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American Cultural Events

Intercultural Student Life hosts events that highlight parts of American and Â鶹ÊÓƵ culture. The goal of these events is to help international students learn more about the culture they are living and studying in and have fun ways to participate in American traditions. 

Fall 2024 Events:

Homecoming Weekend

Homecoming is an American tradition that welcomes alumni back to their high schools and colleges. Homecoming can be a week-long or weekend-long event that often centers around a central activity, like a sporting event. At Â鶹ÊÓƵ, Homecoming is celebrated for a weekend in the Fall semester around a home American Football game. The weekend includes other events though, like the Homecoming Parade, Tailgating, and the Kiss on the K. You can learn more about Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Homecoming and see all the events during that weekend, by visiting the webpage linked here.

To learn more about this fun American collegiate tradition and get involved in it, attend any and all of the following:

EventDayTimeLocationAbout
Intro to Homecoming SessionThursday, Sept. 265:30-6:30 p.m.The M.A.C.C. (Memorial Athletic and Convention Center), room 298 (meet at the front of the M.A.C.C. and we will all walk to the room together)Learn more about Homecoming, American Football rules, and Volleyball rules. Pizza provided! !
Volleyball GameThursday, Sept. 266-8 p.m.The M.A.C.C. (Memorial Athletic and Convention Center)Watch the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Women's Volleyball team take on Eastern Michigan!
Homecoming ParadeSaturday, Sept. 2810:30-11:30 a.m.Main St. KentMarch in the parade with the International Student Council, or just watch!
Homecoming TailgateSaturday, Sept. 2812-3 p.m.Dix Stadium Parking Lot (we will be located at the front near the gate into the stadium)Join us and many others before the game for free food and fun!
Homecoming GameSaturday, Sept. 283:30 p.m.Dix StadiumWatch the Men's Football team take on Eastern Michigan! During the first half of the game, sit with other international students in a section together behind the end zone. The section will get livestreamed on the Jumbotron during the game and someone from Athletics will check in to see if you have any questions. During the second half, sit with everyone in the student section. Student tickets to the game are FREE, but you do need to reserve a ticket;
Halloween

Halloween is celebrated on Oct. 31 every year. While this is a holiday celebrated in many countries, in America it is celebrated through things like dressing up in costumes, carving pumpkins into Jack-o-Lanterns, watching scary movies or going to haunted house attractions, and trick-or-treating.

To celebrate Halloween at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, you can dress up and attend Flashes Trick-or-Treat Day! On Thursday, Oct. 31 from 3-5 p.m., you are invited to go office to office collecting candy throughout the lower level, first floor, and second floor of the Kent Student Center and the first floor of the Library. All students and children of students are invited to attend. This is similar to the American trick-or-treat tradition where children go door-to-door in their neighborhoods collecting candy. The first 500 attendees will receive a free event tote bag to collect their candy in! Then from 4-6 p.m. in Kent Student Center room 218, join FAB for the Flashes' Boo Bash after party! There will be snack, games, and photo booths.

Spring 2025 Events:

Event details forthcoming.