International Student Services hosted a tie-dye event for students on Wednesday at the Student Services Building at Pierce College.
Meagan Truxal, the International Student Services F-1 Status Advisor taught the students how to tie-dye clothes, such as t-shirts and swimsuits.
Truxal showed students the procedure of spiraling, scrunching, and pleat folding. Each was demonstrated and described with pointers that gave the students helpful tips to execute their tye-dye.
Before proceeding to the actual dying process, she taught the students how the colors would blend and disperse depending on the technique they chose to use.
The International Student Services Director and Counselor Abigail Watson said the goal of the event was to celebrate diversity worldwide.
“International Education Week is a joint effort between the US Department of State and the US Department of Education, and universities and colleges across the country are celebrating it. Hopefully what is happening is that international students and students that study abroad exchange ideas and information,” Watson said. “The idea is to celebrate International exchange worldwide and prepare people to be a part of a global community.”
Shannon West, a sociology major, attended the event with her daughter and enjoyed dying her piece of clothing with color. She said she was so happy to find this event.
“I will be using pink and purple because it’s my favorite color, but also at the same time it was my grandmother’s favorite color too. This makes me think of her, and she’s resting in peace,” West said. “I think this might be a new hobby for me.”
Bella Lee, a business major from South Korea who is studying at Pierce for her first year expressed that she enjoyed attending this event.
“I like this because we can communicate with each other about their way of thinking and share,” Lee said. “I have a lot of purple-colored shirts and skirts and purple can also match well with pink, so this is why I chose this one.”
