Middlesex Community College Holds Annual International Holiday Celebration

Middlesex Community College (MxCC) held its annual International Holiday Celebration on Wednesday, December 4th. The event, which has run for about ten years, is a chance for MxCC students, especially those who are part of the English as a Second Language (ESL) program, to share with their peers and the community some of the ways their native countries celebrate the holidays through posters, displays, and food. Countries represented at the event were Ecuador, Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Turkey, Germany, Pakistan, India, Haiti, China, Italy, Poland, Columbia, Mexico, and the Ile de Reunion. There was also a display dedicated to the celebration of Hanukkah. The children from the MxCC preschool came to the event and got a surprise visit from Santa Claus. Caption reads: Santa Claus hands out treats to children from MxCC’s preschool program at the college’s recent International Holiday Celebration.

The International Holiday Celebration is sponsored by MxCC’s President’s Committee on Diversity. For more information about this event and the ESL program, contact May Coryell at 860-343-5803 or mcoryell@mxcc.commnet.edu Caption reads: MxCC students, Afshan and Nabeel Bhatti, who are residents of Meriden, pose with Middletown resident and fellow student, Mufasa Kherkhach, behind their display, which had food and information about their native country of Pakistan, at MxCC’s recent International Holiday Celebration.