[vimeo 14872115] The Center for Diversity and Global Engagement (CDGE), working with OMSA and the WGSS program, is excited to bring to campus, Lateefah Simon, our first leader in residence. The goal of this week-long residency is to connect our students and community to a young leader who embodies the vision of the Center. Lateefah… Read More
Author: Katie Holt
Kendall-Rives Research Grant for Latin America
Interested in conducting research in Latin America? The Kendall-Rives research grant makes available approximately $2,000 each year to one or more Wooster sophomores or juniors to support a research project on some aspect of United States-Latin American Relations. Funds are to be used during the current academic year, including the summer months. Research projects must… Read More
Members of the History Department are always excited to hear what our graduates are doing. Wooster History students pursue interesting careers, and the longer I’m here, the more “Wooster connections” I find. I was catching up on some academic reading this week and turned to an interview in The Americas with one of the historians… Read More
Wooster History Spring Picnic THURSDAY
A message from Dr. Greg Shaya: “On behalf of the Department of History, I’m writing to invite you to the History Spring Picnic, next Thursday, April 28, from 4 to 6pm, in the Bornhuetter Pavilion. History majors & minors, majors with a home department in History, and students interested in History are all welcome. We’ll… Read More
Cafe Bob: Senior IS Questions THURSDAY
Please join us for a special Seniors-Only edition of Cafe Bob, this Thursday at 11. Location TBA. Whether you need help with page numbers or divine intervention, come join together in these last days of Senior I.S. for common sustenance. This will include: a clear answer to every how-do-I-cite… question you have practical solutions to… Read More
Public History Lecture THURSDAY
This Thursday, the Department of History presents a public history talk by Bill Convery, Colorado State Historian, entitled “Sand Creek, Japanese Internment, and Jim Crow: Interpreting Controversy at the History Colorado Center.” The talk is this Thursday at 11 in Kauke 137. This is an excellent opportunity to talk to a public historian with a… Read More
Come view and discuss the ways in which African and African Diasporic directors are depicting contemporary issues in the Africana World. This year’s theme is “The Changing Face of the Africana World.” All films will be shown at 7:00pm-9:30pm, in Scheide 106 Wednesday, Feb 2 – Film: Faat Kine (2003) Ousmane Sembene, director Discussant: Dr.… Read More
Children Are Reading, Earning, Succeeding
College of Wooster sophomore Catherine Gillette, working with the support of the Center for Entrepreneurship, has founded a literacy and education support program in Copan, Honduras: Children Are Reading, Earning, Succeeding (C.A.R.E.S.) C.A.R.E.S. seeks to help children in rural Honduras by improving the basic educational opportunities available to them. They do this by providing books… Read More
This semester, the College of Wooster Model United Nations teams will be participating in the National Model United Nations in New York City. The team will be representing Belarus. The team starts fresh each semester, and no experience is necessary, so even if you have no Model United Nations experience you are welcome to join.… Read More