2011/12 - Bechtel International Center - Stanford University

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Talk: Biodiversity and Humans’ Well Being:
Lessons from Latin America and Africa
(Center for Latin American Studies)
Talk: Eggsploitation (The Clayman Institute)
Talk: Flemish contributions to the settlement
and discovery of the New World (Belgica)
Talk: The Things I Wish I Knew Before
the Job Search (Society of Black
Scientists and Engineers)
Talk: Under Rich Earth (Student’s
for Sustainable Stanford)
Talk: Revolutionary Ideas of Marx
(Stanford Says NO to War)
Turkish Film Series – Spring Quarter
(Turkish Student Association)
VA postdocs BBQ (Stanford University
Postdoctoral Association)
Victoria Day BBQ (Stanford Canadian Club)
VIPSF Study Group (Japanese
Students Associaton)
Women in a New Land (Film Documentary)
Summer Quarter Events
Due to budget constraints and facilities maintenance,
we closed in the evening after 5 PM and stayed
closed on weekends during the summer quarter.
RIDDLE FAMILY FOUNDATION
SUPPORTED EVENTS
In 2011/12 we were able to offer the following
programs with the generous support from the
Riddle Family Foundation, which supports events
that bring together international and US Students.
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Graduate student lunches with faculty
• April 10 Walter Falcon
• April 23 Paul Kim
• May 3 Dave Evans
• May 10 Kathryn Stevens
• May 15 Robert Siegal
Santa Cruz Bus Trip
Thanksgiving Soiree
• Undergraduate student lunches with faculty
• Feb. 7 Steven Boxer
44 Bechtel International Center Annual Report 2011/12
• Feb. 16 David Abernathy
• Feb. 24 Daniel Fisher
• March 6 Harry Elam
BILLIE ACHILLES EVENTS
The Billie Achilles Fund provides support to international
student organizations to offer programs encouraging
interaction and cultural exchange between people of
various backgrounds including the local community.
Please note the Achilles Fund directly funded the screening
of multiple matches of the Rugby World Cup.
During the academic year of 2011/12 the Fund
supported 40 events by the following organizations:
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Argentinos at Stanford
AHA at Stanford
ASHA for Education
Asian American Graduate Students
Association of Chinese Students and
Scholars at Stanford University
Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics
Chilean Stanford Student Association
Columbian Student Association
Cultural Interaction Club
European Association at Stanford
French Stanford Student Association
Filipino Graduate Student Association
Hellenic Association at Stanford
Hong Kong Student Association
Pakistanis at Stanford University
Persian Student Association
Ragapella
Romanian Student Association
SPICMACAY
Stanford African Student Association
Stanford Canadian Club
Stanford German Association