{"id":12490,"date":"2012-04-23T14:49:25","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T18:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=12490"},"modified":"2012-04-23T15:58:53","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T19:58:53","slug":"2012-international-friendship-affair-a-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/04\/23\/2012-international-friendship-affair-a-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 International Friendship Affair a hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The International Friendship Affair brought together Macedonian dancers and Danish singers this year in a celebration of Arts Around the World Saturday, April 21.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really to highlight the international students and their contributions to our campus in terms of internationalizing the campus and bringing their cultures and their traditions to our university,\u201d said Michelle Streeter-Ferrari, director of the University Center for International Education (UCIE).<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari said that this year, Wright State has its highest number of international students to date. Between 850 and 900 students from around the world currently call themselves Raiders. They are from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, India, China, Libya and many other countries\u201462 in all.<\/p>\n<p>Below are just some of the rich and culturally diverse images from the 2112 festivity:<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12490 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/04\/23\/2012-international-friendship-affair-a-hit\/_wjj7421\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2012\/04\/WJJ7421-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of students parading through the Apoillo Room at the Srtudent Union with flags from their home country.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12484\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12484'>\n\t\t\t\tFestivities began with an international flag parade.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/04\/23\/2012-international-friendship-affair-a-hit\/_wjj7519\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2012\/04\/WJJ7519-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A student from Saudi Arabia waves the flag from his homeland.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12485\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12485'>\n\t\t\t\tA student from Saudi Arabia waves the flag from his homeland.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/04\/23\/2012-international-friendship-affair-a-hit\/_wjj7609\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2012\/04\/WJJ7609-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of students holding the flags representing the 62 countries which Wright Stat students call home.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12486\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12486'>\n\t\t\t\tStudents showed flags for their home countries, 62 in all.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/04\/23\/2012-international-friendship-affair-a-hit\/_wjj7691\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2012\/04\/WJJ7691-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of Danish performer Mads Larsen.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12487\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12487'>\n\t\t\t\tDanish performer Mads Larsen performed at the 2012 International Friendship Affair. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/04\/23\/2012-international-friendship-affair-a-hit\/_wjj7724\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2012\/04\/WJJ7724-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo fo Wright State University president David R. Hopkins with Sri Lankan students.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12488\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12488'>\n\t\t\t\tWright State University President David R. Hopkins visited with many international Raiders including these students from Sri Lanka.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/04\/23\/2012-international-friendship-affair-a-hit\/_wjj7800\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2012\/04\/WJJ7800-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Wright State student getting Indian mehndi art decoration on her hand.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12489\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12489'>\n\t\t\t\tStudents adorned themselves with Indian henna tattoos, a temporary design that is a symbolic representation of the outer and inner sun.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Friendship Affair brought together Macedonian dancers and Danish singers this year in a celebration of Arts Around the World Saturday, April 21. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/04\/23\/2012-international-friendship-affair-a-hit\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":12489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729,725,727,715,719],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-campus","category-home-news-sidebar","category-homepage-photos-and-video","category-news","category-special-categories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12490"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12515,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12490\/revisions\/12515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}