{"id":27500,"date":"2024-11-06T11:02:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T16:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=27500"},"modified":"2024-11-06T11:02:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T16:02:17","slug":"marshall-university-to-host-61st-annual-international-festival-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2024\/11\/marshall-university-to-host-61st-annual-international-festival-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall University to host 61st\u00a0Annual International Festival Saturday\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"Signature\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The 61st Annual Marshall University International Festival is set to take place from 4 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, November 9th, in the Don Morris Room in the Memorial Student Center.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Celebrating West Virginia\u2019s oldest and longest-running International Festival is a beloved tradition at Marshall University. The event showcases the culture, music, dance and cuisine of nationalities represented by the university\u2019s international students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cPutting on an event that has been a long-standing tradition, not only for the state, but for Marshall University, is something I am very honored and proud to do,\u201d said Shaunte Polk, director of intercultural and international students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cThe International Festival is a wonderful opportunity to connect with others, broaden our perspectives, and celebrate the richness that international students bring to our campus and community.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Marshall University is home to international students from over 50 countries, and many of them will participate in the festival. Attendees can enjoy live music and join in a silent auction. The event is free and open to the public. Media are encouraged to attend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">For more information about the International Festival, visit\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/international\/2024-international-festival\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/international\/2024-international-festival\" data-outlook-id=\"400e0e15-f1bb-4ca2-aaaa-7990b20ebc7c\">www.marshall.edu\/international\/2024-international-festival<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 61st Annual Marshall University International Festival is set to take place from 4 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, November 9th, in the Don Morris Room in the Memorial Student Center.\u00a0 Celebrating West Virginia\u2019s oldest and longest-running International Festival is a beloved tradition at Marshall University. The event showcases the culture, music, dance and cuisine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27501,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27500\/revisions\/27501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}