Surrey celebrates diversity with iFestival
Monday 25 February 2008
Between 25 February and 7 March the University of Surrey will be hosting iFestival both on campus and in the local community. This cultural event will feature a wide variety of events from a football tournament to henna painting.
In the past the Students’ Union has hosted the International Week which has always been popular, but this year the event has been redesigned and rebranded to include as many people and cultures as possible. There are students from over 130 different nationalities at Surrey so this is your chance to not only celebrate your own culture but to also learn more about the culture of others. We are all international to some degree and the iFestival is an opportunity to celebrate this fantastic aspect of life.
This year the iFestival has expanded to include events organised by students working on the Evolution Project. They have been working hard to organise a wide range of events including dance performances in the Friary Centre, an afternoon of Indian culture at Guildford College and a showing of the film Babel in the Helyn Rose Bar in the Students’ Union.
The final event of iFestival will be the iGala on Friday 7 March. For many, this is the highlight of the week, with International Societies getting the opportunity to perform the songs, plays and dances attributed to their countries.
Media Enquiries
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