During this year’s International Education Week, the Full Sail community celebrated the benefits of international education and exchange with events including panels, performances, and workshops. Closing out the week was the Cultural Festival, a community event where international students were able to share the cultures of their home countries with their peers, faculty, and staff.

Students represent their home country at the India booth.

A student and his parents share Pakistani culture at their booth.

Students across degree programs shared their cultures with the Full Sail community, representing 30 different countries including Pakistan, India, Lebanon, Korea, and many more during the festival. Student-run country booths shared food samples, music, clothing, project boards, and traditions with attendees and fellow participants.

The festival also treated guests to several performances including a K-pop song and dance, Salsa dancing, and a Colombian music performance. Student Graeme Toussaint – who performed a steel pan drum solo – allowed booth visitors to try their hand at the instrument while representing their home nation of Trinidad and Tobago.

A student from Colombia plays a guitar solo on stage.

Two students performing a K-pop routine on stage in the venue.

“So often we, staff and students alike, are so caught up in our own little world, we are unaware of the diversity within Full Sail’s student population,” shares International Student Coordinator Sandi Foncannon. “There are students attending from all corners of the globe to study entertainment media and technology.