{"id":4023,"date":"2010-02-08T10:33:42","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T15:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/?p=4023"},"modified":"2017-06-22T10:54:10","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T15:54:10","slug":"international-showcase-promotes-intercultural-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2010\/02\/08\/international-showcase-promotes-intercultural-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"International Showcase promotes intercultural awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4031\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2010\/02\/08\/international-showcase-promotes-intercultural-awareness\/attachment\/gaw10\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/GAW10.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"398,233\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A woman leads students in an African dance at the first International Showcase in October 2000.\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/GAW10-300x175.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/GAW10.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4031\" title=\"A woman leads students in an African dance at the first International Showcase in October 2000.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/GAW10-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"A woman leads students in an African dance at the first International Showcase in October 2000.\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/GAW10-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/GAW10.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Music, dance, food and presentations will be featured during the International Showcase on Feb. 15.\u00a0 The showcase kicks off the 10th annual Global Awareness Week, which will focus on diversity and harmony.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the showcase is to promote intercultural understanding, according to event coordinator Yufeng Wang.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(The showcase) helped enhance international understanding to help students get connected to other cultures \u2026 and prepare them for coping with for future success in an interconnected world and a globalized world,\u201d Wang said.<\/p>\n<p>In previous years the showcase has been held on Saturday, at the end of Global Awareness Week.\u00a0 This year the event will be held on Monday. Wang hopes that having the showcase at the beginning of Global Awareness Week will allow more students to be involved and participate.<\/p>\n<p>The event will begin with a fashion and language show followed by music and dance from Africa, the Middle East and Europe, as well as martial arts from Eastern Asia.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4030\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2010\/02\/08\/international-showcase-promotes-intercultural-awareness\/attachment\/gaw8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/GAW8.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"330,224\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"President Steven Johnson, then a Provost, speaks to students at the first International Showcase in October 2000.\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/GAW8-300x203.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/GAW8.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4030\" title=\"President Steven Johnson, then a Provost, speaks to students at the first International Showcase in October 2000.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/GAW8-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"President Steven Johnson, then a Provost, speaks to students at the first International Showcase in October 2000.\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/GAW8-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/GAW8.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cThere is a lot of community involvement,\u201d Wang said.\u00a0 \u201cThere will be cultural and international organizations present at Sinclair, like the International Peace Museum, the World Affairs and so forth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is the 10th year for both the showcase and Global Awareness Week.\u00a0 Wang helped initiate the events in 2000 when she was chair of the International Education Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt that we needed to have a thematic celebration of international culture, like an annual event,\u201d Wang said.<\/p>\n<p>The event has been held every year since its conception.\u00a0 The first festival was promoted as \u201can opportunity for students, faculty, staff and community members to participate in a variety of cultural and academic activities aimed at world awareness and international understanding.\u201d\u00a0 In its first year, international films and pictures were featured during the week, according to Wang.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we focus on two (activities) basically, and that\u2019s the issues\u2014wonderful presentations during the week, and then we have the International Showcase with performances and cultural displays and food and so forth,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s showcase will be held on Feb. 15 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the lower level of Building 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music, dance, food and presentations will be featured during the International Showcase on Feb. 15.\u00a0 The showcase kicks off the 10th annual Global Awareness Week, which will focus on diversity and harmony. 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