Sacramento State’s foreign language department is holding its first annual International Night from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday in the department of design. Faculty members will be providing their best ethnic cuisine and students are sharing their favorite ethnic appetizers.

Thirty foreign language students will be presented and honored for their dedication to language development and cultural diversity. They will be hand chosen by the faculty who will serenade all attendees with a multi-language rap song.

“We’re doing this to honor students who are very dedicated to the study of language,” Kathy Moore, professor of languages said. “This is the Year of Languages, proclaimed by Gov. Schwarzenegger.”

The big celebration for the Year of Languages will come on World Language Day, April 30.

The Sac State Language Department will host a campus wide event complete with ethnic food vendors, mini-dramas, information booths, salsa dance lessons and numerous workshops. This is a free event to celebrate cultural diversity.

“We’ve invited all the schools in Northern California,” Moore said. “We’re expecting over 1,500 people to attend.”

To find out more about World Language Day you can visit www.csus.edu/worldlanguageday.

The language department encourages anyone interested to sign up for a workshop or entertainment.