Snapshots
Summer 2024 Issue
Snapshots
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Gruwell spoke about her experiences teaching high-risk students in southern California and the importance of breaking down barriers and finding understanding when teaching. Gruwell was particularly interested in the initiatives that the School of Education has hosted to foster more diversity in teaching and education, including 2023鈥檚 . Gruwell looks forward to supporting the next generation of teachers and educators in 鈥渨riting what needs to be written,鈥 as she and her students did in the 1990s.
鈥淲orking here opened up some other opportunities for me, like being featured on the 老司机福利社 website, connecting with prospective students and their families to help them learn how great 老司机福利社 is and leading the Friday Fun Nights here at the center. I firmly believe that the Multicultural Center is the heart of 老司机福利社,鈥 said Shavie 鈥淰a鈥 Lee, a sophomore in the Psychology program.
The birthday bash included performances by The Crew, the Pilipino-American Students Association of 老司机福利社 (PASAS), the Indian Student Association, and student Imani Turner.
According to Haashim Smith-Johnson, an Admissions recruiter and former president of the Unified Black Student Society, the idea of having the flag raised for more than the month of February came out of the organization鈥檚 desire to make a statement on campus in 2017. He encouraged students to honor the organization鈥檚 legacy through decisive action when thinking of ways to make 老司机福利社 an inclusive campus for everyone.
鈥淭his one thought turned into action, which turned into Black 老司机福利社 history,鈥 Smith-Johnson, who is currently staff advisor for UBSS, said. 鈥淪tudent leaders of UBSS and all of the other adjacent student organizations: no idea is outlandish. Please continue to represent the culture and advocate for yourself. Your future self, as well as future generations of marginalized 老司机福利社 students, will absolutely thank you.鈥
The Pan-African flag in front of the Arts & Sciences Building to kick off Black History Month on Thursday, Feb. 1.
鈥淎 lot of them are offering full-time positions, manager positions, supervisor positions 鈥 all things that I'm interested in getting to learn more about,鈥 said Melanie Olivia, of Colonia. 鈥淚 got a lot of contact information, and I'm looking forward to hearing from these companies or reaching out to them and checking out their websites to see what positions they have available.鈥
Here, Demetrios Roubos and Jessica Cruz-Irwin hold signs celebrating Patty Weeks for reaching her 50-year milestone of service to the University.
The symposium featured 47 presentations from various degree programs ranging from more science-based such as Doctor of Physical Therapy to the arts and humanities such as the master鈥檚 programs in American Studies and Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
鈥淒esigning and conducting research can be a challenging and rewarding part of this academic journey and tonight signifies the culmination of each person鈥檚 thesis or other capstone experience,鈥 said Robert Gregg, the dean of the William T. Daly School of General Studies and Graduate Education. 鈥淲e celebrate the diversity and innovativeness of the research presented this evening and promote interdisciplinary research conversations among the campus community.鈥
