DESI Student organization also participated in Home Coming Parade, 2010. All the members where wearing their “Namaste YA’ll” T-shirt. Namaste is a Hindi word to greet people. All the members of organization distributed candies to the kids who came to watch the Home Coming Parade.
Celebrating cultural festivals on WT campus is one of the goals of DESI Student Organization. On 10th March 2011, all DESI students celebrated 'HOLI' at Pedestrian Mall. HOLI is a color of festival primarily observed in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka. Holi is celebrated by people throwing colored powder and colored water at each other. Sweets are distributed during the festives.
Diwali popularly known as the "festival of lights", is an important five-day festival in south Asia celebrated for different reasons, occurring between mid-October and mid-November. Diwali is one of the most important festivals of the year and is celebrated in families by performing traditional activities together in their homes.
In Fall 2010, DESI Student organization took part in Chili Cook-Off and won the Best Unconventional Chili of the year award.
