides program leaders (faculty, staff, or students leading programs) in preparing for the safest possible experience abroad. Those who lead, or assist, short-term education abroad or other University-related travel abroad for students must attend at least one workshop a year.
- Conference/Workshop
- 5:00 - 6:30 pm
- ISR Dining Hall, Main Street Lobby - 1010 W Illinois St,Urbana
Lunar New Year Celebration and Dinner
- Festival/Celebration
- 6:00 pm
- 1080, Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB
Cinéclub "Au revoir, les enfants!" (Malle, 1987)
- Film Screening