The Wall from Around the World
You may have noticed something a little different about the C-Store in the CMU. We installed a unique art piece on the exterior wall to show-off some of the languages our MSUM students speak!
We are so excited about this collaborative project because it showcases the actual handwriting of our students and the languages many of them speak in their home countries. Together, MSUM Dining Services and the Student Union and Activities came up with the idea to use a variety of languages to tell guests what the C-Store offers, in addition to representing the diversity of our MSUM community.
Layne Anderson, Director of the Student Union and Activities, noted that the C-Store wall is a different way to affirm diversity on our campus and showcase that students come from all around the world to attend MSUM.
Juan Reyes, the Marketing Manager for MSUM Dining and a 2013 graduate of MSUM, worked with International Student Services to understand what languages different students speak in their home countries and captured a variety of words related to products offered in the C-Store. He then scanned the students’ handwriting and put all the words together to create the final graphic. Reyes thought it was fun to learn more about our international students’ home countries and how some of them speak multiple languages.
Fourteen countries / languages are represented in the C-Store art piece.
- Afghanistan / Dari
- China / Chinese
- Nigeria / Igbo
- India / Hindi
- Venezuela / Spanish
- Ethiopia / Amharic
- Japan / Japanese
- Pakistan / Urdu
- South Korea / Korean
- Vietnam / Vietnamese
- Norway / Norwegian
- Russia / Russian
- Nepal / Nepali
- USA / American English
Special thanks to Northwest Visual for helping us with the printing and installation! Rick Foster (left) is an MSUM graduate and Troy Klevgard (right) also attended MSUM.
The Wall from Around the World is just one way the Student Union and Activities shows our Dragon Pride.