{"id":1032,"date":"2009-11-03T14:11:41","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T19:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?p=1032"},"modified":"2009-11-03T14:11:41","modified_gmt":"2009-11-03T19:11:41","slug":"student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/","title":{"rendered":"Student diversity to be celebrated at Nicholls banquet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THIBODAUX \u2013 The 2nd annual International Student Banquet at Nicholls  State University is scheduled for 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, in the Cotillion Ballroom of the Bollinger Memorial Student Union.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Celebrating the diversity of Nicholls, the banquet will feature international cuisine; multicultural artistic performances by students from various nations; and student awards.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, new students from Russia, China, Jordan and Finland will add their nations\u2019 flags \u2013 via a ceremonial procession \u2013 to the 47 international flags already hanging from the student union ceiling.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to the banquet are $20 and can be purchased by calling (985) 449-7038. Those who cannot attend the banquet but would like to offer their support may send a donation to the Office of International Student Services, P.O.   Box 2007, Thibodaux, La., 70310, with a check payable to Nicholls International Community.<\/p>\n<p>The 157 international enrollees at Nicholls represent 43 nations \u2013 the top five of which are Nepal, France, the United Kingdom, Canada and Vietnam. Among the total, 30 are graduate students.<\/p>\n<p>Most international students at Nicholls major in business, education, biology or chemistry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIBODAUX \u2013 The 2nd annual International Student Banquet at Nicholls State University is scheduled for 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, in the Cotillion Ballroom of the Bollinger Memorial Student Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Student diversity to be celebrated at Nicholls banquet - Nicholls News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Student diversity to be celebrated at Nicholls banquet - Nicholls News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THIBODAUX \u2013 The 2nd annual International Student Banquet at Nicholls State University is scheduled for 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, in the Cotillion Ballroom of the Bollinger Memorial Student Union.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nicholls News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nicholls.state.university\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-11-03T19:11:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nicholls State\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NichollsState\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NichollsState\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nicholls State\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nicholls State\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/073e094613b8d622621e55e100baecd3\"},\"headline\":\"Student diversity to be celebrated at Nicholls banquet\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-11-03T19:11:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/\"},\"wordCount\":177,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/\",\"name\":\"Student diversity to be celebrated at Nicholls banquet - Nicholls News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-11-03T19:11:41+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/category\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Student diversity to be celebrated at Nicholls banquet\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Nicholls News\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Nicholls State University\",\"alternateName\":\"Nicholls State\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2019\/08\/cropped-Nicholls-sword-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2019\/08\/cropped-Nicholls-sword-logo.png\",\"width\":975,\"height\":513,\"caption\":\"Nicholls State University\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nicholls.state.university\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/NichollsState\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/073e094613b8d622621e55e100baecd3\",\"name\":\"Nicholls State\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3328047cdfb3020290ce068d6fb7721f49d0439b10d4d4484fd91e22681411a4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3328047cdfb3020290ce068d6fb7721f49d0439b10d4d4484fd91e22681411a4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3328047cdfb3020290ce068d6fb7721f49d0439b10d4d4484fd91e22681411a4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Nicholls State\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/author\/webmanager\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Student diversity to be celebrated at Nicholls banquet - Nicholls News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Student diversity to be celebrated at Nicholls banquet - Nicholls News","og_description":"THIBODAUX \u2013 The 2nd annual International Student Banquet at Nicholls State University is scheduled for 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, in the Cotillion Ballroom of the Bollinger Memorial Student Union.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/","og_site_name":"Nicholls News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nicholls.state.university","article_published_time":"2009-11-03T19:11:41+00:00","author":"Nicholls State","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@NichollsState","twitter_site":"@NichollsState","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nicholls State","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/"},"author":{"name":"Nicholls State","@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/073e094613b8d622621e55e100baecd3"},"headline":"Student diversity to be celebrated at Nicholls banquet","datePublished":"2009-11-03T19:11:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/"},"wordCount":177,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/","url":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/","name":"Student diversity to be celebrated at Nicholls banquet - Nicholls News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-11-03T19:11:41+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/student-diversity-to-be-celebrated-at-nicholls-banquet\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/category\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Student diversity to be celebrated at Nicholls banquet"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/","name":"Nicholls News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#organization","name":"Nicholls State University","alternateName":"Nicholls State","url":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2019\/08\/cropped-Nicholls-sword-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2019\/08\/cropped-Nicholls-sword-logo.png","width":975,"height":513,"caption":"Nicholls State University"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nicholls.state.university","https:\/\/x.com\/NichollsState"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/073e094613b8d622621e55e100baecd3","name":"Nicholls State","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3328047cdfb3020290ce068d6fb7721f49d0439b10d4d4484fd91e22681411a4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3328047cdfb3020290ce068d6fb7721f49d0439b10d4d4484fd91e22681411a4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3328047cdfb3020290ce068d6fb7721f49d0439b10d4d4484fd91e22681411a4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Nicholls State"},"url":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/author\/webmanager\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}