{"id":4255,"date":"2016-02-08T13:07:38","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T18:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=4255"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:21:47","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:21:47","slug":"international-student-services-hosts-cultural-awareness-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/08\/international-student-services-hosts-cultural-awareness-events\/","title":{"rendered":"International Student Services Hosts Cultural Awareness Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/02\/Intercultural-Intimate-Relationship.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4256\" class=\"broken_link\"><\/a>The Office of International Recruitment and Student Services at Missouri Western State University will host two upcoming events to raise awareness about issues faced by students from different cultures. A session on intercultural romantic relationships will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10 in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum 218-219. A session called \u201cA Day with an Accent,\u201d regarding misconceptions and stereotypes based on how people talk, will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18 in Spratt Hall, room 203. Both sessions are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>The session on relationships will take a look at the unique and unexpected challenges that may arise when two people from different cultures are brought together by love.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/02\/A-Day-with-an-Accent.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4258\" class=\"broken_link\"><\/a>\u201cA Day with an Accent\u201d will feature speakers for whom English is a second language. They will share their experiences and challenges.<\/p>\n<p><em>Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\">www.missouriwestern.edu<\/a><\/em><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of International Recruitment and Student Services at Missouri Western State University will host two upcoming events to raise awareness about issues faced by students from different cultures. A session on intercultural romantic relationships will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10 in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum 218-219. A session called \u201cA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[457],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4255"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4255"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8140,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4255\/revisions\/8140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}