Ethnic Arts Festival

One of the most unique things, I think, about Luther College is the college-wide focus on diversity, and acceptance.

Recently, I was able to attend both the Ethnic Arts Festival and Ethnic Arts Dinner. I found both of these to be very interesting. Present at these events was not a unique group of "diverse" students, or foreign students. All types of students attended the festival and dinner, looking to expand their knowledge of cultures and places different than their home.

These are very important things for educators to think about: though we may have students of different ethnic and racial backgrounds, how will we show that we are accepting of them, and how will we teach them in a manner to most facilitate their learning?

Although events like this, for most people, serve as a cultural experience, educators need to look at them as learning experiences. Chances to learn things about prospective students so that we can use their culture to our advantage.