NW freshmen organize benefit dinner
ALANNA WOLF Staff Writer
A University Seminar class, pictured here, is organizing an upcoming evening of international food, fun, friendship, and fundraising on behalf of the New Nodaway Humane Society. The “Culture for Critters’’ event will take place Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the Maryville Community Center.
A group of Northwest Missouri State University freshmen is organizing a dinner in order to promote international understanding while raising money for the New Nodaway Humane Society.
The students are members of a University Seminar (formerly Freshman Seminar) class taught by Assistant Professor Sue Wood. As part of the class, the group was required to do something that would benefit their community.
“Some of the students wanted to do something that would promote the inclusion and tolerance of international students,” Wood said. “And some wanted to do something that would benefit the Humane Society and the animals, so this is the idea we came up with.”
The class has partnered with international students on campus to organize an evening of food and fun titled “Culture for Critters.”
Scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 6 p.m. at the Maryville Community Center, the event is to include music, games, activities, and favorite foods from around the world.
All proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the New Nodaway Humane Society, which operates a no-kill animal shelter in Maryville.
“We want to open people up to new experiences with this event,” said freshman Haelee Shady. “The overall goal is to integrate international students not only into the campus but into the Maryville community as a whole. So we want to give our international students and the Maryville community a chance to interact and get to know one another.”
Tickets for “Culture for Critters” can be purchased at the Hy-Vee supermarket customer service desk and city offices during regular business hours between now and the day of the event.
Tickets will also be available at Carson’s Sports Grille from 5-8 p.m. this Thursday and at the J.W. Jones Student from noon-1:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
