Stars Connect will host a Halloween Party at 6 p.m. Oct. 31 in the Great Hall in Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center. The party is open to all students and will include a costume contest, pumpkin decorating and snacks.
Stars Connect, which originally launched in 2011, is an organization dedicated to connecting domestic and international students. In the updated program, students involved are put into groups that hang out with each other at least once a week.
“They might do activities like going out to see a movie together, eating in the caf together, trying a new restaurant together, going shopping together,” said Katie Kelly, acting sophomore and director of Stars Connect. “A lot of people at OCU are in their own little world, and it’s hard sometimes to reach out of your own friend group and get connected with people.”
Students said they have positive feelings toward the new organization.
“I think international students are fun to hang out with because they have different perspectives of what I consider commonplace,” said Jeremiah Rupp, double bass performance sophomore.
Stars Connect will host two more parties this semester. There will be an election watch party from 7-9 p.m. Nov. 8 in the Great Hall, and a Thanksgiving Party on Nov. 19.
Interested students can join the OCU Stars Connect group on Facebook, message Kelly via Facebook, or go to the Study Abroad office on the fourth floor of the Clara E. Jones Administration Building.
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