International Fair Shares World with Mt. 91直播
November 14, 2019 - 03:51 PM
There was live music, cultural dress, flags from across the Earth, and a lunch for students willing to become more globally literate at the International Fair.
It was the biggest event for International Education Week, designed to increase students鈥� awareness of cultures across the world.
International Education Week is a national program put in action by the United States' State Department and the U.S. Department of Education.
But Mt. 91直播 may be the only school doing it like this. The International Students 91直播 puts this event on.
The live world music attracted attention from across the campus.
Even the Child Development program came out. The kids in day care loved it.
鈥淥nly about 1% of college students have the chance to study abroad,鈥� explained Darren Grosch, the Director of the International Student 91直播 at Mt. 91直播.
With hundreds of international students at Mt. 91直播, themselves studying abroad, Grosch said they, 鈥渞eally want to connect a local student with another student or employee from Myanmar or Tonga, for example. That way we can harness the great diversity of students we have to become a way for other students to learn about cultures across the Earth.鈥�
Students took a 鈥榩assport鈥� to the exhibits, put on by students, staff and even faculty, and had 鈥榓ction items鈥� to complete in order to get a stamp. The action items were designed to teach students something.
The library had people spin a globe, stop it with their finger and the computer would bring up information on that location.
鈥淲hat is an F-1 student,鈥� another asked. Students needed to find a fellow student on such a visa so they can learn how they can study abroad themselves.
Even professors brought their students for this learning opportunity.
If they learned three things (action items), out of a possible seven, they got a t-shirt.
A completed passport also got students a lunch of global cuisine.
Empanadas, fried bananas, wontons, and lumpia were some of the offerings. You could refresh the palate with Thai tea or cantaloupe water, as made in the Philippines.
332 students completed the passport. Well over 1,000 people stopped by to enjoy some of the festivities and educational opportunities.