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SPAIN TO ST. LOUIS International soccer students play for STLCC.
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SN A P a n d SA RC: A loss of on e le ads to an inc re a se i n a noth er ser vice o n campus Advocacy & Resource Center (SARC.)
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n Oct. 1, 2025, the United States government began a shutdown that lasted 43 days, ending on Nov. 13. This is the longest that the government has been shutdown in the history of the U.S.. While normally during a shutdown, supplementary programs, such as the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), would continue to run and receive funding to send to the beneficiaries around the country, this time that didn’t happen. On Nov. 1, SNAP beneficiaries did not receive the monthly funding to their cards, meaning that beneficiaries who rely on SNAP needed to turn to other resources in order to keep themselves fed. Thankfully STLCC Meramec has a resource for students to turn to, the Student
While the benefits didn’t reach beneficiaries on the first day of November, some beneficiaries were able to rely on the previous month’s leftover funds, so SARC had some time to prepare. “It’s still the beginning of the month; the effect will probably come later,” SARC Coordinator Mayuko McGuire said. “We are seeing a lot of people trying to help us and our students.” Other clubs on the Meramec campus have been helping SARC through running their own food drives. “SGA and Chem Club are running a food drive together, and there is the Amazon Wishlist to go with it. People are trying to help,” McGuire said. “At the same time, our Empty Bowls event had a record sale. Everything got sold, and that was over $1,800.” With the success of events like
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PHIOTOS BY LINDSEY UNNERSTALL Students browse tables showcasing cultural items and food from Japan, Iran, England and Scotland for students to browse at the International Education Week festival on Nov. 18 in the cafeteria. Multiple countries were represented with presentations throughout the week.
ST LCC c e l e b rates I n te rn a t i o n a l E d uc a tion We e k Professors Sahar Joakim-Resch and Shamim Ansari put cultures on display LINDSEY UNNERSTALL
Education Week Festival that took place in the campus cafeteria on Nov. 18.
in the hopes of celebrating culture and expanding students’ global knowledge.
The week of Nov. 17-21 was International Education Week, and all of the STLCC campuses held and participated in events all week to celebrate and educate students on different countries and cultures. One of the biggest events on the Meramec campus was the International
The festival consisted of different tables, each focusing on one country to teach about using books, food and pictures. The countries that were represented included Germany, Spain, Japan, France, England, Scotland, Iran and Pakistan. Each country had a faculty member representing it with artifacts, crafts, displays and treats
The Meramec campus global education coordinator, Shamim Ansari, arranged the event with all of the members of the committee representing a country at their respective table.
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“Every college and university, every year, does International Education Week in November. It’s a week where every college and university’s main task is to advocate for whatever study abroad programs they are offering, and any kinds of scholarships they are offering,” Ansari said. In the coming years there will be professors taking students to Germany, Scotland, England, Spain and Japan according to Ansari. The committee’s goal is that the students are exposed to these countries and are aware of the
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study abroad programs at the college so that there are more opportunities for students to study abroad in the future. The Global Education Committee does many different events throughout the school year, with the main functions being the International Education Week Festival in the fall and a book sale in the spring. The book sale raises money for both the study abroad scholarships and the materials needed for the Education Festival. “It used to be that Global Education would be supported by the college a lot, but I think the state of Missouri kind of pulled back from it. Meramec also had to pull back from it and so the budget that we used to have is zero dollars now,” Ansari said. “It is a pity because we used to do a lot more, but we can’t do it anymore. I have
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