Global Language and Culture Festival
Global Language and Culture Festival
2025 Reservations Closed
The Global Language and Culture Festival highlights the positive impact of languages, intercultural understanding, and cultural humility on our lives, education, and careers.
The Festival takes place on GVSU's Allendale campus annually in March. Activities include academic program and student club tables, international game tables, calligraphy tables, cultural performances, puppet shows, escape boxes, a scavenger hunt, free language placements, food trucks, study abroad info, and more.
The 2025 Global Language and Culture Festival is possible thanks to the generous sponsorship from: Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, Classics, Allied Health Sciences, East Asian Studies, Area and Global Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and School of Interdisciplinary Studies.
Grand River Room
Language Tables
Student Groups
Games
Origami
Calligraphy
Performance Schedule
- 9:45am Opening Remarks
- 9:55am Message from Admissions & Recruiting
- 10:10am Tibetan Dance
- 10:30am Multi-lingual Puppet Show
- 11:30am German Folk Singing
- 12pm Multi-lingual Puppet Show
- 12:30pm Japanese Koto
Language/Culture Experiences
Kirkhof 2201
- 9am Stories in Spanish
- 9:35am Stories in Italian
- 10am Stories in German
- 11:30am Spanish 313
- 1pm Spanish 332
Kirkhof 2216
- 9am Games in French
- 10am Greek 102
- 11am Spanish 102
- 1pm Latin 203/352
Kirkhof 2259
- 9am Japanese 102
- 10am Japanese 101
- 11am Art & Music in French
- 11:30am Stories in French
- 12pm Stories in Chinese
- 1pm Stories in Spanish
- 1:35pm Workout w. Chinese Songs
- 2pm Japanese 102
Kirkhof 2266
- 10am Food Demonstration: Guacamole
- 1pm French 102
- 2pm Stories in Spanish
Other Experiences
Kirkhof 2204 - Pere Marquette Room
- Green Screen photos
- Escape Boxes
- VR language/cultural immersion
Hallway outside Pere Marquette Room
- Scavenger Hunt Check-in
- Stamp Passport Check-in
Kirkhof 2263 - Languages & Cultures Career Forums
- 10:15am Health Care
- 11am Business, Management, Marketing, Economics
- 11:45am Social Sciences
- 1:15pm Computer Science and Engineering
- 2pm Education
Kirkhof 2270
- Study Abroad Presentations on the hour
Tours to Language Resource Center
- On the half hour
- Free language level checks
- Register at LRC table in Grand River Room
Campus Tours
- Every thirty minutes
- Register at Admissions table in Grand River Room
Last year the festival weclomed over 300 students from area high schools and this year the size will more than double. Most high school visitors will be there in the morning hours, but current Grand Valley students are encouraged to join us all day.