SLU Celebrates Its Global Connections

Saint Louis University celebrated its global community with a week of parades, panels, performances and cultural exchange during this year’s Atlas Week.

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SLU's many nations parade around the Lipic Clock Tower on Friday, April 5. Photo by Amelia Flood

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A language enthusiast chills out at the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures's Polyglot Cafe. Photo by Garrett Canducci

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A representative of Afghanistan takes part in the Parade of Nations. Photo by Amelia Flood

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Guest come together to enjoy cuisine from across Africa at the African Student Association's Afro-World Showcase. Photo by Mehamed Abdi

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Musicians meld traditional Korean music with Western instruments at the Eine Korean Cultural Performance. Photo by Garrett Canducci

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A student poet reads about the real Africa at the Afro-World Showcase. Photo by Amelia Flood

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Students strike a pose with the Billiken and the flag of Brazil at the Billiken World Festival. Photo by Amelia Flood

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The Parade of Nations makes its way to the Center for Global Citizenship. Photo by Amelia Flood

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SLU's Atlas Week is a 19-year tradition on campus. Photo by Amelia Flood

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Panama is proudly represented. Photo by Amelia Flood

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Students and flags represented every continent but Antarctica at the Parade of Nations. Photo by Amelia Flood

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A musician performs at the Eine Korean Cultural Performance at St. Francis Xavier College Church. Photo by Garrett Canducci

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Earth's nations come together in song at the Billiken World Festival. Photo by Amelia Flood

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Students, faculty and staff members bond across languages at the Polyglot Cafe's Atlas Week session. Photo by Garrett Canducci

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A student samples food from around the world at the Billiken World Festival. Photo by Amelia Flood

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The Parade of Nations begins! Photo by Amelia Flood

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Performers combine European and Korean musical forms. Photo by Garrett Canducci

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Students await the start of the Billiken World Festival in traditional Afghani dress. Photo by Amelia Flood

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The Billiken helps lead the crowd in song at the Center for Global Citizenship during Atlas Week 2019. Photo by Amelia Flood

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A Jesuit scholastic carries the flag for Lithuania. Photo by Amelia Flood

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The flags fly for Atlas Week. Photo by Amelia Flood

Atlas Week included opportunities for students, faculty and staff members to connect across languages, over delicacies from a host of countries and by bearing the flags of nations near and dear to their hearts in a cavalcade that encircled SLU’s Lipic Clock Tower.

The week, a 19-year-long tradition on SLU’s campus, examined migration and finding a place to call home.

Kicking off with a keynote speech by noted journalist John Quinones, the week’s highlights included the Eine Korean Cultural Performance, which blended the peninsula’s traditional music with Western instruments at St. Francis Xavier College Church, the traditional Parade of Nations and Billiken World Festival, among the 85 events included in this week’s offerings.