By Daily Press staff
This week is an international week of education. Santa Monica College will celebrate the week with a festival of food, music and dances from throughout the world and a talk by Swedish Consul General Tomas Rosander. Two events are free and open to the public.
The festival will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, at the SMC Clocktower, 1900 Pico Blvd. The Rosander talk will be at 11:15 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, in room 214 of the art complex, also 1900 Pico Blvd. Dancers from the student troupe Folklórico de SMC will perform pieces from around the world. The festival also will feature international contemporary music favorites and edible treats from all over the globe.
With more than 2,300 international students from 100-plus nations, SMC has one of the largest international student populations of any community college in the United States, school officials said.
SMC is one of the many organizations nationwide that will celebrate International Education Week, a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Education.
For information about the SMC event, call (310) 434-4126.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 14, 2005. Read the original PDF.