Monday night, the Office of Global Engagement and Residence Hall Council had a Lunar New Year celebration to commemorate the beginning of Chinese New Year.
With this event, more than three dozen students came in and out to eat, make arts and crafts, and play trivia games for a chance to be entered into a raffle for a gift card. Students were also treated to a variety of Chinese food options, including vegetable dumplings and lo mein, which proved to be quite popular.
Abigail Malin, Alyssa Brown and Sam Dempsey, all first-year students majoring in psychology had different reasons for attending, but all seemed to have a good time.
Malin said she was interested in the food provided. However, she arrived too late and the food had already been eaten.
Brown wanted to learn more about the celebration, as she didn’t know much beforehand, and Dempsey came at the prompting of her mom, who encouraged to be more involved on campus.
The trivia was interactive as students went around to each table to scan QR codes, encouraging people to mingle with one another.
As much as it was fun, it was just as informative. Aniah Austin, a first-year student majoring in business, was impressed with the food provided. She sampled everything, and enjoyed it all.
As different students piled in, they could all be seen making different crafts laughing and having a good time.
The success of the event was evident in the positive energy circulating throughout the room and K Pop music playing over the speaker.
