Mid-Autumn Festival Album One
Sponsored by the College's International Students Association, Thursday's Mid-Autumn Festival offered the Wabash and Crawfordsville communities the opportunity to be immersed in the cultures and foods of seven Asian nations—China, Taiwan, Japan, Bangladesh, South Korea, Nepal, and Pakistan.
"The students' efforts resulted in a rich experience," said Director of Off-Campus Studies and International Students David Clapp.
"They worked hard in many ways to pull this together," Clapp said, noting that Nepalese student Jebin Gautam ’13 had to become an impromptu electrician to get the many lanterns to stay lit during the event. "The evening was a great example of international cooperation."
In the photo above, Ye "Jack" Yuan ’14 shows Brian McCafferty, Will Weber ’11, Steve Kleitsch ’11, and Professor Melissa Butler how Chinese "letters" are written and offers them the chance to try their own.
Juniors Reggie Steele and Adam Miller practice the Chinese song they would sing later during the event.
Wearing the traditional garb of his people in Vietnam, Hoan Nguyen talks with IT Services Director Brad Weaver.
Shijie "Sean" Guo ’14 demonstrates Chinese calligraphy to Jeff Bohorquez ’13 and Scotty Cameron ’14.
Steve Kleitsch learns from Jack Yuan how to write in Chinese.
Professor Kay Widdows tries her hand at Chinese writing under the supervision of Tian Tian ’11.
Filip Lempa ’11, who spent last semester studying in China, read a poem in Mandarin.
New Chinese Language Instructor Ssu-Yu Chou (with Tianren Wang ’13, Career Services Director Scott Crawford, and Bo Wang ’13) smiles approvingly as her class sings a song in Mandarin.
Layne Vansiegel, son of IT Services Senior Application Developer Mark Siegel, enjoys a Korean ball game during the festival.
Shun Umehara, attending Wabash on a one-year exchange program from Waseda Unversity, Japan, demonstrates origami technique.
Inbum Lee ’14 explains a traditonal Korean children's game to Professor Esteban Poffald.
Studying Chinese language this semester at Wabash and shown with their instructor, Ssu-Yu Chou, are Matthew Kennedy, Reggie Steele, Adam Miller, Anthony Buell, Thomas Ballard, Alexander Amerling, and Aaron Morton-Wilson.