Polk State’s International Education Week Events Include Guest Lecture by Stonehenge Researcher David Jacques
Polk State College will mark International Education Week with a slate of events on both its Lakeland and Winter Haven campuses, Nov. 11-14.
International Education Week is a joint initiative between the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Education. The idea is to promote programs that prepare American students for a global environment, and to encourage foreign students to study in the U.S.
Polk State offers its students an ever-increasing array of international opportunities. In recent months, the College sent its second group of exchange students to Polytech Marseille, a French university. Students also recently traveled to the Bahamas, where they completed science field studies, and South Africa, where they attended an international honors conference.
Fittingly enough, during International Education Week, Polk State Scholarobotics Academy students will be in Strasbourg, France, to present at the 3rd annual RAMSES (Robotic Assisted Microsurgical & Endoscopic Society) Symposium.
Back here in Polk County, the College’s International Education Week events include fairs on upcoming study-abroad trips and a lecture by former Polk State Fulbright Professor David Jacques.
Jacques, now a senior research fellow in archaeology at the University of Buckingham in the United Kingdom, has done extensive research on Stonehenge, a prehistoric and ever-mysterious monument in England. His work has landed him in a variety of archaeology-related publications, such as Current Archaeology, and on the BBC’s Flying Archaeologist television series.
During his Polk State lectures — scheduled for both the Lakeland and Winter Haven campuses — he will discuss whether Stonehenge is actually thousands of years older than previously thought.
His lectures are free and open to the public.
The entire International Week at Polk State includes the following events:
Monday, Nov. 11
Study Abroad Fair — 2014 Trips
Polk State Lakeland Student Center
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Performance and talk by Columbian guitarist Daniel Giron
Presented by the Polk State College Lake Wales Arts Center Arts Incubator Series
Polk State Lakeland Student Center
10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The Untouchables
Screening of the French film hosted by the College’s International Circle
Polk State Lakeland, LLC 2205
3 to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 12
Study Abroad Fair — 2014 Trips
Polk State Winter Haven Student Center
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Performance and talk by Columbian guitarist Daniel Giron
Presented by the Polk State College Lake Wales Arts Center Arts Incubator Series
Polk State Winter Haven Student Center
10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
“Los Novillos y Death in the Afternoon — Bullfighting in Spain”
Presented by History Professor Brad Massey, hosted by the College’s International Circle
Polk State Lakeland, LLC 2205
3 p.m.
Study Abroad Experience in Costa Rica
Presented by former Polk State student CJ Tyer, hosted by the College’s International Circle
Polk State Lakeland, LLC 2205
6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 13
“The Cradle of Stonehenge”
Presented by former Polk State Fulbright Professor David Jacques. Jacques is currently a senior research fellow at the University of Buckingham. He was also featured on the BBC’s Flying Archaeologist and in numerous magazines, such as Current Archaeology. Jacques will explore whether Stonehenge is actually thousands of years older than experts previously thought.
Polk State Winter Haven, WLR 102
12:15 to 1:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public
Study Abroad Information Session
Polk State Winter Haven, WAD 254
2 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 14
Study Abroad Information Session
Polk State Lakeland, LAC 1243
11 a.m.
“The Cradle of Stonehenge”
Presented by former Polk State Fulbright Professor David Jacques. Jacques is currently a senior research fellow at the University of Buckingham. He was also featured on the BBC’s Flying Archaeologist and in numerous magazines, such as Current Archaeology. Jacques will explore whether Stonehenge is actually thousands of years older than experts previously thought.
Polk State Lakeland, LLC 2188
12:15 to 1:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public.
Ponyo
Japanese animated fantasy film hosted by the College’s International Circle
Polk State Winter Haven, WLR 104
3 p.m.