The Fountain

Many of our international students learned about the American tradition of the Easter Egg hunt this Easter weekend.

The Intensive English Program sponsored the hunt as part of a program to explain the Christian holiday to students from Buddhist and Muslim countries.

About 50 international students attended the event, according to Phillip Taylor, an IEP instructor. The faculty and staff hid 400 eggs with candy in them for the students to find. Ten of the eggs also contained an extra bonus point in the IEP class, he said.

Last year’s event was plagued by cold, rainy weather. Only six students attended.

Students at the event said they liked the egg hunt and other events. They laughed at one of the instructors who was dressed in an Easter Bunny costume.

International students at the Easter Egg hunt.

“I had so much fun here,”  said IEP student Yerali Baiterekov, a Muslim from  Kazakhstan. “I have never experienced this event before.”

IEP student Shine Shi from China said, “China doesn’t have Easter. It was a good time and I’m glad I could find the special egg.”