Megan Gonzalez | The Rider
The University Texas Rio Grande Valley will host the second annual MultiLingua Fest from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Ballroom (EDBCX) in Edinburg and Thursday in Salón Cassia in Brownsville.
The Office of Global Engagement and the Department of Writing and Language Studies will host several activities, such as Chinese checkers and lotería, to help visitors learn about different cultures and languages, which include Chinese, Korean, French, German, Russian, Spanish and American Sign Language.
“It started last year when we became UTRGV. … The idea was to promote different languages and different cultures among students because we’re in a place where people forget that it’s a big world and we actually have a lot of things offered by the university,” said Writing and Language Studies Lecturer Regine Pellicer.
In 2015, more than 800 people attended the festival, including representatives from the South Texas Business, Education and Technology Academy (BETA).
UTRGV students are encouraged to volunteer for the event. For more information, contact Writing and Language Studies Assistant Professor Shannon McCrocklin at 665-3428 or shannon.mccrocklin@utrgv.edu.
