Organizations
educate students
By Yoshinori Okada
On-line Forty-Niner
Representatives from internationally-related
organizations lined up their table Wednesday
at the Speaker’s Platform of Cal State Long
Beach giving opportunities for students
to gain information about them.
Representatives from Amnesty International,
Human Dignity Program, Physicians for Social
Responsibility, National Conference for
Community and Justice Peace Corps, displayed
pamphlets of information on the tables.
These organizations came together at as
part of International Education Week, which
is aimed to raise the profile of international
education, according to Linda Olson Levy,
special programs coordinator of the International
Education Week committee.
“In this world that grows ever smaller,
and with the impending serious world conflict
on the horizon, it is essential that people
be educated about the issues,” Olson Levy
said. “How they will affect, not only them
but their countrymen and fellow world citizens.
“The purpose of this event is to educate
the student community about the various
organizations that are involved in some
way with international activities, volunteering
and service,” Levy said.
The representatives from the organizations
handed out pamphlets and, in some cases,
application packets for volunteer opportunities.
“We are just trying to build awareness to
the students about the Peace Corps and give
opportunities that they might want to pursue,”
said Julie Hanson, a recruitment coordinator.
Tina Sary, a sophomore international studies
student, was walking along the tables talking
with some representatives. She said she
is interested in joining an international
organization such as the Peace Corps.
“I liked the event,” Sary said. “But it
would have been better if it was bigger.”
Besides those international agencies, representatives
from study abroad were present encouraging
the students to study abroad.
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