{"id":203,"date":"2018-01-13T17:06:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T17:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-isp\/countryspotlight\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:15:04","slug":"countryspotlight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/isp\/programs\/countryspotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Country Spotlight is an opportunity for international students to share their home country traditions with the Macalester Community. On a variety of topics, international students prepare rich<\/strong> presentations about their culture, customs, food, politics, religion and sports<\/strong>. Many of the presentations are accompanied by delicious food or traditional crafting activities from the country host.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025-2026<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\n\t\t\tMoldova<\/span>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tLithuania<\/span>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tHaiti<\/span>\n\t\t\t
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If you would like to enrich the campus knowledge of your home country or culture, please email isp@macalester.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Past Country Spotlights<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\n\t\t\tCountry Spotlight on Burundi<\/span>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tCountry Spotlight on Morocco<\/span>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tCountry Spotlight on Vietnam<\/span>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tCountry Spotlight on St Maarten<\/span>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tCountry Spotlight on Guatemala<\/span>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tCountry Spotlight on Chile<\/span>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tCountry Spotlight on Romania<\/span>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tCountry Spotlight on Thailand<\/span>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tCountry Spotlight on Niger<\/span>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tCountry Spotlight on Italy<\/span>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tCountry Spotlight on Senegal<\/span>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tCountry Spotlight on Libya<\/span>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tCountry Spotlight on Palestine<\/span>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tCountry Spotlight on Malaysia<\/span>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tCountry Spotlight on Mauritius<\/span>\n\t\t\t
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Countries Presented<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Albania<\/td>Honduras<\/td>Paraguay<\/td><\/tr>
Angola<\/td>India<\/td>Peru<\/td><\/tr>
Argentina<\/td>Indonesia<\/td>Philippines<\/td><\/tr>
Belarus<\/td>Israel<\/td>Poland<\/td><\/tr>
Bolivia<\/td>Italy<\/td>Romania<\/td><\/tr>
Bosnia<\/td>Jamaica<\/td>Russia<\/td><\/tr>
Brazil<\/td>Japan<\/td>Senegal<\/td><\/tr>
Cambodia<\/td>Jordan<\/td>Serbia<\/td><\/tr>
Canada<\/td>Kenya<\/td>Sierra Leone<\/td><\/tr>
China<\/td>Kosovo<\/td>Singapore<\/td><\/tr>
Chile<\/td>Latvia<\/td>South Korea<\/td><\/tr>
Costa Rica<\/td>Lebanon<\/td>South Sudan<\/td><\/tr>
Colombia<\/td>Lesotho<\/td>Spain<\/td><\/tr>
Congo<\/td>Libya<\/td>Sri Lanka<\/td><\/tr>
Croatia<\/td>Madagascar<\/td>St. Maarten<\/td><\/tr>
Cuba<\/td>Malaysia<\/td>Swaziland<\/td><\/tr>
Czech Republic<\/td>Maldives<\/td>Sweden<\/td><\/tr>
Denmark<\/td>Mexico<\/td>Syria<\/td><\/tr>
Ecuador<\/td>Mongolia<\/td>Taiwan<\/td><\/tr>
Egypt<\/td>Morocco<\/td>Tajikistan<\/td><\/tr>
Ethiopia<\/td>Myanmar<\/td>Tanzania<\/td><\/tr>
Finland<\/td>Netherlands<\/td>Thailand<\/td><\/tr>
France<\/td>Niger<\/td>T\u00fcrkiye<\/td><\/tr>
Germany<\/td>Nigeria<\/td>Venezuela<\/td><\/tr>
Ghana<\/td>Norway<\/td>Vietnam<\/td><\/tr>
Greece<\/td>Pakistan<\/td>Zambia<\/td><\/tr>
Guatemala<\/td>Palestine<\/td>Zimbabwe<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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