Thursday

Cultural Transitions Workshop for students studying abroad in Spanish-speaking countries
3:30 to 5 p.m.
Marvin Center rooms 413 and 414

Student Excellence Awards
7 p.m.
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom

Friday

Panel on retention of minority students
Speakers include Debra Harris, director of admissions for the Graduate School of Education and Human Development, and Michael Tapscott, director of the Multicultural Student Services Center
6 p.m.
Marvin Center room 310
Sponsored by the Black Graduate Student Association

Mount Vernon Poetry Festival
3 to 5 p.m.
Post Hall, Mount Vernon Campus

Saturday

International night of food and performance
7:30 to 11 p.m.
Hippodrome

Sunday

Israel remembrance ceremony honoring Israeli soldiers
7:15 p.m.
Jack Morton Auditorium, Media and Public Affairs building