November 6, 2019

SVSU to host Foreign Language Day event for 400 visiting high school students

SVSU's Malcolm Field Theatre for Performing Arts • Thursday, Nov. 7, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

An annual celebration of language, culture and friendship will return to Saginaw Valley State University this week.

As part of the university's Foreign Language Day event, more than 400 high school students from across the Great Lakes Bay Region will visit campus Thursday, Nov. 7, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

That is when the group will participate in friendly competitions involving singing, dancing, theatrical skits, and creating posters that highlight languages from across the globe. The event also includes an international awareness contest, focusing on the importance of foreign language study for 21st century learners.

Many of the day's activities — including the competitions — will take place on stage in the Malcolm Field Theatre for Performing Arts.

Since 1976, SVSU has hosted Foreign Language Day events yearly. The university's Department of Modern Foreign Languages organizes the event.

For more information about Foreign Language Day at SVSU, please contact Monika Dix, chairperson of SVSU's Department of Modern Foreign Languages, at mdix@svsu.edu.