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Film Screening & International Education Week Kick-off Event Tonight!

Sean Cornell - Monday, October 27, 2025
 International Education 

International Education Week

Due to concerns for the safety of students, this fall marks the first time in 16 years that we have not been able to celebrate International Education Week with our normal flag display on the quad. Green League, Geography-Earth Science majors, International Studies majors, the GBLUES lab school, and other organizations have sponsored this program since its inception. Not being able to post the flags for all to see is unfortunate, but we understand the risks for this public display.

That said, we will post the flags and celebrate with an indoor display TONIGHT (OCT. 27, 2025) in Stewart Hall at 6:30 p.m.  We encourage everyone in Green League to attend and participate. 

We will be watching a short 35 minute National Geographic film called the Flagmakers and we will have an informal discussion following the film. There will be some refreshments and I think it will be fun learning experience for everyone. If you would like to watch the trailer, please do so here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKCN_ppi2yw 

So please join us and help us celebrate the start of International Education Week.

Other events this week are noted below. 

On Tuesday, October 28th at 6:30pm in Orndorff Theater in the CUB, there will be a study abroad discussion panel. If you are thinking about study abroad this is a perfect chance to hear about opportunities and other students' experiences.

Wednesday, October 29th from 5:00-6:00pm Supercharge Your Language Learning Journey is taking place. Learn about using comprehensible input in order to supercharge your language learning.

Thursday, October 30th there are two events taking place. From 3:30-5:00pm Immersion Afternoon will take place in the CUB MPR A. This is your chance to immerse yourself in cultures around the world! International food and drink will be provided to students. Then, from 7:00-8:00pm, Going Global: Working Internationally will occur over zoom! For those who are interested in working internationally, our panelists will be discussing how to do this, preparing to live abroad, and maintaining connections.

If you have any questions, please do not hestitate to reach Dr. Cornell.  srcornell@ship.edu 

History behind the display? The very first flag display was initiated by 3rd graders at GBLUES here on campus in 2009. They worked with Dr. Cornell and their teacher Mrs. Howland to research and make flags for university students who were born in other countries (it so happens that same year, they also had new students join their school from Haiti). They were interested to learn more about their new friends and college students. That first year about a dozen flags were hand-made and posted on the quad. The years that followed, we added more as we learned about still other students and their countries of birth. By about 2012, there were more and more flags and it became impossible to make all of the flags so we started to buy them. Each flag represents a student, staff, or faculty member who was born outside of the U.S. and the collective display is a physical reminder of the rich, diverse, globally connected nature of Shippensburg University.