On the first night of Diversity Week, campus partners from all areas of Shippensburg University convened in the Ceddia Union Building MPR to “promote cultural awareness, appreciation, and understanding through music, food, crafts, demonstrations, and entertainment from all corners of the globe,” per the Diversity Week flyer.
Members of the SU community from over a dozen countries — including India, Greece, Ireland, South Korea and Germany — shared information about their countries’ culture with attendees.
Representatives from the Asian American Pacific Islander Organization (AAPIO), Peace Corps Prep, study abroad and the Frederick Douglas Institute also had tables at which students could interact.
“I learned how to play cricket from the India table, jegichagi from the South Korea table and knew more about Germany than I thought,” Jeremy Satyawan Putra, President of AAPIO, said.
There was also a sampling of different cultural eats available, including empanadas, Swedish meatballs, pierogies and spring rolls.
All Around the World was one of the most visited events of Diversity Week with just under 200 attendees, according to Manny Ruiz, SU’s Assistant Vice President for Inclusion and Belonging.
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