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The University Park Undergraduate Association released a statement Tuesday regarding the hate speech and racial slurs an Indian international student encountered on Sunday. This is not only unacceptable, but also traumatizing for the student, UPUA said in the statement. This may not be the first instance of discrimination on the basis of race here at Penn State, but we surely do want it to be the last.
The time and location of the incident was not shared in the Instagram post by the student.
According to the statement, the UPUA and the International Student Council have made joint efforts to support international students at Penn State and call the university to action.
April 6, 2021
By Deb Strohmaier, International Programs
More than 55 international flags were recently raised in the eerily empty Compton Union Building to honor and acknowledge Washington State University’s international community.
International students, scholars and their families on and off campus persevered during a year marked by a flurry of punitive U.S. immigration policies, the inability to travel internationally and the need to distance from others.
To honor the international community, which is currently spread around the world, members of WSU’s International Students’ Council are hosting a virtual International Education Week April 5 through 9 and have dedicated it to WSU’s students everywhere.
SIU will celebrate diversity during International Festival 2021
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by Christi Mathis
CARBONDALE, Ill. Southern Illinois University Carbondale will celebrate the diversity and inclusiveness that is intrinsic to the campus and represented throughout the region during International Festival 2021 next week.
“Celebrating Diversity: Together and Stronger” is the theme for the festival Monday through Friday, April 5-9, featuring a mixture of live and virtual events. All of the events are free and open to the public.
“Though International Festival may look and feel different this year, the virtual events planned and organized by the International Student Council will allow the entire world to join our celebration,” said Andrew D. Carver, executive director of international affairs. “The students could not have chosen a better theme for International Festival 2021. If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that we are all citizens of diverse and interc
Posted Mar 1, 2021 9:00 am AMES, Iowa A week of events, lectures and panel discussions at Iowa State University will focus on women: their strengths, contributions and challenges faced. Women’s Week 2021, scheduled for March 8-12, is part of Women’s History Month, with the goal of empowering and highlighting strong women around the world. ISU Student Government created Women’s Week in recognition of the need to empower women to continue fighting for equity and to take on leadership positions. Anna Olson, senior director of communications for ISU Student Government and junior in journalism and mass communication from Boone, says talking with women from around the world through her internship with the Iowa Resource for International Service inspired the series of events. Olson coordinated with Eliana Crabb, director of outreach for ISU Student Government and senior in hospitality management from Kenosha, Wisconsin, to brainstorm a way to bring awareness to the status of w