Mankato (MNSU) fosters such a diverse population of students from around the world and it deserves to be lauded for that, but it becomes astonishing when these students reveal their talents to the audience. The World’s Got Talent (WGT), a talent show organized and hosted at MNSU, has been doing an impressive job to acknowledge these gifted people by giving them a platform to display their talents. On Nov. 15, The International Student Association (ISA) and Kearney International Center successfully hosted the show calling it “World’s Got Talent Season 2.” This year, 19 students participated in the show. Attendees were a mix of international and domestic students, but interestingly, the majority of participants were international students of different nationalities. The show began with a warm welcome by the hosts followed by the introduction of judges, Dr. Paul Hustoles (Professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance), Dr. Habib Abo (Professor of Accounting and Business Law), and Dr. Stephanie Thorpe (Assistant Professor in the Department of Music) who also stepped forward to contribute the prizes to reward the winners. “I am excited about this event. I like the diversity of this show as we get to see variety in the acts and performances performed by participants from different cultures,” said Yuketun Cisneros, an undergrad in Biology at MNSU.“It is fun to be here today. Also, the crowed is huge. I was expecting to see less people because it’s Tuesday, but there are a lot of people here today,” said Linh Hoang, a freshman in Psychology....
