International Education Week: Upcoming Events

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2024 Global Photo Contest

We want to see how you have engaged globally! Submit your favorite photo showing us how you have participated in global education this past year. We will select one photo from each of the following categories: People, Places, Culture.

Each photographer was able to submit one photo per category, for a total of up to three photos. This year's call for entries ended Nov. 22. See the winners below.

2024 Winners

It is our honor to share with you all our 2024 Global Photo Contest winners:

Young Girl Rajahmundry. Grandmother being honored at a Mother's Day banquet in Rajahmundry, India.

People – Emily Huff

Young Girl in Rajahmundry, India
A young girl in Rajahmundry at her coming-of-age ceremony and celebration.

The Imam Ali shrine is the burial site of one of the most revered figures for Shi'ite Muslims. As many as 20 million visitors come each year. Dr Alissa Walter visited the Imam Ali shrine as a delegate for a conference on a Muslim-Christian dialogue in Karbala, Iraq.

Culture — Alissa Walter

Imam Ali Shrine, Karbala, Iraq
The Imam Ali shrine is the burial site of one of the most revered figures for Shi'ite Muslims. As many as 20 million visitors come each year.

1. Langtang Valley was victim to a tragic landslide in the 2015 Nepali earthquake that took the lives of 175 villagers, 27 local tourism staff, and 41 foreign trekkers. The village has not been rebuilt but the surrounding villages have honored their memory in a memorial mani wall.

Place — Sarah Snodgrass

Langtang Valley, Nepal
In the 2015 Nepali earthquake, Langtang Valley had a landslide that killed 175 villagers, 27 local tourism staff, and 41 foreign trekkers. The dead have been honored in a memorial mani wall.

2024 Honorable Mentions

For their contribution to worldwide, impactful experiential learning, the following two photos have received a honorable mention designation.

In the SPU Study Abroad coral restoration class last August, students set up fragments on a nursery table in the waters of Bali.

Tim Nelson

Bali Coral Restoration
In the SPU Study Abroad coral restoration class in August 2023, students set up fragments on a nursery table in the waters of Bali.

The Demilitarized Zone in South Korea is a sacred place for the Korean people, and it was a powerful experience for us to visit and reflect on the ongoing pain of war.

Paul Kim

Korea DMZ
The Demilitarized Zone in South Korea is a sacred place for the Korean people. It was a powerful experience for us to visit and reflect on the ongoing pain of war.

Check out the 2021 photo contest winners below.

International Education Week events: Nov. 18–22

We were excited to celebrate these International Education Week events with you in November 2024:

Monday , Nov. 18: SPU International Staff and Faculty Poster Fair.
Tuesday, Nov. 19: Featuring Intercultural Club Council — Engage with some of our student intercultural clubs and orgs such as Vietnamese Student Association and African Student Association.
Wednesday, Nov. 20: Exploring the World — Come learn about some of our cross-cultural study away opportunities.
Thursday, Nov.21: Culture Share — Students from the GS 1007: Cultural Adjustment class will share their final projects with our community.
Monday or Tuesday, Nov. 25 or 26: Global Photo Contest winners announced via email.

Watch to see how you can celebrate with us in 2025!

Follow OIP’s Instagram for detailed information of each event throughout the week. Email oip@spu.edu if you have questions.

Listen to International Music

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The audience experienced traditional marimba selections from Guatemala and drumming of Susu Ethnic Group of Southwest Guinea at the Percussion Ensemble Concert.

Date: Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: E.E. Bach Theater in McKinley Hall

Previous contest winners

The 2021 International Photo Contest

Students, staff, and faculty were invited to submit photos from their journeys around the world. Photos are the original work of the person submitting the photo and all were taken outside the United States.