Friends of the International Center, at UC San Diego Newsletter

Volume XLV, No. 2 October 2017

President’s Column: Special Membership Vote

The academic year is off to a quick start with our volunteers and the In- ternational Center adding program offerings to accommodate the ever- increasing number of international scholars to our campus, projected to exceed last year’s numbers of 5,240 international undergraduates (28,127 total); 2,698 international graduates (5,071 total), and 2,853 international faculty and scholars for a total of 10,791 representing ninety-nine coun- RESERVE! tries. This number does not include family members. Conversations with our administrators make clear the toll current SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 politics is exacting, and I regret that the University and others must re- GREAT HALL, peatedly take action to make basic tenets about nondiscrimination. That INTERNATIONAL HOUSE said, it is wonderful to be embedded with like-minded people who re- spect and value the importance of diversity and are willing to stand up JOIN US ON A TRIP TO for those that may not have a political platform. WITH A DELICIOUS $VDFHUWLÀHG8&6DQ'LHJRFDPSXVVXSSRUWJURXSWKH)ULHQGVOLNH CATERED DINNER RWKHUVDUHEHLQJDVNHGWRDPHQGLWVE\ODZVWRUHÁHFWWKH8QLYHUVLW\·V FOLLOWED BY revised Policy on Nondiscrimination, which states: AN ILLUSTRATED TALK BY PROF. CHRISTOPHER WILLS University Policy on Nondiscrimination: The University of California, in accordance with applicable federal and state laws DESCRIBING SOME OF HIS AND and university policies, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national HIS WIFE’S AMAZING origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy ADVENTURES IN , (including pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy or , , AND childbirth), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, OTHER OUT-OF-THE-WAY PLACES ancestry, marital status, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, or service in the uniformed services (including membership, application for membership, A FUNDRAISER FOR performance of service, application for service, or obligation for service in the FRIENDS SCHOLARSHIPS uniformed services). The university also prohibits harassment based on these protected categories, including sexual harassment, as well as sexual assault, TO MAKE RESERVATIONS: domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. The nondiscrimination policy http:// covers admission, access, and treatment in university programs and activities. FICAfrica2017.eventbrite.com

This column serves as notice of a Special Meeting for Members, RESERVATION DEADLINE, to be conducted by mail, on November 13, 2017, for the sole purpose WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2017 (continued on p. 2) Page 2

Special Membership Vote (continued from p.1) 7RJHWKHUZLWKDUHODWHGFHUWLÀFDWHIRUWKHÀVFDO\HDU of approving the above language to replace the of 2017-2018, our Friends President received this existing Nondiscrimination Policy set forth in Article OHWWHUGDWHG-XQHIURPWKH2IÀFHRIWKH XVI in our bylaws. You may review our current Chancellor: E\ODZV DW KWWSLFHQWHUXFVG HGXBÀOHVIULHQGV ),&%\ODZVSGI Dear Ms. Newmark, There will be no physical meeting and we need your participation/vote via e-mail or mail on or prior I am pleased to acknowledge the Friends of the to November 13, 2017. International Center as an official support group of I ask that you complete and mail the Nondiscrimi- the University of California, San Diego. I would also nation Policy Bylaw Amendment on the back page of this like to take this opportunity to thank you and the Newsletter as directed, or, if you prefer to vote elec- Friends members for their significant support of tronically, that you copy and paste the same informa- the International Center, and student scholarships, tion in your e-mail. Please note that your participa- as well as their contributions to the international tion is critical. experiences of our students both here and abroad. On a lighter note, I am excited about the coming For 50 years, the Friends of the International Center year’s events and opportunities for our members, have provided an integral part of the university expe- beginning this month with the American Regional rience for our international students and helped to 6RXWKHUQ WKHPHG )ULHQGV 'LQQHU 6RFLDO RQ 2FWREHU share the diverse cultural landscape of San Diego. 7thDQGQH[WPRQWK·V$IULFDQWKHPHG(WKQLF'LQQHU It is a pleasure to recognize you and the members DQG6FKRODUVKLS)XQGUDLVHURQ1RYHPEHUth. of your group for your continued efforts and com- Thank you for your anticipated endorsement of mitment. The Friends of the International Center diversity, are an invaluable resource of UC San Diego’s Katya international community. I wish you every success Katya Newmark3UHV),&#PDLOXFVGHGX with this and your future endeavors. With Kind regards, Pradeep K. Khosla Resale Chancellor Shop 7KH 5HVDOH 6KRS Donations team has enjoyed the extended sum- Friends Resale Shop 7KH)ULHQGVVFKRODUVKLSSURJUDPKDVVWDUWHGRIIWKHDFD- mer break. How- demic year 2017-18 with several gifts. We are especially ever, due to the demolition of the International Center appreciative both of the donation as well as the sentiment and associated parking lot construction, I had to empty expressed by Richard Fitzsimmons, brother of Jerry out the container in the beginning of August. The shelves Fitzsimmons, who wrote: “this donation is in honor and parts of the content were transported to a storage and memory of my mother, Nan Kehoe Fitzsimmons XQLWE\D8&6'PRYLQJWHDPDOWKRXJKTXLWHDIHZ (1909-2008), on the ninth anniversary of her death. All LWHPVZHUHEURXJKWWRWKH6KRS7KHFRQWDLQHULWVHOI WKHEHVWZLVKHVLQWKHLPSRUWDQWDQGVLJQLÀFDQWZRUN was also to be moved, but still remains where it has WKH)ULHQGVGRRQEHKDOIRILQWHUQDWLRQDOVWXGHQWVµ been all along. We hope to get the use of the container Our most recent contribution came from Nona back before opening day. Crampton, who, it seems, is making this an annual 7KH6KRSUHFHLYHGDORWRIJUHDWGRQDWLRQVRenate KDSSHQLQJ7KDQN\RX1RQDIRU\RXUÀUPEHOLHILQWKH Schmid-Schoenbein and Daniela Schmitt helped me importance of scholarships! organize some of these. We are teaming up to ready 6HYHUDO SHRSOH PDGH D GRQDWLRQ WR WKH 8& 6DQ WKH6KRSIRURXUUHRSHQLQJRQ6HSWHPEHU0RVWRI 'LHJR)RXQGDWLRQGHVLJQDWLQJWKHLUJLIWWRWKH)ULHQGV our team members will continue to volunteer—yay! scholarship account. We are most grateful to: Laurette I do have one or two volunteer openings on Tuesday VerbinskiDQGWR8&6'JUDGXDWHVNiki Zamora (2002) afternoon. If you are interested, please contact me at: & Trevor F. Henthorn (1990). VKRS),VGHGX Marion Spors

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Springtime in Africa —by Chris and Liz Wills with Photos by Chris

:HÁHZRYHU9LFWRULD)DOOVLQ Throughout the trip we were a helicopter surrounded by rain- able to photograph unusual ani- bows. mal behaviors and some of the In the green and mountain- world’s most spectacular birds. ous central African country of The juxtaposition of ancient land- Rwanda we visited sites of the scapes and ancient hunter-gath- great genocide and trekked to see erer ways of life gave us a vivid the mountain gorillas. These gen- JOLPSVH RI KRZ RXU VSHFLHV ÀUVW tle primates, which are severely emerged in this richly-endowed Rwanda dance festival threatened, are now being pro- part of the world. tected and are starting to thrive in We invite you to join us at the Rwanda’s rainforests. Great Hall in I-House in retracing Along the way we saw an as- our trip. To fortify you along the tonishing variety of animals and ZD\\RXZLOOEHVHUYHGDPDJQLÀ- birds, all reveling in Africa’s mag- cent Africa-themed repast (details QLÀFHQW VSULQJ :H VDZ ]HEUDV follow). Proceeds from the eve- and gamboling in Tan- QLQJZLOOJRWRWKH)ULHQGV6FKRO- zania’s Ngorongoro Crater at the DUVKLS)XQGDQG\RXZLOOKDYHD KHLJKW RI WKH ZLOGÁRZHU VHDVRQ chance to hear from some of the Namibia giraffe And we went hunting for wild scholarship recipients about their honey with the Hadza, another of adventures around the world. A few years ago, we went on Africa’s remarkable hunter-gath- For reservation information, an unusually extensive safari erer peoples. please see p.1. through southern and eastern Africa. We drove through the country of Namibia in Africa’s southwest. We saw ostriches striding across the world’s largest sand dunes, vast herds of fur seals on the 6NHOHWRQ &RDVW DQG SODQWV WKDW had survived the pitiless heat of WKH1DPLE'HVHUWIRUDWKRXVDQG years, along with the amazing ’s highlands and Etosha Park. ,Q%RWVZDQDMXVWWRWKHHDVW we explored the world’s largest inland estuary and went hunt- ing and gathering with the !Kung Egyptian ibis landing on a Tanzania hippo tribespeople. These people have VXUYLYHG LQ WKH .DODKDUL 'HVHUW Food In Africa Varies As Much As The People Do! for the better part of a hundred —by Liz Wills thousand years, since the time that their ancestors parted com- Eating locally sourced foods may be new for us, but in less developed pany with the ancestors of the rest parts of the world, it is what people have always done. No refrigerated of us. trucks, no airfreight, not even networks of paved roads. And Africa is

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so vast, there are few dishes that is rare in the desert. DUH 3DQ$IULFDQ 6RPHWLPHV UH- 7KH GLVKHV DW RXU 6DWXUGD\ gional dishes do spread. Jollof rice November 4 Ethnic Dinner will RULJLQDWHG LQ 6LHUUD /HRQH EXW LW EH PRUH UHÁHFWLYH RI$IULFD·V XU- is now part of the cuisine of the EDQ VFHQH WKDQ RI WKH EXVK %DU- tribes of all of West Africa. ring last minute substitutions, In , we had stews the Pan-African menu will fea- served on injera bread that were ture West African pumpkin soup just like those available on El Ca- with a peanut garnish, Nigerian MRQ %RXOHYDUG LQ 6DQ 'LHJR ,Q suya (skewered meat), West Afri- Namibia, we pigged out at a buf- can jollof rice, Namibia morogo (a fet that featured the same animals OHDI\JUHHQYHJHWDEOH DQG6RXWK that we had come halfway around African malva pudding. Wine the world to see. We had NOT and rooibos tea, a caffeine-free expected to eat , kudu, GULQNDOVRIURP6RXWK$IULFDDUH crocodile, or oryx (the best!), but included. HQMR\HG WKHLU GLVWLQFW ÁDYRUV &RVW)ULHQGVPHPEHUV# JULOOHGRQD%%4 FRPPXQLW\#8&6'VWXGHQWV !Kung lady According to Mimi Holland, DQGLQWHUQDWLRQDOVFKRODUV# who wrote The World on a Plate, ZRXOGWDNHSODFH%LJEXIIHWVZHUH Reservations: there are few distinctions among a thing of the past now that food sauces, soups, and stews in West was so scarce. FICAfrica2017.eventbrite.com Africa. They have similar consis- ,Q %RWVZDQD ZH ZHQW RXW Deadline: October 25, 2017 tencies and are eaten with fufu, with !Kung tribespeople to look yams, or rice. Fufu is a carbohy- for food. The young men with us drate base of pounded starches or threw rocks at iridescent to roots that accompanies soups and knock them out of trees and then stews. It is usually served in a big URDVWHGWKHPLQDÀUHSLWZKHQZH October Calendar ball from which people break off got back to camp. The truth is that bits to shape as an edible spoon. the beetles were burnt and full of Oct. 4, 18: Family Orientation, The food depends on the ash when we got to eat them, and 9:15 economy. In 1994, Chris remem- you would need to eat buckets Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25: Wednesday bered seeing lots of food and full to earn back the calories that Coffee, 10:00-Noon prosperity in Zimbabwe and bare you expended in catching them. shelves and hungry people in The !Kung ladies were able to Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25: Mommy/ neighboring . At that time, ÀQG JRXUGV EXULHG DERXW D PH- Daddy & Me, 1:45-2:45 =LPEDEZH ZDV VHOIVXIÀFLHQW LQ ter underground, and excavated Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26: Everyday food. On our recent trip, the situ- them with their bare hands. The English, 10:00-11:30 ation had reversed, so that the ÁDYRU ZDV YHU\ GHOLFDWH OLNH D shelves in Zimbabwe were so bare watery radish, and the gourds Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27: Friday Chat, WKDWZHFRXOGQRWHYHQÀJXUHRXW were a good source of moisture in 10:00-Noon what they had been selling. the desert. Oct. 7: Friends Dinner Social, The manager of the resort Our last food experience 6:30 where we stayed had to get up was hunting for wild honey with very early to go grocery shopping young men of the Hadza tribe near Oct. 10, 17, 24, 31: Gus’ Table, in Zambia, the country next door Lake Eyasi in Tanzania. The mi- English Conversation, 10:00- where things had turned around crobiomes of this tribe have been Noon completely. He would buy just studied, and they differ greatly Oct. 10, 17, 24, 31: FIC Craft enough to feed the hotel guests. IURPRXUV%XWOLNHXVWKH\FUDYH Circle, 1:30-3:30 This resort, overlooking the gorge sweetness. We checked out every of the Zambezi below Victoria WUHHEXVKVKUXE WR ÀQG D VPDOO Oct. 10: Yoga Class, Noon-1:00 )DOOV ZDV EXLOW E\ DQ $PHULFDQ beehive, and the small honey- Oct. 12, 19: Cooking Class, friend of ours, to be a place where comb was divided amongst all of 9:00-Noon weddings and big celebrations us…a little taste of sweetness that

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Mommy/Daddy Family Orientation & Me —by Nancy Homeyer —by Mariko Usui 2YHUWKHFRXUVHRIWKHVXPPHUSHRSOHDWWHQGHG)DPLO\2ULHQWDWLRQ 6RPHRIWKHUHJXODU0RPP\'DG- In addition, there were lots of children and an occasional spouse. The G\ 0HNLGVKDYHWUDQVLWLRQHGLQWR number of school age children with their parents is high in August, as schools. We will miss seeing them families arrive early to settle in and see about school for the children. in the class and hope they are going 7KHQ6HSWHPEHULVHYHQEXVLHUDVPDQ\LQWHUQDWLRQDOIDFXOW\DQGVFKRO- to enjoy this new stage of their life. DUVFRPHRQ6HSWHPEHU7KLV\HDUWKHUHZHUHVSRXVHVH[SHFWHGWR )RUVHYHUDORIRXULQWHUQDWLRQDO arrive on that day. All has gone well so far, though on two occasions we volunteer moms—Bree Chunha- EDUHO\ÀWLQWKHURRPZLWKDOOWKHYROXQWHHUVVWDQGLQJ ras, Srisiri Siriwanarangsun, and Huanwei Cui—this was their last VXPPHU ZLWK 0RPP\'DGG\  0H 0DQ\ IDPLOLHV YLVLWHG WKHLU Wednesday Morning Coffee respective last class to show appre- ciation of their two-year leadership “Wednesday Coffee has had a fun contributions and to wish them bon- summer and despite the leaders’ YR\DJH)RUWXQDWHO\LQ6HSWHPEHU various vacations, we managed to two new volunteers joined our KDYHDQDFWLYLW\HYHU\ZHHN6RPH leadership team; they are: Chu-ying weeks we had more participants Lin from Taiwan and Mayo Kodera than others, but we feel we served from . our constituents. We are now plan- QLQJ WKH )DOO 4XDUWHU DQG KDYH Making friendship and kumihimo bracelets was one of Wednesday Coffee’s enlisted several of our international summer projects YLVLWRUVWRWHDFKDFODVVµ6RZURWH the program chair, Georgina Sham, from . To this, Lynn Jahn, who has stepped in for Georgina while the latter is enjoying a well-deserved vacation, added: “We have been the last stop IRU)DPLO\2ULHQWDWLRQKRSLQJWRHQFRXUDJHQHZFRPHUVWRVWD\DQGSDU- ticipate in the day’s projects. We offer them coffee and food to make them Crafters show off zippered pouches they feel comfortable, and show them that the Coffee is a great opportunity to made under Lynn Jahn’s tutelage PHHWRWKHUVIURPWKHLUKRPHFRXQWU\µ Tuesday Afternoons Gus’ Conversation Table —by Jennie Chin —by Nori Faer The Craft Circle is doing well ever It’s been such an interesting summer. With a shortage of volunteers to lead since Lynn Jahn introduced sew- ZKLOHVRPHRIXVZHUHWUDYHOLQJ,LGHQWLÀHGJei Yoon Park as a possible LQJ SURMHFWV WR WKH JURXS 'XULQJ SDUWLFLSDQWOHDGHU0XFKWRP\GHOLJKWVKHHDJHUO\DFFHSWHGWKHMREDQG the summer, the sewing machines approached her new role with gusto and an impressive amount of prepara- have been in non-stop usage, and WLRQ6KHGRHVQ·WFRPHXSVKRUWRQLQWHUHVWLQJWRSLFVWRGLVFXVV5HFHQWO\ now that many have been trained on discussion centered on tension how to use the machines, a number and potentially related intestinal of the participants come in to work problems, leading to an explora- on their own projects and are able Friends Volunteer tion of what makes us nervous and to set themselves up independently, what we can do to better manage which is nice to see. Hours our anxiety. Jei has developed the Kristin Hannesdottir introduced for August skill to make sure everyone has an a beginner’s yoga class for partici- 446 = 2.53 FTEs opportunity to speak. The group pants from 12 noon to 1:00 p.m., enjoys her, as do Susan Graceman, which appears to be going well. Claire Harootunian, and I.

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Lou and Joan Adamo )ORZHUVUHÀHFWWKHHYHQLQJ¶VJROGHQWKHPH Mayank Chadha, Ruth Newmark, and Peter Braden The Value of Scholarships —by Ruth Newmark with photos by Lou Adamo, Katya Newmark, and Justin Costello

Katya Newmark and Alex Kershaw ¾,DPVRKRQRUHGWRUHFHLYHWKH)ULHQGVRIWKH,QWHUQDWLRQDO&HQWHUIHOORZVKLS,DPYHU\PXFKORRNLQJIRUZDUG WRPHHWLQJ\RXDQGWKHRWKHUPHPEHUVRIWKH)ULHQGVRIWKH,QWHUQDWLRQDO&HQWHUDWWKHVFKRODUVKLSDZDUGV ceremony.—Charlotte Beall3K'FDQGLGDWHLQFOLPDWHVFLHQFH6FULSSV,QVWLWXWLRQRI2FHDQRJUDSK\ ¾7KLVLVVXFKZRQGHUIXOQHZV,IHHOKRQRUHGWRKDYHEHHQDZDUGHGD)ULHQGVRIWKH,QWHUQDWLRQDO&HQWHUIHO- lowship.—Alex KershawIURP$XVWUDOLD3K'FDQGLGDWHLQDUWKLVWRU\WKHRU\DQGFULWLFLVP9LVXDO$UWV ¾That is wonderful news! Thank you! That will help immensely!— Haley Ciborowski3K'FDQGLGDWHLQ Public Health with concentration on global health ¾,DPVRH[FLWHGWRKHDUWKDWWKH)ULHQGVRIWKH,QWHUQDWLRQDO&HQWHUDUHZLOOLQJWRKHOSPHVWXG\LQ*HUPDQ\ It means so much to me to have this assistance. I cannot wait to meet some of the wonderful people who have helped make this happen.—Alexandria Vollhardt, Literatures of the World major, Revelle College, UHFLSLHQWRIWKH)ULHQGVDavid K. Crowne Memorial Scholarship

$V )ULHQGV 6FKRODUVKLS &RP- PDNHVWKHPIHHOYDOXHG%\H[DPSOH IURP&RORPELDDQG3K'FDQGLGDWH mittee Chair I am in the enviable I quote from an e-mail by Mayank LQWKH'HSDUWPHQWRI(FRQRPLFV position of receiving many words Chadha, here from ’s Nicobar “I am extremely grateful for the of thanks from our scholarship Islands, working towards a doctor- )ULHQGVRIWKH,QWHUQDWLRQDO&HQWHU recipients. Above are just a few ate in structural engineering and the for your support. I truly feel that the I received upon notifying the 26 UHFLSLHQWRIRQHRIWKHWZR)ULHQGV strong sense of community that the graduate, 4 medical students, and 2017 Ruth Newmark Scholarships. ,QWHUQDWLRQDO&HQWHUDW8&6'EULQJV 34 undergraduates that they were 6KRUWO\DIWHUWKH6FKRODUVKLS$ZDUGV forward is instrumental in making FKRVHQWRUHFHLYHD)ULHQGVRI 'LQQHU0D\DQNZURWH international students feel welcome the International Center scholarship. ´'HDU0UV5XWK7KDQN\RXIRU GXULQJWKHGXUDWLRQRIWKHLUVWXGLHVµ To know that a small sum of making us part of this very caring )RUXQGHUJUDGXDWHVWKHVFKRO- PRQH\  IRU JUDGXDWH VWX- )ULHQGVRIWKH,QWHUQDWLRQDO&HQWHU arship may well convince family that GHQWV  IRU XQGHUJUDGXDWHV  IDPLO\ 0RUH WKDQ ÀQDQFLDO DLG , study abroad is a worthwhile pursuit can bring happiness is rewarding, think this effort of yours and many and more often than not the scholar- but more often than not students RWKHUVDGGVXSWRRXUFRQÀGHQFH ship tends to lead to life-changing point out that our scholarship Thanks again from the core of my experiences. SURYLGHV IDU PRUH WKDQ ÀQDQFLDO heart. Kindly let me know if you ever %HFDXVHWKH)ULHQGVRIWKH,Q- benefits. Recipients stress that need me for anything that I could do WHUQDWLRQDO &HQWHU·V 0HPEHUVKLS WKH DZDUG ERRVWV VHOIFRQÀGHQFH IRU)ULHQGVDQG\RXµ 'LQQHU ZLWK LWV ODUJH VFKRODUVKLS launches them on the road of writing )RUDVLPLODUSRLQWRIYLHZ,HQ- awards component is such an im- grant applications, helps in garner- joyed getting this note from Daniela portant part of our annual activities, ing further awards, and, above all, Vidart, a 2016 fellowship recipient a fair amount of Newsletter space is

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devoted to its coverage. Added to this is the fact that the Newsletter serves as the primary source of the )ULHQGVKLVWRU\,QWKH6HSWHPEHU issue, I presented an overview of the evening, focusing on the elec- WLRQRI)ULHQGVRIÀFHUVIRU the guest speakers, and the general feeling of community experienced Bahram Kheramand, Jan Tuomainen, Medical students Bannett Muhoozi and noted by those present, not the Tony and Conrad Fung, Renate Schmid- and Susan Saev with Carol Robertson, least by several students. Schoenbein (back) who is seen shaking hands with the In this issue, I will concentrate Friends Tecle Kidane-Mariam scholar on the scholarship awards cer- VFKRODUVKLS SURJUDP WR ÁRXULVK emony, no doubt the highlight of We can all be proud that for our the evening. The scope of guests ÀVFDO\HDUZHPDGHPRUH has grown over the years, in large DZDUGVWKDQHYHU³WREHVSHFLÀF SDUW EHFDXVH )ULHQGV DUH JLYLQJ ZLWKDWRWDOYDOXHRI greater numbers of awards each Particular thanks go the vol- year, but even more because we unteers in our Resale Shop, to our have extended the guest list to in- Ethnic Dinner and Friends Din- clude both donors and scholarship ner Social teams, and to the many recipients of awards other than our generous individual donors who Nari Shin, Carol Smith, Luke Johns, and Taciana Durrant RZQ VRPH RI ZKLFK WKH )ULHQGV helped us accomplish this goal. 6FKRODUVKLS &RPPLWWHH KHOSV VH- And, of course, we thank our A special note of gratitude goes lect, others because the students’ University colleagues that partner WRWKHPHPEHUVRIWKH)ULHQGV6FKRO- accomplishments would otherwise with us in our joint support of in- arship Committee who read—with not be feted. ternational education. In particular, care—165 or so scholarship applica- )LQGLQJDYHQXHODUJHHQRXJK we thank the 2IÀFHRIWKH&KDQFHO- tions and helped choose not only proved to be a challenge, but with lor, Student Affairs, the Graduate the recipients of our own awards, WKHKHOSRIWKH&KDQFHOORU·V2IÀFH Division, the Medical School, but also helped in the selection of ZH VHWWOHG RQ WKH 0XOWLSXUSRVH the Financial Aid and Scholars many of the other scholarship re- 5RRPLQWKH6WXGHQW6HUYLFHV&HQ- 2IÀFH, the UC Education Abroad cipients present that night. I thank ter that by holding the initial recep- Program, University Develop- my fellow Committee members: tion in the adjacent courtyard could ment, UCSD Housing, Dining, Jeri Abernathy, Joan Adamo, Kim seat our 150+ guests. We did have and Hospitality, and, especially, the Burton, Kathy Hodges, Louise to explain to some of the scholar- International Center for all their Kauffman, Candace Kohl, Katya ship recipients that regretfully we KHOS³ÀQDQFLDODQGRWKHUZLVH Newmark, and Carol Smith, and could not accommodate spouses, express compliments to Gail Flies- VLJQLÀFDQWRWKHUVPHQWRUVRURWK- We thank each and everyone bach for making the scholarship ers they would have liked to bring, FHUWLÀFDWHV EXWDOOJUDFLRXVO\XQGHUVWRRG%\ who, despite the physical loss of The Committee couldn’t do adding some decorative touches, our International Center, made it the thorough job we expect of our- the rather barren room was made to possible for the Friends scholar- selves, if it weren’t for the letters of look festive, and the sound system recommendation written by faculty was excellent—far superior to what VKLSSURJUDPWRÀRXULVK:HFDQ and others, and certainly not with- we had been used to in the past. all be proud that for 2016-17 out the help of the university staff $V)ULHQGV6FKRODUVKLS&RP- we made more awards than involved in disseminating informa- mittee Chair, it fell to me to say a WLRQDERXW)ULHQGVVFKRODUVKLSVDQG few words before presenting the HYHU²WREHVSHFL¿FZLWKD preparing applications for us. )ULHQGV VFKRODUVKLS UHFLSLHQWV WRWDOYDOXHRI )ULHQGVDSSUHFLDWHKDYLQJVWDII Here, as then, I thank each and among our guests and hearing their everyone who, despite the physi- There are many others who UHPDUNV 6DLG Becky Burrola 6U cal loss of our International Center, support us in our endeavors; please *UDGXDWH6WXGHQW(PSOR\PHQW&R- PDGH LW SRVVLEOH IRU WKH )ULHQGV know that we appreciate you all! RUGLQDWRULQWKH*UDGXDWH'LYLVLRQ

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seated, among others, with two doctoral candidates in WKH+LVWRU\'HSDUWPHQWRQHLQ(OHFWULFDODQG&RPSXWHU (QJLQHHULQJDQGDQRWKHULQ6WUXFWXUDO(QJLQHHULQJ´, really enjoyed talking with everyone at our table, and was particularly interested in hearing about what the KLVWRU\DQGHQJLQHHULQJVWXGHQWVDUHGRLQJ6LQFHZH focus on administrative work, it’s refreshing to hear about the cutting edge research taking place right here RQFDPSXVµ 7KH YDOXH RI D )ULHQGV VFKRODUVKLS FDQQRW EH overestimated. This was best expressed by one of last year’s recipients, Olga Lazitski D 3K' &DQGLGDWH LQWKH'HSDUWPHQWRI&RPPXQLFDWLRQDQGDQDWLYHRI , who wrote: International Graduate Students “I want to thank the Friends of the International Pavimol Angsantikul Thailand NanoEngineering Center from the bottom of my heart. Your incredible Noni Brynjolson Canada Visual Arts KHOSLVQRWOLPLWHGWRÀQDQFLDOVXSSRUWWKDWLVVXUHO\ Valentina Calvache Colombia Literature extremely important. Your moral support is also vital Mayank Chadha Nicobar Islands6WUXFWXUDO(QJLQHHULQJ for me as an international student. You have done Ruth Newmark Scholarship HYHU\WKLQJWRPDNHPHIHHOFRQÀGHQWLQP\DELOLW\WR Taciana Durrant %UD]LO $QWKURSRORJ\ produce an important piece of scholarship, to deal with Alexander Kershaw Visual Arts my personal hardships, and to obtain a sense of belong- Sang Eun (Eunice) Lee 6.RUHD/LWHUDWXUH ing to the community I happen to live in now. Thank Xuanyi (Michelle) Ma &KLQD%LRHQJLQHHULQJ you for everything. And please keep doing what you Diane Lin Memorial Scholarship DUHGRLQJIRUXVDQGIRUWKHHQWLUHKXPDQLW\µ Daniel Ortiz Vélez &RORPELD%LRHQJLQHHULQJ Here follow the names, destination or country of Luna Fung Scholarship RULJLQDQGÀHOGRIVWXG\RIRXUSRVWJUDGXDWHVWXGHQWV Manel Palos Pons 6SDLQ &RPPXQLFDWLRQ Udit Parekh India E & C Engineering Ivana Polic History Kittiporn Rodvanich 7KDLODQG7KHDWUH 'DQFH Fitzsimmons Scholarship Wun Kiat (Justin) Tan 6LQJDSRUH%LRHQJLQHHULQJ Luna Fung Scholarship Duy Trinh  9LHWQDP3ROLWLFDO6FLHQFH

Domestic Graduate Students Charlotte Beall Arabian Peninsula 6,2 Peter Braden History Ruth Newmark Scholarship Garrett Bredell-DSDQ 3ROLWLFDO6FLHQFH Haley Ciborowski Public Health Julia Clark 7XQLVLD 3ROLWLFDO6FLHQFH Medical Students Banah Ghadbian7XUNH\-RUGDQ(WKQLF6WXGLHV Luke Burns 0H[LFR 6FKRRORI0HGLFLQH Luke Johns)UDQFH 3K\VLFV Bannett Muhoozi 8JDQGD6FKRRORI0HGLFLQH Carol & Stuart Smith Scholarship Tecle Kidane-Mariam Scholarship Lauren Linsmayer3DQDPD 6,2 Zoe Renner 6FKRRORI0HGLFLQH Omar Padilla 0H[LFR(WKQLF6WXGLHV Susan Saev  3HUX 6FKRRORI0HGLFLQH Jorge Ramirez 0H[LFR+LVWRU\ Matthew Sitek Anthropology We will report on the undergraduates next month.

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Lesvos, Greece in that leg. I was taken aback. This My name is Hedieh Matinrad and double meaning of a word had gotten I just graduated with an M.D. from me in trouble, because despite having UCSD School of Medicine. In my final spent time with these refugees, I had year of medical school, with the schol- forgotten the violence, war, and dev- arship that Friends of the Interna- astation they had escaped. tional Center graciously offered me, I Another notable story is of a was able to go to Lesvos, Greece and young Afghan man, who was living in volunteer at a refugee camp, both an abandoned building occupied by clinically and as a Farsi translator. a German Anarchist group, and re- The camp I attended is called purposed as a home for single male “Kara Tepe” and is mostly comprised refugees (a different refugee camp of refugees from Syria, Iraq, and Af- for single males exists on Lesvos, the ghanistan, though refugees from the Hedieh Matinrad with ERCI at a conditions of which are brutal). This Congo, Iran, as well as Kurdish refu- Greek refugee camp plump Afghan male asked me: “Doc- gees from multiple countries were tor, I want a pill that will curb my ap- also camp residents. There are many them, and advocate their needs to petite. I eat too much!” I proceeded to NGOs that run different services— the camp administration or NGOs. discuss with him that diet and exer- from food distribution, to washing ma- The children soon began to call me cise are the starting grounds of los- chines, sports, and children’s activi- “Khaleh Hedieh” meaning “Auntie ing weight, soon learning that his diet ties, while the Greek government is in Hedieh” and the teenagers, “Doktor consists of what the NGO provides charge of the camp’s administration. Hedieh” upon learning that I would him, and his exercise is limited by lack Emergency Response Centre soon be receiving my M.D. They were of equipment and space. It struck International (ERCI) was the orga- all so loving and excited to meet a me as such a universal shame that nization that kindly accepted me as fellow Farsi speaker who now lives people whose only aim is escaping a volunteer. It originally started as a in the States, asking me about my war, are mandatorily stuck on an Is- search and rescue crew, finding and own immigration story, which I used land, with limited resources, wasting bringing to shore boats of refugees as an opportunity to give them hope away—yet they continue to strive for crossing the water between Turkey for their future. I began to call one of and seek improvement in themselves. and the Greek island of Lesvos. ERCI the teenagers who is interested in DocMobile has clinic both at the has since expanded and now provides pursuing medicine, “Doktore Ayande,” previously mentioned, abandoned swimming lessons for children (initi- meaning “Future Doctor.” house and at a community center, ated by my fellow volunteer, Sarah My surprises continued into the a little ways from Kara Tepe Camp. Mardini, herself a refugee, who was a clinical work. I was in clinic with a I was fortunate enough to aid in the competitive swimmer in Syria), a clin- U.S.-based physician and nurse, both starting of a dental clinic by DocMo- ic, and many other ancillary services. white women who did not speak Farsi. bile where a German dentist and Additionally, I worked with an or- It was a privilege to be able to speak an Afghan refugee dentist were col- ganization called DocMobile that had to patients in my, and their, native laborating to provide dental services a mobile clinic on various locations of tongue. The majority of the concerns to community center attendees. Dr. the ißsland, serving anyone who need- were primary care or psychiatric is- S.H. is a dentist from Kabul, whose ed medical attention. sues. husband and brother were killed and My experience there began with One story that stands out is of she was forced to flee with her chil- surprises. As a native Farsi speaker, a middle-aged woman from Afghani- dren, her brother’s children, and her I quickly found out that Farsi-speaking stan who came in for knee pain. She elderly mother. She lamented telling residents of Kara Tepe (generally described the pain as a tir, typically me about her dental practice in Af- Afghans, Iranian Kurds, or Iranians) meaning shooting pain. It took some ghanistan. When I looked at her, I saw were delighted to have a volunteer time and further history taking for me my mother, I saw my aunt (an OBGYN there who could connect with them to learn that what she meant by tir in Iran), with so much intelligence, tal- in their own language, translate for was actually that she had been shot ent, and passion for providing health-

October 2017 )ULHQGVRIWKH,QWHUQDWLRQDO&HQWHU8&6'Newsletter Page 10 care to people. Yet Dr. S.H. has been this chain, Dr. S.H. was able to deliver would have a different attitude to- in this camp for 10 months, doing healthcare. ward the refugee crisis. basically nothing day in and day out. I would be remiss to gloss over I am grateful to have traveled to She was excited to practice again as the inspiring volunteers I met: people Lesvos and plan on returning once I a dentist and help the other refugees from Syria, Spain, , and the have completed my first year of resi- living at the camp. DocMobile was U.S,. who humbly offer their services. I dency in Internal Medicine, at which able to purchase some basic equip- learned so much from them, and had point I will function as a licensed phy- ment she needed, and although she the privilege of fasting during Rama- sician. Thank you so much for this op- needed translation help, it was em- dan with the inspiring Syrian swim- portunity. It was an awakening experi- powering for her to use her valuable mer, Sarah Mardini. ence. skills again. Humorously, at one point The strength and resilience I the Arabic speaking patient’s transla- witnessed in the refugees was some- In June 2017, Hedieh Matinrad tor translated to English, I translated thing I wish every American would moved to San José to start residency at from English to Farsi, and through see; perhaps then, as a country, we Santa Clara Valley Medical Center..

Ever since 2009, when she received a Friends study-abroad scholarship, Mabel Zhang and I have carried on an intermit- tent correspondence in which Mabel revealed that her undergraduate study at the University of Edinburgh opened her H\HVWRURERWLFVDQGDUWLÀFLDOLQWHOOLJHQFHSURPSWLQJKHUWRFRQWLQXHKHUSRVWJUDGXDWHHGXFDWLRQ %6LQFRPSXWHUVFLHQFH at UCSD in 2011), working towards a Ph.D. degree in robotics at the University of Pennsylvania. On the way, she has earned an MSE in 2013, has become a skilled teacher, and published several professional papers. Having heard from her friend Richard Chim about the planned razing of the UCSD International Center, she signed a 2016 petition to save it. In July of this year, I received a further update. Friends know Richard Chim well from his years of vol- unteering at our special events, and even after earning his Ph.D. in Physics this Spring, Richard returned on July 4th to help serve food at our celebratory picnic.—Scholarship Committee Chair Hi Ruth, Greetings from LA! How have you been? I am in LA for a few months to work on my thesis research and a publica- tion with a collaborator at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in the official form of an internship. I know I owed you an e-mail since my trip to Korea and Japan last October, and I drafted it, but I never had a Mabel Zhang and Richard Chim chance to organize my photos. So it never got sent, and foreign affairs. I learned so much and got interested in what now it’s outdated. It was a great trip overall; I really loved it kind of a person the Dalai Lama is, so when I saw that he and hope to visit Japan again some day. This year, my paper would be at UCSD again, I jumped on the opportunity. was accepted to the same IROS conference (International Richard Chim and I attended the public address. We Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems), so I will go sat as close to the stage as we could find seats, so I tried to Vancouver in late September. my best to get close-up photos of the Dalai Lama. In my A few weeks ago, I got a chance to go down to UCSD camera zoom, I could see him smiling like a child to different for the Dalai Lama’s public address. There were useful people in the audience. It was so great. takeaways for me personally, most notably his tips on be- Richard and I forgot to take a photo at UCSD, but we ing happy, being kind to others, and less “we vs. they” and made up for it this weekend when he briefly visited LA. We more “us as one” as far as diversity goes. A few months thought it might make you smile. ago, I read a book, The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong, written by Mabel Zhang his brother, Gyalo Thondup, for a time the head of Tibetan

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Hello, Greetings from Japan. I have been having a thrilling adventure in the land of the rising sun. Japan has a fascinating culture with a unique relationship with nature, technology, and humankind. I only wish I had more time to experience the culture a little while longer. The highlight of my trip so far has been my visit to the Ghibli Museum. I grew up on Studio Ghibli films thanks to the fact that Hawaii is pretty much submerged by Japanese culture. One of the first memories I have is of watching the animated film My Neighbor Totoro, back when I was in preschool. I still remember how I wanted to have a Totoro of my own. From that point on my progression and immersion in Ghibli films was pretty much assured. So, to be at the Ghibli Museum and to see the beginnings—the history of my childhood—was a dream come true. It was more like being in a playground or an amusement park than being in a museum, especially with how many of the activities were structured for young children. Well, that and the replicas of the workshops. It was fascinating to see the scene drawings of the various films, from the first to the very last, to see Gregory Loui the progression of the work, the polishing needed to make it into the masterpieces that they are. outside Ghibli Museum I am a little bummed that we didn’t get to take pictures though. It was also inspiring, as a speculative creator myself, to see the compiled works of one of the great speculative creators of our time. At first, I was resistant to take some of the themes that Miyazaki often uses within his films—themes such as nature, tragedy, and the moral ambiguity in the world—because I was just a young kid who didn’t know any better and who just wanted explosions and cool shit, but as I matured, I began to see the wisdom in Miyazaki’s works and the need for mature themes that can speak to everyone to create classic works that will not just stand the test of time, but also influence people in the real world. It was stunning to see how Miyazaki wove his themes into the fabrics of all his stories. Also, Miyazaki’s honorary Oscar was pretty cool. Gregory Loui, Global Seminar, Sixth College, Speculative Design major

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