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Fellowship of Reconciling Cultures Everywhere (FORCE) is a student organization that strives to actively engage our community in an open atmosphere about cultures. It equips students to learn about their own culture while encouraging them to also learn about other cultures.

Multicultural and International Student Orientation

Multicultural and International Orientation will be held August 18th-20 (ending the morning of Aug 20 students will then attend/join General Orientation). The purpose of Multicultural/International Orientation is to give students an opportunity to build connections on campus and get oriented before the start of General Orientation. 

Each student who attends Multicultural/International Orientation will be placed in a small group led by a Multicultural Mentors who are current students. The role of the Multicultural Mentor is to personally connect with new incoming students of color, international, and 3rd culture students at Northwestern. The purpose of mentors is to provide intentional discipleship for new students as they acclimate to a new social, academic, spiritual, and cultural environment on campus. 

FORCE Annual Events

FORCE is about bringing the student body together and celebrating culture (where you come from!). Here are some of the ways you may see this happen on-campus. FORCE Fiesta (beginning of the school year “kick-off”), FORCE Christmas Dance, and Multicultural Festival.

FORCE Seasonal Events

FORCE plans weekly and monthly events that are more flexible in nature in order to highlight current events in our UNW community and society at large. FORCE strives to partner with other clubs and organizations to offer a wide variety of events consistent with FORCE’s vision to bring cultures together. Examples of seasonal events include Table Talks, Poetry Slam, and Open Mic Night.

• Multicultural Orientation - August 18-20 (Note: you would also join up with All Student Orientation August 20-24)
• FORCE Fiesta - Beginning of school year
• FORCE Christmas Dance - before Christmas break
• Multicultural Festival - spring semester
• Table Talks, Open Mic Nights, Poetry Slams, and more!

We are looking for new students to be a part of our programming and social media teams! If this is of interest to you email Choua LeMay at clemay2@unwsp.edu.