Fun Events

Join other students, scholars, and friends from the MSU as we start the new semester! 

• Location: Hawk Island Park (1601 E Cavanaugh Rd, Lansing, MI 48910)
• Date & Time: Friday, Sept 1st, 6:00pm
• Food: we will provide burgers & hotdogs, but you are welcome to bring some food to share with the group 
• Activities: volleyball, soccer, walk around the lake
• Rides: sign up below if you'd like a ride from campus

Join us for a free jazz concert with professional musicians. Jazz is a popular form of music that has had a big impact upon American culture. Come learn about it and enjoy a fun night of great music!

• Location: University Reformed Church (841 Timberlane St, East Lansing)
• Date & Time: Friday, Sept. 22nd, 7pm
• Cost: free
• Rides: sign up below if you'd like a ride from campus
• Food: there will be food trucks following the concert

Join us for a morning at a local cider mill! We'll pick apples and enjoy fresh apple cider and donuts. This is a fall event that you won't want to miss. 

• Location: Country Mill (4648 Otto Rd, Charlotte, MI 48813)
• Date: Saturday, Oct 7th
• Time: we'll leave from campus at 9:15am
• Cost: free, but you will need money to buy apples, cider & donuts
• Rides: sign up below if you'd like a ride from campus

This is our second annual fall barn party for international students & scholars. We travel about 30 minutes from campus to an old barn that has been restored into an event venue. We'll teach you how to line dance (also called square dancing) as well as other things like bobbing for apples and enjoying a bonfire. Join us for this fun, fall event!

• Location: Rosemal Barn (2670 Zimmer Rd, Williamston, MI 48895)
• Date: Friday, Oct. 27th
• Time: 6:30pm
• Cost: free
• Rides: sign up below if you'd like a ride from campus

Join us for an International Thanksgiving dinner. We'll cook traditional American foods (turkey, potatoes, stuffing, yams, etc), but we also invite you to bring foods from your home country. 

• Location: Peter & Rose Lundquist's House (3956 Breckinridge Dr, Okemos, MI 48864)
• Date & Time: Saturday, Nov 18th, 6pm
• Food: bring something to share with the group!
• Rides: sign up below if you'd like a ride from campus

Join us as we share and experience the Christmas story through singing Christmas songs and retelling the Christmas story. We'll also share some popular Christmas foods and desserts. 

• Location: TBD
• Date: Saturday, Dec 9th, 6pm
• Rides: sign up below if you want a ride from campus