News & Events

International Student Welcome Lunch & Ambassador Appreciation

This September event for international students provides a time for meeting and learning about each other and UNMC.

Celebrate Culture!

An event called Celebrate Culture! is held in in conjunction with Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May. Interactive tables, representative of these countries, featured calligraphy, ddakji (a traditional game played using folded paper tiles), lantern making, liusu (tassel) making, origami and trivia.

Holi Festival

The International Student Association hosts the Festival of Colors, an annual spring event celebrating the Hindu Holi Festival. The event, symbolizing rejuvenation and optimism, celebrates the arrival of spring after winter, signifies the victory of good over evil, and, for many, a festive day to meet others, laugh, forgive and forget.

International Education Week

The annual International Week is a campus-wide event held during the fall semester and features customs, foods, and attire from a variety of ethnicities and cultures represented at UNMC. Ping-Pong and badminton tournaments are also part of the International Week festivities, which are organized by UNMC’s International Student Association.

2022 Schedule

Chinese Cultural Fair

The Chinese Cultural Fair is held every year around the Chinese New Year, providing an opportunity to to celebrate Chinese culture with food, crafts, games, music and dance. UNMC’s Chinese Scholarship Council students are the main organizers of the event.

International Photo Contest

Our annual photo contest, open to all members of the UNMC community, features photos capturing the culture, spirit and landscapes of other countries, inspiring adventure, cultural awareness and diversity. The 2022 grand prize winning photo, above, by Benjamin McIntire, depicts a choir in Tanzania leading a procession of congregation members to a newly constructed church building.

View the 2022 submissions