The theme of this year’s International Week, “The Beauty of Internationalism,” focuses on the unique prospects of different cultures in a non-conventional way.

International week is April 21 through April 25 and ends with a soccer tournament at La Playa Stadium on April 26.

Each day will be represented by a different culture including American Day, Scandinavian Day, Asian Day, Middle Eastern Day and Latin Day. The East Campus Cafeteria will present a menu inspired by each culture on its specific day.

“Our objective in the international offices is to try to expose the rest of the campus to the fact that there is an international community here and try to get an understanding between all of the different groups involved,” said Michael Ayres, international housing coordinator.

International week evolves as the attendance increases each year and the popularity of the sporting events has expanded each semester.

The soccer tournament is arranged each semester, either before or after international week, depending on the date of finals.

The international student ambassadors are in charge of promoting most of these events.

Vasu Patel, 20, is one of City College’s ambassadors and is leading the soccer tournament together with Ambassador Gustavo Perez.

Patel has been a student ambassador for two years, after his friends recommended the program to him.

Patel said that the soccer tournament and other events coordinated by International Student Office, is a way to inform students about many of the different cultures on campus and in the world.

“Our aim as ambassadors it to help international students and American students to meet each other and make new friends,” Patel said.

Last semester, the soccer tournament was filled to its limit with 12 teams with over 200 players.

“We can get teams from various different cultures involved in a non-academic situation where they can interact and share their experiences,” Ayres continued.

The events changes every year and have displayed everything from movies to fashion shows.

Many of these events happen outside the doors of the cafeteria, including the reoccurring Japanese kimono time.

From noon to 1 p.m. each day, the Campus Center will be filled with musical events reflected by that day’s specific culture.

Lectures by professors will be open to all students and movies will be shown, influenced by the theme of beauty.

“To try to draw the whole campus together, we have tried to put together different programs like the international week,” Ayres said. “All to try to encourage an appreciation and a mixture of the different cultures together.”