International club brings culture to CSC campus

Over midterm break, October 19-23, the International Students Club will be visiting Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium. The club also discussed other upcoming events, such as birthday celebrations for club members during its meeting Thursday.  The zoo is noted for its iMax theater and variety of animals, and is rated as the no. 1 Zoo in the World, August 2014, by TripAdvisor.

Club members with birthdays in summer months will celebrate with a potluck dinner and cake in the Red Room at 6 p.m., Friday, Sept. 11.  All members are invited.  Birthday celebrations for members whose birthdays fall in the fall, winter, and spring months have not been set yet. A new event, a henna tattooing party, is planned sometime this year, but the details are still undecided, said Bethany Bergstrom, senior of Axtell.  Annual events such as the food-tasting party, pumpkin carving, and cookie decorating will occur this year as usual, but the details also are undecided.

President of the club, Bethany Bergstrom, said this club is open to all students, not just international students.  She also said that there are no official requirements to join the club, but added that attending meetings and participating in events whenever possible is encouraged.  Meetings are usually in the Scottsbluff room in the Student Center at 11 a.m. on Thursdays. Bergstrom also noted that students can follow the club’s activity on its Facebook page, CSC International Club.

The Facebook page states that the International Students Club promotes cultural diversity while giving students from around the world an opportunity to have a place they can call home.

It also encourages students from the United States to interact with and understand students from other cultures.