Idea Feast (International Dialogue & Exchange Activity)
Come join us for a pleasant evening where you will have the opportunity to sample home-cooked American food and hear excellent speakers. Meet and interact with Americans who enjoy meeting international students and scholars. We always have a door prize and many useful resources that are free to internationals.
Dinner begins at 7:00 pm every other Thursday night at the Baptist Student Center. To view a map, click here: Directions / Map.
The dinner is FREE for internationals. So bring your friends!
Our speakers, who are professors and professionals, lecture on a variety of subjects of interest and benefit to internationals who plan to return to their home countries or who plan to stay in the US.
FALL 2009 Schedule:
Thursday, January 7
Thursday, January 21
Thursday, February 4
Thursday, February 18
Thursday, March 4
Thursday, March 18
Thursday, April 1
Thursday, April 15
Some of the speakers include:
Dr. B.J. Fregly, Professor of Biomechanical Engineering, University of Florida
Dr. Dana Fochs, Entomology Professor at John Hopkins University
Dr. George Lebo, Professor of Astrophysics, University of Florida
Dr. Jed Keesling, Mathematics Professor at University of Florida
Dr. Magdalena Gunaratnam Yoder, Internal Medicine Physician from Malaysia
Dr. Timothy Schubert, Plant Pathologist, State of Florida
Mr. David Parker, Certified Public Accountant, CBLPath Corporation