Emily Bowen, a junior mass communications major, was surprised to see that her clothes were folded neatly after putting them in the dryer on campus.

When Lena Faustel, a sophomore global studies and photography major, forgot her college identification card, a random student purchased her meal for her.

Troy Potter, a senior information technology major, recalled a time when he saw balloons on campus for seniors who were graduating.

“Weirdly enough, somebody folded my stuff for me after it was done in the dryer, instead of just throwing it on the ground, which is normally how things roll,” Bowen said. “Somebody folded it for me, and I thought that was very nice.”

Awareness concerning “random acts of kindness” will be recognized this week. International Random Acts of Kindness Foundation week will begin on Feb. 9, and will end on Feb. 15. 

According to the foundation’s website, this week can be used to “step out of your normal routine or comfort zone, and attempt a new random act of kindness each day of the celebratory week.” 

The organization has coined a new hashtag, “#RAKweek2015,” which will be used by people that participate through social networks by sharing their stories, recording videos and even taking photographs to depict moments of kindness that happened to them, or what they’ve done for another individual.

Bowen can recall times in which she has held doors for fellow students and was not given any kind of compliments at all from it. According to Bowen, today’s technology and the atmosphere of city is the cause of this.

“Most people I hold the door for don’t saying anything,” Bowen said. “People are plugged in all the time. In a way, people kind shut down from interacting because we also in the city, and I feel like you have to adopt a certain attitude when you’re in the city. Not many people allow their social aspects to come into play, I guess.”

Paustel have experienced the same thing when it comes to holding doors for strangers and students, but what happened to her at the cafeteria overshadowed those short moments of not receiving gratitude, which doesn’t happen to her often.

“There was somebody in front of me, and I didn’t know them,” Paustel said. “I was just getting a drink or something, and they were like, ‘I got it for you.’ That was really cool.”

Potter remembered a time in which he was able to text a professor at any time and would receive a response about his assignments.

“I texted him, and he answered back,” Potter said.

On campus, Random Acts of Kindness week will be acknowledged. Pioneers For Kindness, a student organization, will participate in raising awareness on campus when the international week begins. Pioneers For Kindness set up meetings in Academic Hall Room 606.

Editor’s Note: Emily Bowen, a source used in this story, is a contributer to The Globe.