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Optional Spring Advising Meetings
April 5, 11, 12
Spring advising meetings are optional. If you would like to schedule a meeting with Professor McMann, you can do so here. Students who are off-campus should request a Skype meeting, using the same link. Be sure your calendar is set to Eastern Time.

International Security Positions
Deadlines for international security positions beginning summer 2020 can be as early as this spring due to security clearance requirements.  If you are interested in such positions, begin to monitor usajobs.gov and U.S. federal agency web sites regularly now.

World Trivia Challenge
April 4, 6-8:30pm, Market Garden Brewery 
Teams of up to four compete to answer questions about international affairs. Individuals: $40; team of 4: $140.

International Dinner
April 5, 6:30-8:30pm, Thwing Ballroom
Enjoy an evening of multicultural dishes and performances. Tickets are $8 for undergraduate students, or $48 for a group of 8.

World Expo 2019
April 6, 1-3pm, Thwing Center
This storybook adventure-themed event has foods and music from around the world.

Cleveland International Film Fest Volunteers
March 27-April 7
CIFF is seeking volunteers for the fest, which includes foreign films. Contact Beth Steele Radisek for more information.

Baker Nord Center Internship Funding
Students must attend one of the Spring 2019 Humanities Meet-Ups in order to be eligible to apply. Applications are due April 15, 2019.

Asia

Heartbound
April 4, 9:00pm, Tower City Cinemas
This documentary follows a former sex worker from Thailand, who helps women escape the sex trade and immigrate to Denmark to find Danish husbands. Tickets are $16, use discount code NOCMES.

Europe

Prosecuting Evil
April 4, 12:00pm, Tower City Cinemas 
This documentary explores the life and work of Ben Ferencz, the last living Nuremberg Trial prosecutor.

Carmen & Lola
April 4, 1:45pm; April 5, 6:30pm, Tower City Cinemas
Complications occur when two teenage Romani girls fall in love. Tickets are $16, use discount code NOCMES.

Meeting Gorbachev
April 4, 2:00pm, Tower City Cinemas 
This film features three intimate interviews between director Werner Herzog and final leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev. Students are eligible for free tickets.

Home Games
April 4, 6:45pm; April 5, 11:50am; April 6, 9:45am, Tower City Cinemas
A young Ukrainian woman must balance caring for her siblings and training to join the national soccer team. Tickets are $16, use discount code NOCMES.

The Interpreter
April 4, 7pm, Tower City Cinemas
A Jewish man creates a bond with the son of the SS officer who killed his parents. Tickets are $16, use discount code NOCMES.

Sealed Lips
April 4, 7:05pm; April 5, 2:15pm; April 6, 11:50am, Tower City Cinemas
A woman struggles to suppress the atrocities she experienced in a Soviet labor camp. Tickets are $16, use discount code NOCMES.

Heartbound
April 4, 9:00pm, Tower City Cinemas
This documentary follows a former sex worker from Thailand, who helps women escape the sex trade and immigrate to Denmark to find Danish husbands. Tickets are $16, use discount code NOCMES.

The Factory
April 4, 9:25pm, Tower City Cinemas
When a Russian factory announces it will close, a group of factory workers hold their boss hostage and demand compensation. Tickets are $16, use discount code NOCMES.

Jewish Transition in Germany
April 10, 7-8:30pm, Landmark Centre Building
Professor Jay Geller will discuss “The Scholems: A Story of the German-Jewish Bourgeoisie from Emancipation to Destruction.” Tickets are $5.

Middle East and North Africa

Yomeddine
April 4, 6:40pm, Tower City Cinemas
An Egyptian man searching for his biological family creates a bond with an orphaned boy. Tickets are $16, use discount code NOCMES.

The International Studies Program does not endorse or sponsor the fellowships, internships, jobs, and other opportunities listed in the newsletter.  Students are encouraged to evaluate them.