McMurry University is full of unique, diverse students; but,\nsometimes it takes special opportunities to emphasize our beautiful diversity.\nHowever, there\u2019s nothing like a potluck, a symbol of difference in unity, to draw\npeople out of their shells with the smell of delectable food. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
McMurry\u2019s International Food Festival acted as a stage for a\nwide variety of students, faculty, staff, and other friends of the university\nto share foods from their cultures with the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The planning of the food festival was in itself a result of\ncooperation across boundaries. Three student organizations: McMurry\u2019s\nIntercultural Student Association (MISA), the Better Together Alliance (BTA),\nand the Campus Activities Board (CAB) came together to ensure that the festival\nwas a smashing success. In addition, there were even external businesses that\nprovided free food for the event, such as Spicy India and La Popular. With the\nhelp of all those involved, there was certainly no shortage of delicious food\nto go around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the volunteer chefs, Yuwei Bao, is a McMurry\nInternational student in her senior year. For the festival, she cooked kung pao\nchicken with fried rice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is my second year of doing this, and I just enjoyed\nsharing food because sometimes it is hard for people to understand your culture\nbecause culture can be a very rough thing to talk about, especially history and\nreligion\u201d said Bao. \u201cBut for food,\neveryone loves food, and you can definitely eat while you\u2019re sharing other\nthings.\u201d While she was serving food, Wei also had different Chinese phrases at\nher station, as another way to share different aspects of her culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marcus Ryser, the vice president of McMurry\u2019s Intercultural\nStudent Association described the International Food Festival as, \u201can\nopportunity for the international students to engage with domestic students. It\ngives them a chance to see that they might not be alone. It is also a chance\nfor domestic students to get to know other cultures and have the opportunity to\ntalk to these students that have cooked these types of spices or foods that are\nfrom other cultures that they may be from; it\u2019s a good chance to exchange\ndifferent kinds of knowledge.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marcus also spent his time during the food festival cooking\ncrepes, a traditional French dish. \u201cBy nationality I am Swiss, yet I have grown\nup with the French border fifteen minutes away and have been exposed to the\nculture a lot,\u201d said Ryser. \u201cI felt like I wanted to share something of my\npersonal background, but also something that is obviously very French and share\nit with the McMurry community.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not only was the food festival created with educational\npurposes, but it was also an exciting way to spend the evening and try\nsomething new. \u201cIt was good, and I had fun,\u201d said Agustin Rios, a senior\nEnglish and Writing major. With a line of people that stretched across the\nroom, waiting to try tasty food, I am sure there are many who would agree with\nhim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
McMurry\u2019s students are the heart of the university, and\nevents like these, where students work to come together and connect with one\nanother, are exciting signs of even better things to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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