FIUTS CulturalFest 2024 | We did it!

FIUTS presented CulturalFest 2024 to an audience of more than 1000 at Benaroya Hall this past Saturday night. So much pride, full of energy, and total fun were the shared responses from students and the multigenerational, multicultural (naturally) audience . . .

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Claire Cuccio
6 Days to FIUTS CulturalFest 2024!

Community Engagement Fellow Wanda Heydel of Poland asserts, “I strongly believe that intercultural dialogue can be a way to peace and understanding. Without getting to know other people, their cultures, and their backgrounds, we won't be able to understand their motivations, goals, and opinions. I hope that events such as CulturalFest can help us build bridges, not walls . . . “

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The Things You Can Do with the Ogawa Award!

I arrived in Seattle in the fall of 2012 to start a graduate program in Hispanic Studies. I didn't know anybody in the city. My English back then was even worse than it is now, and I was genuinely contemplating life without any social or cultural outlets beyond school . . .

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Claire Cuccio