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Conversation

Since the time of the earliest humans, conversation has helped us to make sense of our world, answer common questions, and imagine the future. In today's busy world, talking with each other is so constant and mundane that we don't stop to consider a deeper meaning. But how can we create conversations that do more than just relay information?

Started in Seattle in 2001, the Conversation Cafe movement, based in local coffee shops, creates simple, hosted opportunities for people to talk about issues that matter. The conversation cafe format helps people feel at ease and gives everyone who wants it a chance to speak.

From March 25 - April 1, FIUTS will participate in Conversation Week, a week-long global, collaborative effort based on the idea of the Conversation Cafe. Conversation Week was created to promote conversation as a powerful way to bring people together to talk about issues and learn from each other. In honor of Conversation Week, FIUTS will host conversations at the first Wednesday Lunch of Spring quarter, Wednesday, March 28, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm in HUB 200.

The Conversation Week team has provided the opening questions - a list of thought-provoking, inclusive questions selected to inspire dialog on important issues. The questions we will explore include:

  • What do you think is the most important question in the world now?
  • How much is enough? For you? For others?
  • What do you believe freedom is for?

Consider joining us for this inspiring Wednesday Lunch!

Era Schrepfer,
FIUTS Executive Director
era@fiuts.org.

anniversary cake
On August 20, 2008, FIUTS will celebrate sixty years of dedication to international understanding. Join FIUTS later this month to kick-off our 60th anniversary planning.

This is an open meeting with the hopes of creating a 60th anniversary committee comprised of both current FIUTS board members, students, and staff, past board and staff, alumni, and community members. We hope to have an international set of committee members, so don't let geography get in your way of being involved. The ideas for the 60th are already coming in... and they are exciting! Come share your thoughts on around-the-world events, virtual reunions, and cultural activities engaging our community. What are your ideas?

Meeting details:
Monday, March 26, 2007
5:30-7:00 pm
Irish Emigrant Pub
5260 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105
Hiking

FIUTS awards recognize people and organizations that, through extraordinary commitment to international understanding, personify FIUTS' mission to inspire lifelong engagement in experiences that build global understanding.

The five awards categories are:
  • Shigemura Award, to an American student, community member, or organization that has shown outstanding commitment to international understanding
  • Gordon Sweany Award, to a UW faculty or staff member who has done the most to support internationals and international education
  • FIUTS Lifetime Acheivement Award, to an individual who has been instrumental in growing the organization and providing key leadership and loyal service
  • Elizabeth Gould Award, to an international student who has demonstrated a commitment to furthering the cause of international friendship
  • James M. Davis Award, to an American student who has demonstrated a commitment to furthering the cause of international friendship

Complete category descriptions, eligibility criteria and nomination forms are available by clicking the link below.

Nominations close May 1, 2007.
Aya, by Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie

A graphic novel set in 1970's Ivory Coast, Aya tells the story of the studious and clear-sighted Aya, her easygoing friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors. It's a breezy and funny account of the desire for joy and freedom, and of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in working-class Yopougon (Yop City.) An unpretentious and gently humorous story of an Africa we rarely see-spirited, hopeful, and resilient--Aya won the 2006 award for Best First Album at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. Clément Oubrerie's warm colors and energetic, playful lines connect expressively with Marguerite Abouet's vibrant writing.

Aya will be the featured book for The FIUTS/University Book Store International Book Club meeting in April. The meeting will held on Tuesday, April 17th, at 3:00 pm in HUB 204N.
Spring is almost here and it is almost time for the annual FIUTS Spring Potluck!

Thursday, May 3, 2007
UW Waterfront Activities Center
6pm

We hope to see you there!
This wonderful Russian pancake recipe was submitted to FIUTS by Rimma Drovetskaya, a member of FIUTS Women's Program in the early 1990's.

If you would like to submit a recipe for the the FIUTS cookbook, please send it by email to erin@fiuts.org or by mail to: FIUTS Box 352233, University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195

Stuffed Pancakes

For the Pancakes:
3/4 C. All Purpose Flour
1/2 t. Salt
2 T. Sugar
2 Eggs
1 C. Milk
1/2 t. Vanilla or grated lemon rind

Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl; make a well in mixture and pour in all liquid ingredients. Mix together. Heat an 8" skillet and grease with oil. Add a spoonful of butter and pour in about 1/4 c. of the batter; spread thinly over bottom of pan. When one side is brown, turn over and brown other side. Continue making pancakes with all remaining batter.


For the Filling:
1 C. thinly sliced apples or pears
2 t. oil
2 T. Sugar
1/2 t. Ground Cinnamon

Heat siced fruit in small pan over medium heat, stirring constantly. When fruit begins to soften, add sugar and cinnamon. Fill each pancake with a few tablesppons of fruit; fold into envelope shape. Serve hot with powdered sugar.

At the intersection of the University of Washington and the community, FIUTS inspires lifelong engagement through activities that promote global understanding.
Era Schrepfer
Foundation for International Understanding Through Students (FIUTS)

email: ed@fiuts.org
phone: 206-543-0736
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