Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

The Lawrence Tech campus community celebrated the cultural diversity of its student body with an international festival that started March 28 with a spirited celebration of Holi, the festival of colors, and concluded March 30 with the documentary “Salaam dunk” about a women’s basketball team in Iraq.

Holi is a traditional celebration of the coming of spring in India and other countries with a Hindu population. For centuries it has been celebrated by people throwing scented powder at each other.

Dean of Students Kevin Finn and his staff organized a Lawrence Tech version of this ritual outside the UTLC that gave students, staff and faculty the opportunity to enjoy a sunny spring day.

Other International Festival activities included:

• A World Dance Fair at the Ridler Field House with dancers representing countries from around the globe.

• International Career Solutions, a seven-day seminar series to help international students develop career skills outside their home countries.

• A Cultural Mosaic Panel Discussion in the UTLC gallery. International students described their home countries and talked about living in a different culture.

• “The Thrill of Victory” celebration of sports in the Science Building that included a talk by former major league baseball pitcher Frank Tanana and a documentary movie about a women’s basketball team in Iraq.

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