Presented by the Office of International Students and Scholars

Be a Board Member

The International Bazaar is a fully student led and student planned event with support from the Office of International Students & Scholars. The Board is composed of 4 committees:

• Logistics - responsible for supplies, staging & sound, coordinating volunteers, and day of set-up/clean-up
• Food - responsible for working with local restaurants to order and deliver food, food signage, and food tables
• Entertainment - responsible for recruiting groups to perform or model fashion, recruiting groups to host a table, creating the schedule, overseeing performances and music, and working with MCs
• Marketing - responsible for promoting participation and attendance in a variety of creative ways during the Spring semester, both on and off campus

For more information and to apply, please visit this link.

Deadline: November 1, 2024

 

Host a Table

Any individual, group, student club, faculty member, staff member, or community organization may host a table. Hosting a table should showcase your country or culture (or a specific part of your culture). Some examples from past table hosts include:

• displaying a poster, tri-fold, or infographic
• serving food
• displaying items or artifacts
• playing a game
• having something interactive for guests to do
• wearing taditional/native clothing

Registration will open in February 2025

Perform

Any individual, group, student club, faculty member, staff member, or community organization may perform. Examples of past performances include:

• dancing
• playing a musical instrument
• singing
• performing with a band
• spoken word/reading a poem
• anything else that represents your cultural identity or country

Registration will open in February 2025

Model in the Fashion Show

We invite any member of our campus community to briefly model their native or traditional clothing. No previous modeling experience required! Clothing must be provided by the model. Clothing can be modeled individually, as a duo, or as a group of students. Previous modeling has included:

• a group of students with West African clothing
• a pair of students with Indonesian clothing
• an individual modeling Spanish clothing (pictured above)
• an individual modeling Thai clothing

Registration will open in February 2025

Volunteer

Our Bazaar cannot take place without the dedicated help from our volunteers. We need 30+ volunteers to make this a successful, well run event. Volunteers will receive a free t-shirt and first access to food. Volunteer opportunities include:

• set-up (moving tables, chairs, flags, supplies, setting up tents)
• serving food during the event
• clean-up

Registration will open in February 2025

Sponsor

The Bazaar depends on monetary donations from our valued campus partners. With an annual planning budget of $15K, the donations from our sponsors allow us to make the event bigger and better each year. Sponsors will be thanked during the event, and be printed on our programs that are seen by 500+ attendees from the campus and local community. The generous contributions go toward the following things:

• purchasing food from 10-12 local restaurants
• supplies associated with the food (plates, napkins, etc.)
• stage and audio set-up for our phenomenal performances
• table and chair rentals
• giveaways and other miscellaneous international themed items

To sponsor the 35th International Bazaar please email inBazaar@lehigh.edu. Thank you!