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Global Awareness Festival Feb. 9-12 Focuses on Pacific Rim
2/10/2015
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.
Tuesday
On Tuesday, Feb. 10, MCC geology students in Amber Kumpf’s class will offer a poster session entitled “Meet the Volcanoes of the Pacific Rim” at 10:15 a.m. beginning in Collegiate Hall with stops at the individual posters on the different Pacific Rim volcanoes situated along the College’s second floor. The “BBC documentary “Ring of Fire,” featuring the Forbidden Purple City and psychic surgery, will be shown at 12:30 p.m. in the Blue and Gold Room. From 2-3 p.m. in the same room, Kathy Tosa and Chef Zac Falor will offer “A Taste of Culture – Sample the South Pacific” where you can sample Umera – Tuna & Sweet Potato Patties – from New Zealand and Indonesian Spring Rolls. From 6:30- 7 p.m. in the Blue and Gold Room, a reception with Corn Fritters and Indonesian Fried Rice will be held prior to the 7 p.m. talk, “Living with Volcanoes and Earthquakes in Indonesia” by MCC adjunct instructor of geology Tami Enberg.
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.