Organization:
International Student Network
Current Mailing Address:
3568 Alice Lloyd, 100 Observatory Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone Number: 734.764.4992
SOAS Account Number: 935472

* The International Student Network is under the International Student Affairs Commission (ISAC) of the MSA.

Organization’s Chief Executive Officer:
Name: David Ng
Address: 3568 Alice Lloyd Hall
Phone: 764-4992
E-mail: ydn@umich.edu

Organization’s Chief Financial Officer:
Name: Yoshitaka Saito Matsuura
Address: 220 Cambridge House
Phone: 763.2997 (fax/tel)
E-mail: yoshi@ntfi.com

Organization’s Event Managers:
Name: Margaret Ochocinska
Address: Apartment 104, 1697Broadway Street
Phone:
E-mail: ochocins@umich.edu
Name: Emre Enginarla
Address: Apartment A2, 1865 Lake Lila Drive
Phone:
E-mail: eenyinar@engin.umich.edu

Name of Event: International Cultural Festival
Scheduled Date: September 21, 2000
Time of event: 11:00 am to 4:00 pm (5 hours)
Location: DIAG and Ball Room (Michigan Union), University of Michigan 
Target Audience: University of Michigan students (estimated number of participants is 3,000)
Admission Charges: No admission to this event will be charged

The purpose of the International Cultural Festival is to educate University of Michigan students and staff about countries other than the United States about their geographic location, society, religion, culture, and tradition by inviting all international student groups and multiethnic student groups to this event. This is an excellent opportunity for international student groups and multiethnic student groups to promote their organizations and events to the rest of the University of Michigan community. It is our hope to create an opportunity for students to come together to celebrate and share their rich cultural heritages with everyone on the University of Michigan campus.

The International Cultural Festival will feature international student groups from around the campus. The showcase will include international and multiethnic booths, multimedia presentations, international and multiethnic dance and music performances, games, raffles, and samples of international cuisine. The event will provide entertainment as well as an educational experience for the University of Michigan students and staff.

The International Cultural Festival will be held in the DIAG area. Each international group will be provided with a large outdoor booth, TV and VCR apparatus, and any other utilities they would need. There will be a central booth for the International Student Network (ISN), which will serve as the central information station where students can pick-up the festival programs, buttons, t-shirts, scavenger hunt questionnaires, and raffle registration cards. A central stage will be located in front of the Graduate Library and a large screen will be set up behind the stage with a central projector system.

Each organization will be responsible for providing ethnic food from their particular region. The food can either be located at the Ball Room where tables will also be set up and labeled with the appropriate international flag or the multiethnic group’s name.

Each international and multiethnic group will be responsible for decorating their booth, incorporating artifacts, costumes, etc., from their particular country or ethnic background. Each booth will also have a TV and VCR equipment, which can be used to display scenes or videos from each international region or ethnic background.

The International Cultural Festival will feature a scavenger hunt where each participant (students and other visitors) will be responsible for completing a set of questions (located at the central booth) about the representative countries and multiethnic groups. Clues will be provided in each booth. All completed questionnaires will be entered in a raffle, which will take place at 3:30 pm.

1^st prize - $150.00 / 2 winners
2^nd prize - $75.00 gift certificate to Mediterano Restaurant / 3 winners
3^rd prize - $50.00 gift certificate to Borders Book Store / 5 winners

Multimedia Presentations:

The International Cultural Festival will feature a central stage, located at the steps of the Graduate Library. Each international and multiethnic group will be invited to present a showcase event from their region or background (such as songs, dances, poetry, etc…) on the central stage. The International Cultural Festival’s Program will include a complete schedule of all the events that will take place. The multimedia presentation will also include a centralized screen and projector, which will show scenes from around the world in the spirit of the International Cultural Festival.