The Office of Multilingual Student Programs offers many events that connect students to the campus community.
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International Student Orientation (for F-1 visa holders) provides vital information to students and their parents.
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Students enjoy many off-campus experiences, such as apple picking, and get to know each other.
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These events are often traditional American experiences that many immigrant and international students have not yet experienced.
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Most events sponsored by Multilingual Student Programs are open to the entire campus community, so that all students can share experiences together and get to know each other.
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An autumn hayride is a beloved American tradition for any age.
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Students get to know each other as they try new things.
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Students have also visited the Amish House and Farm in Lancaster to learn about the local Amish community.
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Our trip to New York City was a highlight of the semester.
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Students visited the Tenement Museum to learn about the immigrant experience in the early 20th century and also toured the 9/11 Museum and Memorial.
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The NYC trip was open to the entire campus community but also linked to Mrs. Brown’s American Studies course (which is part of the Multilingual Student Course Cluster) and Dr. Gallagher’s American History course.
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Students also have the opportunity to attend Penn State’s all-campus Global Engagement and Leadership (GELE) conference at Bald Eagle State Park near State College, PA.
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Students must apply to attend this intensive, all-weekend conference that builds leadership skills and forms friendships across campuses.
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Over 75 students, faculty, and staff (from 19 different countries!) celebrated Penn State Brandywine’s Thanksgiving Feast on November 19, 2015.
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Attendees enjoyed a traditional Thanksgiving feast, complete with turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie.
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It was a time to give thanks and celebrate with the campus community.
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At our end-of-semester party, students built gingerbread houses.
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This team showed their Penn State pride.
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This year’s champions with their first-place gingerbread house.
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In January, students attended the Philadelphia Auto Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
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Some students grabbed lunch at Panera before heading to the Reading Terminal Market for dessert.
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Students at the gate to Philadelphia’s Chinatown
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In February, students planned, organized and hosted a Chinese New Year banquet for approximately 90 people on campus.
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At the event, some students taught everyone how to use chopsticks.
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Chinese New Year Banquet
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Attendees received traditional red envelopes.
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Student leaders prepared riddles for attendees to answer to win a lantern.
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At the March Board Game Break, participants learned the Indian game of Carrom.
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Others played Pictionary for the first time.
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The international student mixer at Dave & Buster’s was attended by students from both Penn State Brandywine and Penn State Abington.
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At Dave & Buster’s, students could play games and win prizes.
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In March, the Easter Bunny arrived for egg decorating on campus.
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Students decorating eggs
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Students decorating eggs
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Students at a question and answer session with staffers from Bernie Sanders' Senate office in Washington, D.C. One of the staffers is a Penn State graduate.
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Mrs. Ousey and Mrs. Brown in front of the Washington monument on our D.C. trip.
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In April, students attended the “Science of Pixar” exhibit at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
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During the last week of class, the campus celebrated Holi, the Festival of Colors.
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Students tossed colored powder on each other in a celebration of spring. They also enjoyed Indian food and music.
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More than 125 students participated in the color toss, and many others watched the festivities.