Held on the 15th day
of the 8th lunar month, Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is the second biggest
festival for the Chinese right after Spring Festival. The festival is all about
giving thanks for nature’s abundance and a joyful reunion with families and
friends.
Students and faculty
at Missouri Western State University gathered at Enright on Monday, October 9th
to celebrate the Chinese Tradition. The event was organized by Department of
English and Modern Languages and sponsored by the Division of Students Affairs
and the Department of English and Modern Languages.
University president Dr.
Robert Vartabedian and EML
chairperson Dr. Stacia Bensyl gave opening remarks for the celebration. The
celebration started with a drama about the legend of Mid-Autumn Festival
performed by students from Chinese classes.
As the theme of this
year's theme was culture exchange and friendship, students and faculty from
different countries recited poems about the moon in their own languages. People
also experienced a unique ceremony of worshiping the Moon. They were treated
Chinese traditional games and authentic food as well.
--Professor Jin Peng
Dr. Cynthia Jenéy, published the article "Politics
and Horsemanship in Chrétien de Troyes' Erec et Enide" in Arthuriana
27.3 (2017): 37-65.
Dr. Marianne Kunkel's poem "Brow Pencil to
Hillary" has been accepted into The Missouri Review, and her poem
"Lip Liner to Hillary" has been accepted into Prairie Schooner.
