There’s swing dancing, a disc jockey, and students dressed in their best attire. Toss in a mix of the international and domestic population, and the International Students Council’s Glo Ball comes to life.

The International Students Council (ISC) has revamped its annual I-Connection dance to bring the Glo Ball to WSU, an evening for students to come together, meet new people and enjoy the evening.

ISC is an organization under ASWSU, which oversees the programming for other international organizations on campus. These organizations include Hong Kong Students Association and the Association for Bangladeshi Students and Scholars, who meet with ISC and present ideas for programs.

“We have a meeting … every other week,” said ISC co-Programming Chair Ka Fung “Edwin” Cheng, a senior hospitality business major. “We are under ASWSU (and) most of the international student organizations are under ISC.”

Along with the Glo Ball, ISC puts on events such as International Education Week and a closing dinner near the end of the semester for the international students.

Started in 2004, the organization stands to hear the concerns of the roughly 2,000 students who make up the international student body of WSU, said junior psychology major Sreenath Panchagnula, also a co-programming chair for ISC.

“(We’re) open to any international student to come by and give their opinion or give advice or suggestions,” Panchagnula said.

The Glo Ball is a dancing event, complete with food and a disc jockey. ISC will also bring in a swing dance instructor to teach swing and ballroom dancing, Cheng said. There will also be several raffles throughout the night, including a prize for best dressed male and best dressed female.

The dress for the dance is semi-formal, and those who are aiming for the best dressed prizes should consider a three piece suit or a formal dress, Panchagnula said. But nobody’s going to stop the one who wears jeans from going to the dance.

“It’s mostly just something fun for the domestic and international students to do,” Panchagnula said. “Bring people together and make friends.”

Cheng said the dance is something ISC does every year, just as something students can come do especially if they live in the residence halls and can’t go out. The event is an opportunity to meet other international students, Cheng said.

Holding the ball on Valentine’s Day wasn’t entirely purposeful, but the goal was to have the event over Valentine’s Day weekend to let students celebrate in a different way, Cheng said. This is beneficial to international students who don’t have family living nearby and therefore no one to connect with on the weekends.

“I hope everyone can enjoy the dance,” Cheng said. “They can come to the event and have some fun and then go home and sleep.”

Along with the swing dance lessons, there will be a jazz band playing, followed by the DJ playing more modern music, Panchagnula said. There is also a photo booth, and the raffle drawings will occur throughout the evening, with the grand prize given at the end of the dance.

“The longer you stay the higher chance you have of winning some of the bigger prizes,” Panchagnula said.

The Glo Ball goes from 6 – 10 p.m. in the Ensminger Pavilion on Valentine’s Day. Admission is free, but limited to 250 attendees. RSVP at http://goo.gl/iDbDLe.

Reporting by Catherine Kruse