Mark your calendars! 33d Annual International Dinner has been set for Saturday, April 4, 2009! Location - St. John Catholic Church on Gornto Rd.

If you are receiving the International Student Scholarship your participation in the International Dinner is FREE and MANDATORY! ALL the International Students are welcome to participate and help with the preparations for the International Dinner. It is a great community-wide event and gives you a chance to meet over 200 VSU international students in one place as well as many guests from the community!

The International Dinner was begun 32 year ago as a way for VSU’s International Students to share part of their culture with the Valdosta community and HAVE FUN!!! It is a celebration of cultural diversity that can be found in Valdosta and you are a big part of this diversity! BE A PART OF SOMETHING BIG! PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL DINNER ON April 4, 2009!

Traditionally International Dinner takes place in Spring semester. International students provide buffet style dinner and a variety show featuring performances from different countries . You can view pictures from previous International Dinners by going to http://www.valdosta.edu/sis/activitiesSpring2005/International-Dinner-2005/index.htm

http://valdosta.edu/sis/activitiesSpring2006/Int_Dinner_March/Int_Dinner_March2006.htm

2006 and 2007 pictures can be found at http://www.valdosta.edu/vsu/stuorg/sis/?page_id=45

The dinner is open to all the members of the Valdosta community. Usually over 200 guests attend the event. There is a charge to attend the dinner but participants (YOU) get to enjoy the show and delicious food for FREE!!!

Again, participation in the International Dinner is FREE and MANDATORY ( if you receive a waiver).

You can participate in the International Dinner by doing one of the following:

1. Being a part of the Cooking Committee: Cooking a dish from your country. Contact Marcela atmileiva@valdosta.edu

2. Entertainment: Performing (dancing, singing, playing an instrument, etc). Contact Andrea ataroarios@hotmail.com

3. Decorations; Helping to Set up and Decorate. Contact Femke at fthiele@valdosta.edu

4. Publicity Committee: Working on Publicizing the event and selling tickets. Contact Antonija at atangar@valdosta.edu

In order to sign up for a particular activity and make sure that you understand what you are signing up for, YOU WILL HAVE TO ATTEND ONE OF THE TWO MANDATORY INTERNATIONAL DINNER MEETINGS:

On FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 at 3 pm at the CIP or on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 AT 6 PM AT THE CIP.

DURING THE MEETINGS YOU WILL BE SPLIT BY COMMITEES, MEET WITH THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS, AND WILL RECEIVE DETAILED GUIDELINES REGARDING YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES. This will also be a great opportunity to get all of your questions answered. The meeting should not take more than 30-40 minutes and on Friday it will follow the Coffee hour.

IF YOU ARE RECEIVING THE INTERNATIONAL WAIVER AND YOU FAIL TO ATTEND AT LEAST ONE OF THE MEETINGS (YOU ONLY NEED TO ATTEND ONLY ONE), I will assume that you are NO LONGER INTERESTED IN THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP.