CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
CULTURAL EVENTS ON CAMPUS
HALO PARTNERS WITH LOCAL AND CAMPUS ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING CULTURAL EVENTS TO WASHBURN UNIVERSITY. IN THE PAST HALO HAS PARTNERED WITH MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS TO BRING AZTEC DANCERS TO CAMPUS. THESE DANCERS TRAVEL FROM COLORADO FOR A SPECIAL LUNCH TIME PERFORMANCE FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF OF WASHBURN UNIVERSITY. THIS EVENT USUALLY TAKES PLACE DURING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. HALO HAS ALSO PARTNERED WITH LOCAL FOLKLORIC DANCE GROUPS TO BRING FOLKLORIC DANCE TO WASHBURN. THESE LOCAL GROUPS COME TO CAMPUS AND PERFORM OUTSIDE OF MEMORIAL UNION DURING THE MONTH OF MAY. ONE OTHER PARTNERSHIP HALO HAS TAKEN PART IN IS WITH THE TONANTZIN SOCIETY TO ORGANIZE EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS/DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION IN TOPEKA. HALO'S PART IN THIS BIG EVENT HAS BEEN TO HOST SPEAKERS AT WASHBURN UNIVERSITY.
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
A LARGE PART OF HALO'S FALL SEMESTER CONSISTS OF PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH ACTIVITIES. HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH BEGINS SEPTEMBER 15 AND LASTS UNTIL OCTOBER 15. THIS MONTH IS FULL OF VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THAT WASHBURN STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF CAN ATTEND FREE OF COST. THE GOAL OF HOLDING THIS MONTH LONG EVENT AT WASHBURN IS TO FURTHER PROMOTE THE HISPANIC CULTURE ON CAMPUS.
ACTIVITIES HALO HAS HELD IN THE PAST INCLUDE:
ACTIVITIES HALO HAS HELD IN THE PAST INCLUDE:
- PINATA CRAFTS AND PINATA CELEBRATION FOR WU DAYCARE
- LATIN DANCE CLASSES
- LOTERIA/BINGO PIZZA PARTY
- HISPANIC LITERATURE NIGHT
- AND MUCH MORE!
- HISPANIC LITERATURE NIGHT
- LOTERIA/BINGO PIZZA PARTY
- LATIN DANCE CLASSES
CULTURAL MEETINGS
APART FROM TAKING PART IN CO-SPONSORING/VOLUNTEERING TO BRING CULTURAL EVENTS TO CAMPUS HALO ALSO HOLDS SPECIAL CULTURAL MEETINGS ON A MONTHLY BASIS. ONCE A MONTH HALO MEMBERS PICK OUT AN ACTIVITY DEALING WITH HISPANIC CULTURE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT. DURING THE CULTURAL MEETINGS HALO MEMBERS LEARN THE STEPS TO CREATE CULTURAL CRAFTS.