Please save the date for Colorado State University’s third International Symposium to be held February 15-17, 2022. All sessions, speakers, and events will be free and open to the public. This year, the International Symposium will be hybrid and offer a variety of virtual Zoom and in-person sessions in the Lory Student Center, pending an evaluation at the end of January of the situation on campus with regard to COVID-19.

The International Symposium is organized by the Office of International Programs and will highlight the ways CSU students, faculty, staff, and partners add global dimensions to their teaching and learning, research, scholarship, and community engagement. Sessions at the International Symposium will cover a wide range of topics, including education, social and environmental issues, health, culture, diversity and inclusion, economics, language, and politics.

Tuesday, February 15

General Sessions

Lory Student Center, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Wednesday, February 16

General Sessions

Lory Student Center and Zoom, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Keynote Speaker: Lourdes (Lulu) Garcia-Navarro

Zoom and LSC Viewing Room, 1 – 2 p.m. 

Lourdes (Lulu) Garcia-Navarro is an award-winning journalist and currently a podcast host with the New York Times. She was a longtime NPR international correspondent based in Brazil, Israel, Mexico and Iraq, and the first Latina to host an NRP flagship show when she assumed the helm of Weekend Edition Sunday in 2017.

Thursday, February 17

Vice President for Inclusive Excellence Kauline Cipriani and Vice Provost for International Affairs Kathleen Fairfax discuss the interconnection between domestic and international diversity.

LSC Longs Peak Room, 9 – 9:50 a.m.

General Sessions

Lory Student Center and Zoom, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.