Northwestern College to host Cultural Fair

The Northwestern College International Club will host its annual Cultural Fair on Saturday, Jan. 27. The public is invited to the event, which will include food and entertainment from around the world.

“The Cultural Fair is a wonderful opportunity to share the global cultures of the International Club with our Northwestern and greater community,” says Dr. Kevin McMahan, associate dean for intercultural development at Northwestern. “In addition to the international food and entertainment, the fair will include a fashion show, small gift shop and interactive booths.”

Northwestern’s International Club has selected the theme of this year’s Cultural Fair as “The Beauty of Difference.” “We are all different in some way, and these differences are what make the world beautiful,” says Ya-Wen Liu, president of Northwestern’s International Club.

Liu, a senior from Taiwan, adds that the Cultural Fair is an opportunity “to celebrate the cultural and ethnic diversity that is represented at Northwestern.”

The Cultural Fair will take place in the college’s Rowenhorst Student Center with dinner beginning at 5 p.m. A stage show will follow at 5:30 p.m. Admission is $13 for adults and $6 for children ages 8 and younger.

Northwestern’s International Club has nearly 200 members, 40 of whom are international students from nearly 20 different countries.

The college’s International Club, founded in 1975, was created to support students from different countries and promote learning about their respective cultures. The club is open to both international and U.S. students, and it uses events like the Cultural Fair to build relationships that help the Northwestern community experience and practice positive cross-cultural interaction.