Media Relations
Press Release:
MEDIA CONTACT: Linda Holtz
561-297-3029, lholtz@fau.edu
FAU to Host Asian Pacific American
Culture Day
WHAT:
Florida Atlantic University’s Office of
Multicultural Affairs presents the second
annual “Asian-Pacific American Culture Day”
WHEN: Wednesday, May 19, from 11a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE:
Florida Atlantic University
Traditions
Plaza on the Breezeway
777 Glades Road, Boca Raton
COST: Free and open to the public
CONTACT: For
information, contact Ingrid Jones at
561-297-3959
or
ijones@fau.edu
FAU will host a
celebration honoring “Asian-Pacific American Culture
Day.” The celebration will include Asian food tastings, the
Nirvana Student Club members who will perform traditional dances
from India, as well as a martial arts demonstration and Lion Dance
performance by Lee Koon Hung and Choy Lay Fut of the Kung Fu
Association. Geshe Konchog Kyab, resident teacher at the
Tubten Kunga Center for Wisdom Culture and the Study of Tibetan
Buddhism, will discuss the Buddhist celebration of Sakadawa, and
master storyteller Dr. Caren Neile, an instructor in FAU’s
department of communications in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of
Arts and Letters, will tell exciting Asian stories. Countries
and islands represented include Cambodia, China, India, Japan,
Korea, Malaysia, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, Hawaii,
Guam, Samoa and the Pacific Islands.
-FAU-
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and sites. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts 10 colleges: College of Architecture, Urban & Public Affairs, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science, the College of Business, the College of Education, the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Graduate College, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.
