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Flavor Journey

Project Description:

Flavor Journey is a student-led platform that brings people together through small-group cooking experiences. In a campus environment where students are surrounded by diversity, but still often feel disconnected, Flavor Journey creates a more natural way to build real relationships. Through shared cooking, food, and conversation, students can exchange cultures, tell their stories, and connect in a low-pressure setting. More than just an event platform, Flavor Journey turns everyday experiences into moments of belonging. By making cultural exchange more personal, interactive, and accessible, the project helps transform diversity into community and shared experiences into lasting human connection.

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A group of undergraduate and graduate students from diverse backgrounds sit together indoors after a Flavor Journey cooking event, smiling and sharing food in a warm, social setting.

Second Flavor Journey pilot bringing together undergraduate and graduate students from 4 countries and 7 regions through cooking and cultural exchange.

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Student Team Members

Ruoshui Meng
Linda Wang
Yuting Xiao

Course Faculty

Alissa Burkholder Murphy
MC Coghlan
Lawrence Aronhime
Kushan Uday Desai

Project Mentors, Sponsors, and Partners

Joanne Pipkin