Cultural & International

Winter Solstice. Yule is the longest night and the shortest day of the year, and is the time to celebrate the return of the light. Some Wiccans consider Yule to be either the year’s beginning or the end. Yule is the solar turning of the tides, and the newborn Sun offers a fresh start and, literally, a new day. It’s a time of renewal and hope.

Celebrates the Jewish rebellion against the Greeks and the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem. Celebrated by lighting candles each night, singing special songs, reciting prayers, eating foods fried in oil, playing the dreidel game, and giving Chanukah gelt. Begins at sundown of the first day and ends at sundown of the last day.

Kwanzaa is an annual seven-day African-American and pan-African holiday celebration that takes place from December 26 to January 1. For seven days, a principle (Nguzo Saba) is reflected upon such as unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith.

A celebration of the biblical event of the Magi visiting the Christ child and bearing gifts to him and his family. It is usually celebrated with a large feast.

Commemoration of the Guru Gobind Singh, born in 1666, who was the tenth Sikh guru.

Because the Eastern Orthodox use the Julian Calendar and the Western churches use the Gregorian Calendar, Eastern Orthodox Christmas falls on January 7 in the Gregorian (Western) calendar. Christians believe the conception and birth of Jesus is how the Son of God became a human.

Join us to learn more about the Confidential Advisors at the Women's Resources Center while enjoying Chipotle!! Food is guaranteed for the first 20 attendees.

A conversation with Ukrainian American poet, scholar, and translator Oksana Maksymchuk on her debut English poetry collection, Still City: A Diary of an Invasion.

Celebrate the start of 2025 with three winter sweets and tea pairings featuring recipes from Wagashi: Season by Season, the latest wagashi cookbook by Professor Emeritus Kimiko Gunji!

The Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve (CMER): a pocket of hope in facing increasing threats in the Brazilian Amazon by Dr. Sabina Cerruto Ribeiro January 27, 2025 | 3 pm CTS | 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St

Join us at the WRC as we explore the complexities of ending relationships in a highly connected world. Pizza will be provided for the first 20 participants!

Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, beginners welcome!

Core Courses: STAT100, CHEM101 & 102, ECON 102 & 103, MATH 220/221

Also known as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival. Celebrated with a festival for families, decorating buildings with lucky red items, partaking in cultural activities, eating certain "lucky" foods, setting off firecrackers, and praying.

Please join the campus community for a discussion titled, “Rectifying "et al." History: The Women of Brown Project,” where Donna will discuss Oliver Brown, et al. vs. Board of Education of Topeka and the twelve female plaintiffs in the 1954 Supreme Court case. These twelve women played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement.

Join Gilberto Rosas (Anthropology and Latina/Latino Studies) for a lunchtime book discussion. Professor Rosas will briefly introduce his book Unsettling: The EI Paso Massacre, Resurgent White Nationalism and the US-Mexico Border, and then HRI will moderate a discussion.

Is this your first semester on campus? Looking into your options for financial aid or off-campus living? Well, we have a community of support that is ready and eager to meet you! Back by popular demand, join us at our upcoming Welcome Back resource fair event which will feature a ton of campus units, free giveaway prizes & more!

Come learn about our amazing campus units: Career Center Chez Veterans Center Counseling Center Financial Aid Grainger Library IDEA Lab Off-Campus Community Living New Student and Family Experiences Office of Undergraduate Research Writers Workshop Speakers Workshop MHC - Health education

Come learn about our amazing campus units: Career Center Chez Veterans Center Counseling Center Financial Aid Grainger Library IDEA Lab Off-Campus Community Living New Student and Family Experiences Office of Undergraduate Research Writers Workshop Speakers Workshop MHC - Health education

Join us for a special 5th Friday edition of Crafternoons as we honor the end of Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month with GLAM org, Dressember. Learn more about Dressember's efforts to prevent human trafficking while we decorate neckties to raise awareness.

Join the staff of the Women's Resources Center as we discuss the sci-fi novel "Annie Bot", written by Sierra Greer. During our conversations, we will explore what it means to be a woman navigating in a patriarchal society, and what does it mean to be human?