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20 GLOBAL MILE students carve and paint pumpkins and gourds as part of a Celtic Halloween program. GRADUATE OPEN house SUNDAY, 2011 Meet program directors and current students, tour facilities, and learn how graduate or postbaccalaureate study at MICA can help you achieve your career goals. Visit mica.edu/gradopenhouse, or call 410.225.2256. MILE Program Crosses Borders MICA’s Meyerhoff International Living Experience (MILE) program takes its tag line, Living Without Borders, seriously. Students involved in the program not only come from diverse countries around the world— including Korea, Japan, Germany, England, China, and Kenya—but they also participate in a wide range of cultural programs unique at an art college. From a Jackie Chan vs. Jet Li film battle to a trip to Amish country, the MILE program gives both domestic and international students the opportunity to experience a variety of culturally enriching activities. The students involved in the program live together, socialize together, and learn together—and all along, they are learning from each other. Director of Residence Life & Off-Campus Housing Scott Stone said the program was initiated last year to support international students who have unique challenges when it comes to finding off-campus housing. “As a result, we decided to not just give them a space on campus, but to create a community that would foster learning and intercultural exchange,” he said. The two-dozen-or-so students in the program live together in the Meyerhoff House residence hall, where they meet regularly to discuss intercultural events to plan and partake in together. Kathleen Marcotte ’11, the residential advisor during MILE’s inaugural year, said the program gave her a broader view of other cultures. For example, after the disaster in Japan, Marcotte worked with other students to plan an event that celebrated Japanese culture through a calligraphy demonstration and Japanese food. “I formed several friendships with international students I probably would not have met if I had not been a part of this program,” she added. These types of connections are what MILE is all about, according to Stone. “The majority of our programs are open to the public, and we encourage any student that has a passion for learning about different cultures or just meeting interesting people to join us.” NOV 13
Irish Delight Last spring, senior Zach Wade set off to Ireland for a semester-long adventure, studying at Burren College of Art in County Clare. Wade created this landscape, Perspective, from his photographs of the Giant’s Causeway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site made up of thousands of interlocking basalt columns that were the result of an ancient volcanic eruption in Northern Ireland. Visit fyi.mica.edu for more images of MICA student artwork from overseas. GLOBAL 21
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