International Day to bring culture, events to GCSU

International Day will be held on Oct. 28 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Front Campus. Many different tables and events of different cultures, traditions and lifestyles of people from around the world will be on display.

According to Libby Davis, associate director of the International Education Center, International Day will be a part of an entire week of different events related to traveling, studying and learning about the many nations abroad.

This will be the main event for that week, but students can expect to see many opportunities throughout the week to get involved and educate themselves on the international programs and the different cultures that surround them at GCSU.

“Anyone can participate in the event. We have students around the community visit from local elementary and middle schools,” Davis said.

Davis hopes the event will also attract students who aren’t involved with the International Club. She explained that anyone could actually be a participant as well as just an observer.

“(International Day is) sponsored by the 100 students that make up the International Club,” Davis said.

The club is filled with GCSU students from different countries as well as from the United States.

At the event, there will be games to play and performances to watch, as well as different food to eat at the many of the display tables.

One day there will be an Opportunities Abroad Fair, which is an informative event on how students can study abroad and decide where they would enjoy visiting.

There will be information given on the different scholarships GCSU offers for students who are interested in studying or working somewhere abroad.

“We will also hold a photo contest in which students who have traveled from different countries will submit their pictures from their trip,” Davis said.

Not all of the details are worked out yet, but Davis is hoping for another really successful turn out this year.

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