{"id":70705,"date":"2017-11-10T09:23:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T19:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=70705"},"modified":"2020-01-16T15:52:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T01:52:02","slug":"uh-maui-college-international-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/10\/uh-maui-college-international-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"International food, exhibits and performances at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui College festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maui-international-festival-1.jpg\" alt=\"woman performing hula\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-70735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maui-international-festival-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maui-international-festival-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Celebrate global inclusiveness and diversity at iFest hosted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Maui College<\/a> on Thursday, November 16, 10 a.m.&#8211;2 p.m. at the campus Multipurpose Room in Pilina Building.<\/p>\n<p>In its sixth year, <a href=\"http:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\/studentaffairs\/public-invited-to-international-festival-at-uh-maui-college-food-sampling-exhibits-performances-scheduled\/\">iFest, which stands for International Festival<\/a>, is open to the public and will entertain and educate attendees with cultural dances, music, arts and food. The festival is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/iew.state.gov\/\">International Education Week<\/a>, celebrating the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s iFest will kick off with a parade of flags. Events scheduled throughout the day include Japanese obon and Korean K-pop dances, Hawaiian music and hula performances, an <span aria-label=\"ukulele\">&#699;ukulele<\/span> workshop, Japanese origami, Chinese Shaolin Gongfu and calligraphy demonstration. Cultural crafts and international themed games will also be offered. An ethnic food sampling is available, 11:30 a.m.&#8211;1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I invite everyone to join us at iFest. Help our students prepare for a global workforce and celebrate our diversity,&rdquo; said <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui College Chancellor <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/leadership\/lui-hokoana\/\">Lui Hokoana<\/a><\/strong>. &ldquo;<abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui College embraces new ideas, cultural exchange, effective communication and social empathy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hokoana said events such as iFest help students and the community gain understanding and respect for different cultures and backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>iFest is made possible by the International Club of Maui, Maui Language Institute and the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui College International Education Committee. For more information, contact <strong>Liping Liu<\/strong> at (808) 984-3328 or <a href=\"mailto:lipingl@hawaii.edu\">via email<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Kit Furukawa<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maui-international-festival-2.jpg\" alt=\"three people playing musical instruments\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-70734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maui-international-festival-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maui-international-festival-2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iFest, which stands for International Festival, is open to the public and will entertain and educate attendees with cultural dances, music, arts and food. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":70735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[134,60],"class_list":["post-70705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-international","tag-maui-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maui-international-festival-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70705"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109602,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70705\/revisions\/109602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}