While on his way to the Student Center in search of some food, Christian Martinez turns the corner and the collection of Latin American books sprawled across the colorful tablecloth featuring dancing skeletons catches his eye. He casually flips through some illustrations until he comes across a striking familiar one.
"This picture reminds me of a story that my mother told me when I was younger," said Martinez.
Students and faculty joined the festivities of El Día de Los Muertos on Nov. 2. This Mexican holiday is a time when friends and family come together to remember, pray for, and honor deceased loved ones. At the event, students participated in some of the popular traditions performed in the weeks leading up to the holiday, such as decorating candy skulls, crafting traditional paper picados, and creating marigolds out of tissue paper. The purpose behind this event, along with the monthly book club discussing Benjamin Sáenz’ Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe and presentations about the political climate in places like Puerto Rico, is to educate students about Latin American cultures. This regional …show more content…
The University of Hawaii in West O’ahu aims to increase opportunities for “meaningful cross-cultural engagement” on campus, where the student body consists of a mixture of ethnicities. Although the majority of students, 28 percent, at this branch of the university are Hawaiian, the 2014 report produced by the Institutional Research and Analysis Office suggests that the Filipino culture is the second most popular culture, at 21 percent, followed by 16 percent of students identifying as individuals of mixed ethnicities. Programs like Filipino Awareness Month are a chance to educate other students about different cultures through events where students can try delicacies like ube, pandesal, and
"This picture reminds me of a story that my mother told me when I was younger," said Martinez.
Students and faculty joined the festivities of El Día de Los Muertos on Nov. 2. This Mexican holiday is a time when friends and family come together to remember, pray for, and honor deceased loved ones. At the event, students participated in some of the popular traditions performed in the weeks leading up to the holiday, such as decorating candy skulls, crafting traditional paper picados, and creating marigolds out of tissue paper. The purpose behind this event, along with the monthly book club discussing Benjamin Sáenz’ Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe and presentations about the political climate in places like Puerto Rico, is to educate students about Latin American cultures. This regional …show more content…
The University of Hawaii in West O’ahu aims to increase opportunities for “meaningful cross-cultural engagement” on campus, where the student body consists of a mixture of ethnicities. Although the majority of students, 28 percent, at this branch of the university are Hawaiian, the 2014 report produced by the Institutional Research and Analysis Office suggests that the Filipino culture is the second most popular culture, at 21 percent, followed by 16 percent of students identifying as individuals of mixed ethnicities. Programs like Filipino Awareness Month are a chance to educate other students about different cultures through events where students can try delicacies like ube, pandesal, and