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Save the Date: CulturalFest 2025

CulturalFest returns on April 19, 2025!

Join us for a vibrant celebration of music, dance, and culture from around the world! Explore dozens of interactive booths at the International Expo and learn about culture, food, games, and crafts. Then, take in the thrilling music and dance on the main stage Performance Showcase.

Thank you CulturalFest Sponsors

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Thank you for making a donation to support our student programs! Your continued support ensures we are able to create a more peaceful world where students from across the world can learn and grow.

 

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“You get back a million times more than you give.”

Barbara Gorham, FIUTS Homestay Host

Join hundreds of local families who host students from high school to graduate studies from around the world for a weekend, a week, sometimes two. Hosts share their PNW hospitality while connecting, learning, enabling new world travel, and making new friends, sometimes for a lifetime!

We offer several hosting opportunities in the first quarter of 2025. Sign up here to host!

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Being a part of FIUTS is a great way to meet other students from around the world and to engage with people here in the Pacific Northwest.

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