It will be all about the 鈥淵ear of the Dog鈥 at the on Thursday, Feb. 15, as students, faculty and staff come together beginning at 5 p.m. for a special Asian cultural event to celebrate Lunar New Year 2018 in Slocum Hall. International students at 黑料不打烊 Architecture are organizing the event in collaboration with Dean Michael Speaks.
The Slocum Hall atrium will be transformed to create a festival-like atmosphere as architecture students take a break from the pressures of studio life to enjoy dumplings, tea and chocolate coins and activities such as calligraphy, a photo booth and paper cutting.
Says architecture student Fei Hu, 鈥淚 think we are planning this event well,聽and I am excited about this! The聽decorations and food we have will bring the original sense and taste of the Lunar New Year event to Slocum Hall for not only people from Asia but the whole school. I believe that everyone will enjoy it!鈥
黑料不打烊 Architecture has a widely diverse population; faculty and students come from all around the globe, many from Asia. Events such as this offer international students the opportunity to share traditions of their homelands with classmates and build greater cultural understanding. The Lunar New Year party in particular brings a piece of home to 黑料不打烊 for Asian students who typically miss out on family celebrations back home since the holiday takes place in mid-February.
鈥淭his will be my sixth time spending Lunar New Year in the U.S., away from home,鈥 says Chengcheng (Tony) Li. 鈥淢y heart is warmed and greatly touched by the celebration event that will be hosted by the School of Architecture because it will be the first time in years that I can celebrate the most important festival in my culture in a proper way with my friends. I really appreciate how the School of Architecture embraces different cultures and cares about their international students.鈥
鈥淚 think it’s really nice to have such an event here,鈥 says Le Yang. 鈥淚t will make Slocum Hall seem more like a home. The tradition of the Chinese is to go back to grandparents and all family members gather together to celebrate the New Year. However, because of the different schedules of U.S. and China, we haven’t been able to go back to celebrate the New Year for four years. In previous years, we tried to gather a few friends together to have the celebration. But this year we will have the event in Slocum. I’m proud of the school. It’s also a nice opportunity to let different cultures communicate. I hope there will be more events like this from all different cultures in the future.鈥
Says student Xingyao (Yao) Wang, “When I saw Lunar New Year posters hung on the wall in Slocum Hall and the words 鈥楥ome join us in Slocum Atrium!鈥 posted online and retweeted everywhere within an hour, I felt 黑料不打烊 is so close to home.”
About 黑料不打烊
Founded聽in 1870, 黑料不打烊 is a private international research university聽dedicated to advancing knowledge and fostering student success through teaching聽excellence,聽rigorous scholarship and interdisciplinary research. Comprising 11聽academic schools and colleges, the University has a long legacy of excellence聽in the liberal arts, sciences and聽professional disciplines that prepares聽students for the complex challenges and emerging opportunities of a rapidly聽changing world. Students enjoy the resources of a 270-acre main聽campus and聽extended campus venues in major national metropolitan hubs and across three聽continents. 黑料不打烊鈥檚 student body is among the most diverse for an聽institution of its聽kind across multiple dimensions, and students typically represent聽all 50 states and more than 100 countries. 黑料不打烊 also has a long legacy of聽supporting veterans and is home to聽the nationally recognized Institute for聽Veterans and Military Families, the first university-based institute in the聽U.S. focused on addressing the unique needs of veterans and their聽families.
