PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College will celebrate International Week Tuesday through Friday with a special residency by visiting Kuwaiti Fulbright Scholar Fahad Al-Naser.
The events are free and open to the public and will take place on the main campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Al-Naser will give his main address “Family, Marriage, Values & Social Change: A Comparative Perspective in Traditional and Modern Societies” in the Pirate Union Building conference room at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The event will last an hour.
Al-Naser will also present with two Peninsula College professors in their classrooms.
The first presentation will be with Rita Lauer, professor of international studies, in a global issues class in
Room D-215 from 9:10 a.m. to 10:10 a.m. Tuesday.
The topic will be “Western Perception on Human Rights in the Muslim World.”
The lecture will be followed by a question-and-answer session.
A second classroom presentation will be with Lara Starcevich, drama and speech professor, in Room M-115 from 10:20 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. Thursday.
The two will address “Ethics and Morality in the Role of Public Speaking: A Cultural Perspective.”
Al-Naser received a bachelor’s degree from Kuwait University and a master’s and doctorate from Michigan State University.
Other International Week events include:
■ A special Flags of Nations ceremony in the Pirate Union Building cafeteria at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. The event is intended to welcome this year’s international students to Peninsula College.
■ The school’s Studium Generale program will present a program spotlighting the Peninsula College Foundation’s “American Conversations” guest speaker Ellis Marsalis, one of the premier jazz pianists in the world, in the Little Theater at 12:35 p.m. Thursday.
He also will perform that evening in the Pirate Union Building. “Ellis Marsalis, A Night in New Orleans” begins with cocktails and New Orleans-style hors d’oeuvres at 6 p.m. and the performance at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $125 per person and can be purchased at www.pcfoundation.ctc.edu or by phone at 360-417-6264. Proceeds will support college programs and provide scholarship assistance to students.
■ Peninsula College students Jibril Gude and Samuel Dafala will share their personal stories in “Escape from Sudan” in the Pirate Union Building conference room at 11:30 a.m. Friday.
The discussion will be facilitated by Peninsula soccer coach Andrew Chapman.
International Week events will close Friday evening with a screening of the Global Lens Series film “Becloud” in the Little Theater at 7 p.m.
The film is in Spanish with English subtitles.
General admission is $5.
For more information on International Week events, visit www.pencol.edu.
