How to apply for jobs in the federal government

Government Panel: How to find a Government Position
Friday, Nov. 13
3-4:30 p.m.
228 Bowen-Thompson Student Union

At this event you will have the chance to network with representatives from government agencies. These speakers will provide tips and advice for how to apply for jobs within the federal government. Represented agencies include: FBI, U.S. State Department, Social Security Administration, U.S. Fish & Wildlife, National Park System and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).

The representatives will provide tips for navigating USAjobs.gov, the application process, security clearance concerns and more.

After the panel portion, there will be round tables set up so you can network with these professionals.

RSVP is recommended. Log into your my.bgsu.edu, click on the briefcase icon for WorkNet, and then click on Workshops & Programs on the right. Find the panel from the list and click to register.

Any questions? Contact 419-372-2356 or careerservices@bgsu.edu.

Looking for something to do tonight? Come join Global Management and Leadership Society at 7:30 p.m. in 1011 Business Administration Building. We will be having two great guest speakers who have been in the clothing industry for over 20 years. They are a self- made success, and are outstanding entrepreneurs. They will be telling us their story, their why, and their experiences with working outside of our country and with different cultures. There will be food, so bring a friend or two! We hope to see you there!

Contact Elyssa Moore if you have any questions at elyssam@bgsu.edu.

Swahili course for beginners-Spring 2016

Jambo!

The Africana Studies Program in collaboration with the GREAL Department has for the past 8 years offered a Swahili Course for beginners (GREA 2500).

Swahili is the most widely spoken language in Africa and one of the official languages of the African Union (AU). Besides language learning,the course equips students with cultural knowledge of Swahili speaking communities in East Africa.

Applications for Spring 2016 are highly welcome. To enroll for the course, go to “GREA,” click “Topics in Languages and Culture,” then register.

For inquiries email, dianahk@bgsu.edu.

In celebration of International Education Week, the Graduate Student Senate (GSS) invites all BGSU students, staff, and faculty for a social gathering as we engage in an afternoon of sampling appetizers from around the world, participating in fun cultural activities, and discovering the global community in Bowling Green. This is a Ziggy Points event!

When: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from 4-5:30 p.m.
Where: Multipurpose Room, BTSU

If you have any questions, please contact Derron Borders (derronb@bgsu.edu).

World Student Association invites you to the annual International Dinner, which will take place on Saturday, November 14th, 2015 at 6:00pm in the Lenhart Grand Ballroom in the Student Union! Doors will open at 5:30pm and dinner will begin at 6:00pm

For more information or questions on this event, please contact WSA at sarao@bgsu.edu

The pricing for tickets are:
​Individual – $12 each
Table – $100 for a party of ten people
Volunteers – $10 each

Thursday’s International Film (October 29, 7:30 pm, Gish Theatre) “Bab el-Oued City” was released in 1994 but provides an interesting history to the current crisis leading migrants to take on potentially fatal risks as they leave their countries of origin in search of a better future. Merzak Allouache, the director, is also known for “Salut, cousin” (1996), a more lighthearted treatment of the differences between “North Africans”—one raised in Paris, the other in Alger. His film “Harragas” (2009) deals with those Maghrébins who burned their identity papers before crossing the Mediterranean in the hope of being thereby able to resist deportation.

“Bab el-Oued City” documents the beginnings of the political crisis during the 1990s in Algeria, which noted historian Benjamin Stora calls the “invisible war” or the war against civilians rather than “civil war” per se. I find that it succeeds in showing contemporary Algerian culture in more nuanced terms while also demonstrating how a community gradually breaks down in a neighborhood traditionally associated with political resistance (the district of “Bab el-Oued City”). Comments by: Dr. Beatrice Guenther

The film is free and open to students, staff, faculty and the pubic.

New York Times Film Review http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/134200/Bab-El-oued-City/overview

“Cuba Online: the Challenge of Knowing and Communicating in an Offline Country”
by Xenia Reloba de la Cruz

October 29, 2015 – 4:00 PM
Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Alumni Meeting Room (316)

Although recent efforts have sought to expand internet accessibility to Cubans, issues regarding connectivity in Cuba are still complex and expensive. Drawing on a tradition of reinvention, Cubans have devised alternative networks for the distribution of content and information, as well as other ways to circulate knowledge about their reality.

Based in Havana, Cuba, Xenia Reloba de la Cruz (Cuba, 1972) is the main editor of Casa de Las Américas, the oldest and most prestigious journal focusing on revolutionary thought and literature in Cuba. She is also editor of the annual magazine, “Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano.” She is co-author of the book, Habáname: la ciudad musical de Carlos Varela, edited in Toronto and Havana. Ms. Reloba de la Cruz earned her degree in Journalism at the University of Havana in 1994.