Fellowship for the Advancement of Cultural Education of Students

Fellowship for the Advancement of Cultural Education of Students

Topic(s)	World cultures
Abbrev.	FACES
Active Years	?-present
Advised	Yes
Advisor	Leah Walsh
Execs	President: Anvitha Reddy Vice President: Eswar Gopalakrishnan Treasurer: Satwik Chalasani Events Coordinator: Amelia Engstrom
Event(s)	Worldfest, Garba, World Religions Panel, Tomatina, Holi
Facebook	Link
Email	facesunt@gmail.com

The Fellowship for the Advancement of Cultural Education of Students (FACES) is a multicultural club at UNT whose mission is to unite people by embracing cultural diversity as well as through realizing and respecting different perspectives. We work with various organizations along with TAMS, such as the Heart House in Dallas and an international micro-loans initiative, to foster these global connections. We also host cultural celebrations for the TAMS community so that students can experience the different cultures surrounding them.

Events

FACES's largest event is Worldfest, an annual campus-wide charity event.

Committees

Every Student Learns (FACES X TAS)

Through FACES and TAS, ESL is dedicated to helping young students learn English. We primarily work with Chinese and Spanish students, and we teach basic English grammar, spelling, and reading comprehension.

Committee Heads	Years
Jessica Ji	2020-2021
Andrew Abraham
Melanie Che	2018-2019
Simran Nijjar

Pen Pals

PenPals is a committee under FACES that is dedicated to connecting students of various cultures, educational backgrounds and ethnicities from around the world! This year, we hope to connect TAMS students to those in Korea, as well as other schools worldwide via email and/or postcard. As a project dedicated to improving our understanding of other lifestyles around the world, we are excited to build new connections and foster new relations with students just like us worldwide!

Committee Heads	Years
Kathy Yella	2020-2021
Harini Repaka
Preeth Kanamangala	2018-2019
Hansa Boddu

TAMS Kiva

Our goal is to essentially perform fundraisers and convert the collected money into microloans through Kiva. We want to help people start their own businesses in foreign countries by giving them access to financial services and let them give to back to society.

Committee Heads	Years
Rahul Ravella	2018-2019

TAMS Masala

TAMS Masala draws inspiration from Penn Masala. Penn Masala is an American a cappella group. Penn Masala's music has been influenced by the Eastern and Western cultures that represent the group's membership. TAMS Masala would perform a blend of Hindi and English music with multiple singers. We would have different groups of singers in soprano, tenor and baritone. Additionally, new songs not composed by Penn Masala could be proposed and composed. Similar to Docked Bhangra, the a capella group could perform at TAMS fundraisers.

Committee Heads	Years
Varun Nayak	2018-2019

TAMS Henna

Henna is a committee under FACES which plans to spread the art-form of henna, a traditional Middle Eastern/South Asian temporary body art.

TAMS Historical Awareness Society

Main article: TAMS Historical Awareness Society

Committee Heads	Years
Hunter Anderson	2020-2021
Nathaniel Brown
Eeshan Joshi
Puranjay Shori

Heart House

Heart House is a nonprofit in Dallas, TX that strives to “provide safety, education, and opportunity to refugees and underprivileged students” by offering tutoring services, social-emotional workshops, and enjoyable activities such as field trips and Science Week in November. As TAMS volunteers, we hope to make an impact in the lives of these children by attending after-school sessions and participating in special events held by the organization.

Committee Heads	Years
Neha Kalakuntla	2018-2019
Srivi Veeramacheneni

Catholic Refugee Center Volunteering

Refugees often are fleeing from persecution or death and they do not know how long it will be till they see their family or loved ones again. In the late 1970’s, Catholic Charities Dallas (CCD) resettled refugees that were operating under the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) contract with the federal government. This committee will help the refugees by tabling for fundraisers, organizing drives for the refugees and preparing care packages.

Committee Heads	Years
Koshma Eshwamoorthy	2018-2019
Ria Shah

Execs

2021-2022

President: Anvitha Reddy

Vice President: Eswar Gopalakrishnan

Treasurer: Satwik Chalasani

Events Coordinator: Amelia Engstrom

2020-2021

President: Rithi Kowtha

Vice President: Grace Song

Treasurer: Nidhi Kotha

Events Coordinator: Puranjay Shori

Advisor: Leah Walsh

2019-2020

President: Maansi Srinivasan

Vice President: Tarush Verma

Treasurer: Suchit (Lucky) Chidurala

Secretary: Rosalie Jiang

Events Coordinator: Aaryan Sharma

Advisor: Chris Brown

2018-2019

President: Puja Nayak

Event Coordinator: Tejas Mehta

Financial Relations Officer: Nish Vora

Media Relations Officer: Madhu Narendran

Public Relations Officer: Riya Kumar

Advisor: Alejandro Rivas

2017-2018

President: Mabel Quek

Event Coordinator: Skanda Muthiah

Financial Relations: Neha Kumar

Media Relations: Aishani Khosla

Public Relations: Thalissa Villegas

Advisor: Cameron Cerf

2016-2017

President: AnneMarie Sabatini

Event Coordinator: Vinit Shah

Public Relations Officer: Tamanna Garg

Media Relations Officer: Divya Kolli

Financial Relations Officer: Anthony Vento

2015-2016

President: Hebah Jaffery

Event Coordinator: Gita Thirumalai

Financial Relations: Alyson Win

Media Relations: MJ Adedeji

Public Relations: Minaz Zad

2013-2014

President: Reshma

Vice President: Anita Rao

Secretary: Kalpana Satish

Treasurer: Abhi Ganesh

Publicist: Ritika Chaubey

Operations Manager: Catherine Jojo

2011-2012

President: Amanda Quay

Vice President: Sarah Brooks

Executives (position unknown): Kia Teklu, Kara Norton, Zarmeen Zaheer

Program Advisor: Brandon Buckner

2002-2003

Officers: Christopher Hudgens, Revanthi Ravi, Anita Shankar, Eric Renteria, Angela Lou, Jessica Yee, Tommy Strong, Neha Chaudhary, Cristina Viñado, and Riddhi Patel

See also

• Advised Clubs