{"id":2309093,"date":"2026-03-02T21:20:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2309093"},"modified":"2026-03-02T21:20:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:20:37","slug":"community-unites-for-lunar-new-year-celebration-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/community-unites-for-lunar-new-year-celebration-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Unites for Lunar New Year Celebration (Photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">More than 100 individuals, spanning both The University of Scranton and Greater Scranton communities, gathered in Brennan Hall\u2019s Rose Room on Feb. 19 to celebrate the Lunar New Year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Hosted by the Asian\u00a0studies\u00a0program and the Department of World Languages and Cultures, the festive event featured Asian cuisine, cultural presentations and hands-on activities including a lively chopstick relay, horse-themed origami,\u00a0calligraphy\u00a0and lantern decorating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ann A. Pang-White, Ph.D., professor of philosophy and director of the Asian studies program, noted that volunteers from the Asia Club and Japanese and Chinese classes arrived at 5 p.m. for setup. The event began at 6:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cIt is a selfless service for others,\u201d Dr. Pang-White said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The festivities also included Chih-Yi (Arena) Wu and Kazumasa Fujita, instructors in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, leading\u00a0presentations\u00a0and workshops that \u201ccaptured the audience\u2019s attention and made the evening a great success,\u201d Dr. Pang-White said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9\";\n\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source news.scranton.edu \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 100 individuals, spanning both The University of Scranton and Greater Scranton communities, gathered in Brennan Hall\u2019s Rose Room on Feb. 19 to celebrate the Lunar New Year. 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