PNW Global Engagement

Support International Program initiatives this year during the annual

Next Wednesday, April 24th (4/24/24), please follow these steps to help PNW students explore their and around the globe!

1 - Visit the PNW Day of Giving website: https://dayofgiving.pnw.edu/
2 - Click on any of the following, DONATE, GIVE NOW, or MAKE A GIFT boxes, and the system will redirect you to a giving page.
3 - Select to give to PURDUE NORTHWEST PRIORITY INITIATIVES and then select “OTHER”
4 - Type in the fund “PNW International Program Gifts” or the designation number: 025819
5 - Then press “proceed to payment.”

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As part of our AAPI Heritage Month Celebrations, join us tonight for our Asian Kitchen Tasting Event with dishes of Vietnam, Mongolia, Thailand and more, also featuring chopsticks tutorials and calligraphy with members of the Chinese Student Association - first 20 participants will receive their own chopsticks! Check it out: https://cglink.me/2rh/r382057

Event Details:
Wednesday, April 17th (today)
Griffin Hall, room 334
Doors open at 5:30pm

Food and activities offered free to PNW community, while supplies last.

Come celebrate the start of International Education Week with us today at Global Groove!!

Get Your Global Groove On TODAY by celebrating the many diverse cultures at PNW with an evening of food, music, dance, and cultural exchange!! Now until 7PM in Alumni Hall

TODAY!! Halloween is coming to Alumni Hall.
Boogie down with Student Life from 6:00pm-9:00pm.

https://cglink.me/2rh/r376304

This is family friendly event with special activities planned during the first hour. Halloween Costumes are encouraged!
Enjoy festive foods, games, dancing a costume contest!

After the event, be sure to head over to Late Night Madness beginning at 9:30pm at the Fitness and Recreation Center!!

The Indian Student Association at PNW proudly hosts the return of Diwali celebration to campus!!

Come out and support our Indian students and this wonderful cultural event - limited seats available if you do not have tickets.

HAPPY DEEPAVALI!

Hey Hey Hey the party is about to BEGIN!! Get to Alumni Hall for our HoCo 2022 Stoplight Party with blacklight effects! Come single (green), taken (red), or complicated (yellow). All students welcome!! Food, dance, photo booth, and games until 10pm.

Throwback Thursday!!! Our annual Global Groove cultural celebration then and now: (top) group photo taken April 18th 2012 and (bottom) group photo taken November 15th 2021!!

Check out this popular tradition, Friendsgiving Friday, as traditional-style Thanksgiving meal with PNW friends, this Friday. Sign up to reserve a seat at the table!

Friendsgiving Friday
November 19 at 12 - 2 p.m.
Griffin Hall 334

Enjoy a friendly pre-Thanksgiving lunch with Housing and Student Life! Eat, give thanks and swap stories about Holiday Traditions. Open to all in the PNW Community.

Friends-Giving Friday is a time to gather together, share a meal and hang out! We will be serving turkey*, stuffing, veggies and of course dessert!

Eat, chat, challenge a friend to a game of LIFE and then have dessert!

Make sure we order enough food by registering at https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9v2tUpshfPDWptI

*vegetarian options available

Do any of our former international students still live in or around Northwest Indiana, who can help me place orders and obtain paperwork from the following Global Groove restaurants:

Tandoor
Ali Baba Market
Fortune House

event date: November 15th

materials needed and orders confirmed by November 8th

Initial outreach has been made; help needed with follow-up asap - please email [email protected] or send message over Facebook.

Thank you!

PNW's annual Halloween festivities return to Hammond campus, today (!) Thursday, October 28th. We hope to see all students and family members come out for a howling good time!!👻🎃

Calling all past and present PNW International Students!!

Global Groove Meeting Invite(virtual option available):

**Please join me tomorrow, Friday, October 22nd in SULB 301 or via Zoom (details at the end of this email) from 12:30PM to 1:30PM**

Discuss plans, food, and activities for our upcoming Global Groove event on November 15th, as well as other event ideas for International Week, and more. I will have SULB 301 - third floor of the Student Union & Library Building, room 301 tomorrow, Friday (10/22) from 12:30pm to 1:30pm. Come, learn about our international event traditions, and how you can become a part of it all!! Student Life has the funding to order catered foods from local international restaurants. We need your help to choose the right international foods to order. We have hired a DJ for the November 15th event. We need your help to choose the right international music and dance. We have reserved tables for international student groups to have cultural displays and activities. We need your help to participate and represent your home country and culture.

Student/faculty/staff volunteers are needed from the following countries:

India
China
Saudi Arabia
Nigeria
South Korea
Canada
Spain
Ecuador
Taiwan
Germany
Pakistan
Brazil
Mongolia
Mexico
Australia
Vietnam
Bangladesh
United Kingdom
Egypt
Serbia
Sweden
Ghana
Thailand
Ireland
Iran
Belgium
Madagascar
Colombia
Italy
Trinidad
South Africa
Bermuda
Zambia
Macedonia
Angola
Lebanon
Egypt
Turkey
Jordan
If we have left any out, please come forward. We need your participation, too!! 😊

Meeting reminders: Today, Wednesday, October 20th and Friday, October 22nd; 12:30pm to 1:30pm in SULB 301 (additional meetings can be added!!

Global Groove will be held Monday, November 15th from 4pm to 7pm on the Hammond campus in Alumni Hall.

Feel free to enlist the help of your friends and classmates!!

If you are unable to meet with me on Friday, please let me know when you’re available and I will set up more meetings!!

Here is the Zoom option:

Brooke Hewson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Global Groove info session
Time: Oct 22, 2021 12:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 948 2509 2925
Passcode: 623193
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Rain or shine, the festival will go on tomorrow!!

Now located in the Hammond campus parking garage.

Location UPDATE: Hammond campus parking garage

Celebrate as PNW explores the history and culture of our local and national Hispanic and Latinx communities.

Friday, October 15 from 5:00 – 9:00 pm
Hispanic Heritage Month Festival
Hammond Campus, PARKING GARAGE

The Festival will feature entertainment, vendors, interactive games and activities, and free food while supplies last!
Food from Mas Tacos in Highland and Tania’s Latin American Restaurant in East Chicago

Pan Dulce and Café de Olla from Chartwells

Photo booth from 219 Productions

Live band Impacto Boricua and DJ Umbe

Games and family activities

Dancers from Ballet Folklorico Yolotzin

Market with local vendors, including ROCKaBLOCK, Art by Danny Ponce, Stoned by Mireya, Art by Anali, and CP Nova Artistry LLC

PNW Global Engagement updated their business hours.

In an effort to respond to the needs of the PNW international student community, the offices of Global Engagement, Advancement, Dean of Students, and Housing have collaborated to offer relief to international students affected by the pandemic:
• Emergency funds, contingent on availability and likely not more than $200.
• Preferential access to the PNW food pantry. A food distribution is planned for Thursday, May 28. Those who request food assistance will be given further instructions.
• The opportunity to live in the University Village residence halls with deferred rent for at least two months.

Please complete the application form using the link below. Important: Complete the form even if you have already requested funds from the Office of the Dean of Students.

Here is the link to the emergency funding request form:
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All we want to do is Zoom a Zoom Zoom Zoom with you!!
Join us online tonight for online socializing fun, social distance- style.
We will see you at 9pm!

https://zoom.us/j/9317039828?pwd=VEtOWE8yd2tNdHdDYVArdzhudExndz09

Meeting ID: 931 703 9828
Password: 539546

International Club - Finals Week Edition!!
New time: 9:00PM

All are welcome to hang with us tonight online via Zoom!

Topic: International Club Meeting
Time: 9:00 PM Central Time

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/9317039828?pwd=VEtOWE8yd2tNdHdDYVArdzhudExndz09

Meeting ID: 931 703 9828
Password: 539546

Bring a friend. Bring your favorite quarantine snacks, stories, recipes, challenges, show and tell items, questions and concerns, etc. Bring YOU.

Finals week can be very stressful so today we will be watching a comedy movie to ease our mind, you don't want to miss it!

To our College of Technology graduates, here is a special message for you (be sure to turn your volume ON): https://www.facebook.com/692670124170049/posts/2448434465260264/

COT Spring 2020 Graduates Congratulations Congratulations to the Purdue University Northwest College of Technology Graduates! The faculty and staff honor you!

Happy weekend and YAY for completing your final exams and projects!! Even though the semester is coming to an end, we are still here for you and want to stay connected!! Email us any time at [email protected] and keep in touch with us here of Facebook.

Now, let's play a game!!!

International Club - Finals Week Edition!!
New time: 9:00PM

All are welcome to hang with us tonight online via Zoom!

Topic: International Club Meeting
Time: 9:00 PM Central Time

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/9317039828?pwd=VEtOWE8yd2tNdHdDYVArdzhudExndz09

Meeting ID: 931 703 9828
Password: 539546

Bring a friend. Bring your favorite quarantine snacks, stories, recipes, challenges, show and tell items, questions and concerns, etc. Bring YOU.

Finals week can be very stressful so today we will be watching a comedy movie to ease our mind, you don't want to miss it!

The Office of Global Engagement would like to extend this special invitation for graduating international students:

Virtual Graduation Celebration - next Tuesday, May 12th at 1:00pm (U.S. Central Time). Check your PNW email for complete details.

Introducing, “Small Talk Mondays”

Beginning today at 12:30pm (U.S. Central Time), and lasting until 2:00pm, sign on and speak to other students about anything on your mind –

Zoom link and details:
https://zoom.us/j/96220408220?pwd=OVhhT1kvRGErL3FFRFM3OEZJMjNGdz09
Meeting ID: 962 2040 8220
Password: 0EBYYy

It's Thursday!! And you all know what that means...
INTERNATIONAL CLUB - online via Zoom - invite a friend!

Topic: International Club Meeting
Time: 07:00PM United States Central Time

Join Zoom Meeting:
https://zoom.us/j/9317039828?pwd=VEtOWE8yd2tNdHdDYVArdzhudExndz09

Meeting ID: 931 703 9828
Password: 539546

We have our first Quarantine Bingo WINNER!!
Congrats, PNW student Fabiola Cortes!!
If you have a winning Quarantine Bingo card, please send it via email to [email protected]

In the meantime, please remember to join our amazing team of Global Ambassadors online this evening for our weekly virtual International Club gathering via Zoom:

Topic: International Club Meeting
Time: 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/9317039828?pwd=VEtOWE8yd2tNdHdDYVArdzhudExndz09

Meeting ID: 931 703 9828
Password: 539546

More boredom busters and interactive virtual activities coming soon!!!

Happy Monday

Please note that the Indiana stay-at-home order will be extended to May 1. Remember, that we are in this together, and we are here for you!! You can reach the OGE staff, including Global Ambassadors, any time, online via email ([email protected] and [email protected]) or right here on Facebook!



Share your COVID-19 pic collages in the comment section below and we will re-share them for you!!

Let's have some fun with Quarantine Bingo!!!

Anyone can play - Simply choose Quarantine Bingo card 1, 2, or 3. Review the squares on your Quarantine Bingo card. Mark any of the squares that apply to you. As soon as you get a line of five in a row – you have BINGO!

Send an email to [email protected] indicating your winning bingo squares, with the subject line, “BINGO!”
We are all in this together. Let’s make it FUN!