[307] EVENING OF MULTICULTURAL FUN ON INTERNATIONAL DATE NIGHT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 11, 2009
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Shayna Taylor, sbt2g@mtsu.edu; Dr. Karen Petersen, 615- 494-8662, kpeterse@mtsu.edu

EVENING OF MULTICULTURAL FUN ON INTERNATIONAL DATE NIGHT Dinner and Dancing Event to Benefit International Students, Entrepreneurship

(MURFREESBORO) – The Society for International Affairs (SIA), an MTSU student organization, will present International Date Night from 7-10 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18, in the Tennessee Room of MTSU’s James Union Building. “We’re celebrating international students for their bravery in coming to the United States for their education and giving other MTSU students a chance to meet them,” says Shayna Taylor, president of SIA. Co-sponsors of the event include the MTSU chapter of ROTARACT, a club for young adults which strives to promote international understanding through friendship and service; The Interested Men of Lambda Theta Phi, Latin Fraternity, Inc.; and Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. ARAMARK and local international food vendors are donating food and beverages for the event. After dinner, the MTSU Salsa Dance Club will provide free salsa dancing lessons. All proceeds will benefit KIVA, a fund to benefit international entrepreneurs through the principle of microlending, and the International Student Emergency Fund, which was created to help international students with small, unexpected expenses. “For example, a student’s car got hit in the parking lot and the hood flew off,” Taylor says. “That’s the kind of emergency we’re talking about.”
Admission is $10 per couple or $5 per person. For more information, contact Taylor at sbt2g@mtsu.edu or Dr. Karen Petersen at 615-494-8662 or kpeterse@mtsu.edu.



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