International Flavor

First Annual Global Fair Provides Opportunities
To Learn About International Education

To celebrate the launch of the new "Global and International Education" Web site, designed as a web portal for information addressing international relations within the campus community, International Services presents the first annual Global and International Education Fair from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 16 in the Salazar Quad.

The fair hosts several student cultural clubs and organizations, including the International Education Exchange Council, the International Business Association, the Spanish, French, and Indian cultural clubs and many more.

Tables will be set up with information regarding the upcoming sixth annual SSU Language Festival, the Study Abroad deadline, the Peace Corps, Phi Beta Delta Honor Society and the Sonoma State American Language Institute. Free lemonade and cookies will be served for those who wish to talk with students, staff and faculty about international education opportunities at SSU. For more information or to participate in the event, contact International Services at 4-2582

International Disko Highlights Sixth
Annual Language Festival

Cabaret numbers in Spanish, German, Japanese, French and francophone African languages will share the stage at the sixth annual Language Festival to be held at Sonoma State University from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 18.

New this year is the International Disko, which will take place the evening of the Festival. The Disko is a chance for students on campus who enjoyed the entertainment of the Cabaret to continue dancing into the night. In the first hour, the Disko will have a professional dance instructor teaching multicultural dances from many different countries. Spoken language is also a big part of the day, as local middle school and high school students compete in language contests with the encouragement and support of SSU students and faculty. MORE

ABOVE, SSU Japanese students performed three Japanese cabaret numbers at last year's Language Festival. Their number, showcasing very fast and skilled hand-clapping, was a real hit.

Celebration of Cultural Diversity
at First Multicultural Night

The Indian Cultural Club is hosting the first ever Multicultural Night on April 17 at 8 p.m. in the Cooperage. Admission is free. The event is a cultural celebration where each club will display a unique aspect of their culture in the forms of dance, fashion, song and more. The Indian cultural Club seeks to use this event to "cross all racial and cultural boundaries culminating in an explosion of diversity and entertainment."

Professor Lenny Strobel of the American Multicultural Studies department, and student Nick Jones, will be the two featured guest speakers, discussing diversity in the SSU community. All participating organizations will have recruitment tables with information about joining and contributing to the club.

For more information contact Areena Lal, President of the Indian Cultural Club at lal@sonoma.edu or (650) 353-1889. The event is co-sponsored by Asian Pacific Islander Organization, Black Scholars United, the Filipino American Association at SSU, and the Center for Culture, Gender & Sexuality.