News & Events
Keep up on news about UNMC's community of international students and study abroad students.
Our Signature Events
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International Student Welcome Lunch & Ambassador Appreciation
This September event for international students provides a time for meeting and learning about each other and UNMC.
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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.
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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.
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International Education Week
The annual International Education Week is a campus-wide event held during the fall semester and features clothing, foods, music and traditions from a variety of cultures represented at UNMC. Walk through a global experience and discover what makes each culture unique, while also finding the connections that bring us all together. These events are organized by UNMC’s International Student Association.
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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.
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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 2023 grand prize winning photo above, by Devashri Gandhi, is titled "Purity of Soul."
D.J. and Janet Thayer Family Global Engagement Award
Introduction
The D.J. and Janet Thayer Family Global Engagement Award is designed to grow or build collaborations in global health and global engagement by full-time UNMC faculty. Global health and engagement involve the various ways faculty work to connect UNMC to the world through their teaching, research and service.
The D.J. and Janet Thayer Family Global Engagement Award provides up to $10,000 toward building or growing global partnerships or projects and may be used for travel expenses, conference attendance or coordination, publications, research projects, etc. that promote global health and global engagement.
Applications are closed.
Office of Global Engagement Announces International Photo Contest winners
The Potters Touch,” by Santosh Shrestha, is the grand prize winner of the Fifth Annual International Photo Contest.
Read Our Publications
Keep up with our news, important updates and events through our publications, including our annual reports, quarterly newsletters and monthly bulletins.
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