Join North Central Michigan College for a full day of art, conversation, global cuisine, and film celebrating immigrant stories and cultures. All events are open to students, employees, and community members.

Event Details:

  • Date:
  • Location: NCMC Library (Petoskey Campus)
  • Cost: Most events are free; fundraiser pricing listed below.

Purpose:

International Day highlights immigrant stories through art and education while supporting students enrolled in BIO 295 Field Studies: Biology of the Florida Keys. Proceeds from the International Cuisine Fundraiser help students travel to MarineLab in Key Largo, Florida, for hands-on ecological field research this summer.

Schedule of Events:

Art Exhibit

Time: –
Location: NCMC Library

View the exhibit “sensitive but unclassified, do not bring to interview,” with Vivek Vellanki, Ph.D., and Indiana University doctoral students Eliza, Hoon, Maya and Ugonna.

Exhibit dates: – (during Library hours)

International Cuisine Fundraiser

Time: –
Location: Library Lobby and Conference Rooms 1-2

Enjoy appetizers representing five of the largest immigrant communities in the United States, including chicken taquitos, aloo tikki, Chinese dumplings and Filipino barbecue pork skewers (and more).

  • $5 for students
  • $15 for faculty, staff and community members

Proceeds Benefit: BIO 295 Field Studies: Biology of the Florida Keys

Lunch Presentation

Title: Borders, Labor and Legacy: Michigan’s Migrant Farmworkers
Time: –
Location: Library Conference Rooms 1-2

Amanda Flores, Ph.D., explores the history and settlement of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Michigan and the communities they support.

Panel Discussion on Art Exhibit

Time: –
Location: NCMC Library

Moderated by NCMC instructor Blake Morley, Ph.D., the panel features Vivek Vellanki, Ph.D., and participating doctoral students discussing themes from the exhibit.

Mexico Field Studies Student Presentation

Time: –
Location: Library Conference Rooms 1-2

North Central students who studied art history, archaeology, history and food in Mexico City (May 2025) will share photos and reflections from their experience.

Film Screening and Discussion

Film: The Milagro Beanfield War (1988), directed by Robert Redford
Time: –
Location: Library Conference Rooms 1-2

Hosted by the NCMC Film & Music Club. The film follows a small community fighting to protect local land and resources from outside development. A discussion will follow the screening.