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Global Awareness Festival Feb. 9-12 Focuses on Pacific Rim
2/12/2015
MCC’s 16th Annual Global Awareness Festival on Feb. 9-12 will focus on the Pacific Rim, a vibrant and dynamic economic and geographic area comprising over 48 percent of world trade, 58 percent of world GDP, and approximately 44 percent of the world’s population.
The Pacific Rim Region includes 44 independent nations along with Hong Kong, New Caledonia, and French Polynesia.
“In today’s ever-shrinking global society, understanding our international neighbors has never been more important,” says Katherine Tosa, director of international programs at MCC.
Each year, the Global Awareness Festival highlights a different geographic area of the world. The College hosts a series of activities, lectures and other events to bring awareness to that region’s population, culture, cuisine and political issues. All Global Awareness Festival events are free. For more information, call (231) 777-0376 or e-mail katherine.tosa@muskegoncc.edu.
Thursday
On Thursday, Feb. 12, an annual favorite, “Folktales and Fun,” will be presented from 1-3 p.m. in Collegiate Hall for youngsters by MCC students in the Children Literature class. The film “Ring of Fire” featuring a tea plantation and Borneo will be shown at 2:30 p.m. in the Blue and Gold Room. David Takitaki, an MCC adjunct instructor, will offer “Life on the South Pacific Island of Tonga” from 3:30-4:30 p.m. and again from 7-8 p.m. A reception with appetizers including Tonga Vanilla Bean Wings and Otai (a watermelon drink) from the South Pacific from 6:30- 7p.m.
The Bistro will offer Kapisi – Cabbage & Corned Beef in Coconut Milk & Otai (a watermelon drink) for $7.50 from 11:30am-1:00pm .
Continuing Events
Each day of the festival, international news coverage will be presented from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. in Collegiate Hall. The MCC Campus Food Service will be offering different international cuisine for purchase, international artifacts can be viewed in the Gerber Lounge display cases, and visitors can see more than 200 flags of different nations on display in the college’s hallways.