International education day at PHCC today

By Times Staff Writer
Published November 28, 2007

COUNTYWIDE

Pasco-Hernando Community College will hold an International Education Day today at the New Port Richey Campus, 10230 Ridge Road. Events include:

- Virtual lecture: On the topic of globalization and the educational imperative from 8:30 to 11 a.m. in Room C205. The presentation will be a virtual meeting with Sang Xinmin, professor and doctoral adviser at Nanjing University, China; Kristen Snyder, senior research faculty member at Mid Sweden University, Sweden; and Kai Sung, professor at the National Central University in Taiwan.

- Art lecture: 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. David Kastner will talk on the potential of taking one's work worldwide.

- Foreign film: 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. Presentation of the filmTogether, directed by Chen Kaige. This film is in Mandarin with English subtitles about a 13-year old violin prodigy who moves to Beijing with his father.

All events are free and open to the public.

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