One Darden Week Celebrates Diverse Global Community
Nearly a dozen student clubs hosted events throughout the week, which culminated in the annual Global Food Festival, to celebrate the diverse, global community at the Darden School.
Students at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business celebrated their diverse, global community from 11–15 September through the 2017 One Darden Week. Nearly a dozen student-run clubs hosted events highlighting the various cultures represented at the Darden School, and the week culminated in the annual Global Food Festival sponsored by the Global Business and Culture Club.
Darden’s Center for Global Initiatives helped document the week on its Global Voices of Darden blog.
Olamide Alli (Class of 2018), Darden Student Association’s VP for Diversity, shared more about the purpose One Darden Week:
“One Darden Week is hosted yearly in order to provide a great opportunity to the students, faculty, and staff to get involved in Darden’s community, as well as to get to know other people at Darden through diverse and inclusive events that highlight the various cultures represented here in our community.”
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