Archive for March, 2014

Visiting scholar presents jade perspectives and various areas of expertise from China

Visiting scholar presents jade perspectives and various areas of expertise from China

Anthropology professor Shouyong Pan explained the motifs of jade sculptures and presented on other areas of his expertise as visiting scholar Photo courtesy of Willmott
Professor of anthropology and museum studies Shouyong Pan of Minzu University in Beijing shared his insights of jade sculptures with anthropology students at the Ethnology Museum Laboratory last week as visiting scholar.
Pan also […]

Center for Spirituality and Sustainability honors Retzlaff's sustainability efforts

Center for Spirituality and Sustainability honors Retzlaff’s sustainability efforts

Bill Retzlaff, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, received the Sustainability Leadership Award from the Center for Spirituality and Sustainability last week, but said he “was not trying to achieve that goal.”
“I think the people that really earned the award are my students, my faculty colleagues and my business collaborators,” Retzlaff said. […]

ROTC cadet receives George C. Marshall Award

ROTC cadet receives George C. Marshall Award

Senior political science major Sarah Ostrowski will attend a national conference with military leaders, the Department of Defense and fellow cadets as a recipient of the George C. Marshall Award.
Senior political science major Sarah Ostrowski was selected to receive the George C. Marshall Award, which honors the best cadets from ROTC programs around the country. […]

Students to ‘Make a Move’ through devised play: created storylines and improvised acting

Students to ‘Make a Move’ through devised play: created storylines and improvised acting

"Make a Move" play was devised by its actors and directed by theater education professor Leslie Van Leishout. Photo courtesy of Theresa San Luis
Theater students created the play “Make a Move” and will act with some improvisation in their performances.
Theater education professor Leslie Van Leishout, also director of “Make a Move,” allowed the six actors and […]

STELLAR Student profile: Mariah Huelsmann

STELLAR Student profile: Mariah Huelsmann

From ceramic pigs and nutcrackers to antique China dolls, freshman anthropology major Mariah Huelsmann has always been interested in collecting objects, which she considers a logical beginning for her interest in anthropology.
Freshman anthropology major Mariah Huelsmann was one of 10 students selected to receive the College of Arts and Science's STELLAR Student award. The award […]

37th Fritz Marti Lecture features Yale philosophy professor

37th Fritz Marti Lecture features Yale philosophy professor

Propaganda is a “dangerous, pejorative function,” according to Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley.
Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley lectured about propaganda and liberal democracies last week for the 37th Fritz Marti lecture. The Fritz Marti Lecture series has occurred since 1976. Photo by Kari Williams
Stanley presented his talk, “Language as a Mechanism of Control,” last week […]

‘Orpheus in the Underworld’ operetta to take off in comedic style by Music Department

‘Orpheus in the Underworld’ operetta to take off in comedic style by Music Department

The cast of "Orpheus in the Underworld" rehearses in Dunham Hall Theater. Photo courtesy of Kourtnee Brenner.
Student performers in the music department will juggle comedic moments- prancing, singing and dancing-among a cast of 16 in “Orpheus in the Underworld” by Jacques Offenbach.
According to Randy Trisler, senior music education major, who plays Orpheus, the operetta is […]

American Muslim women visit Islamic politics course for panel discussion

American Muslim women visit Islamic politics course for panel discussion

American Muslim women will discuss cultural stereotypes related to their religion and way of life this week as part of an Islamic politics course.
History professor Steve Tamari and philosophy professor Saba Fatima are co-teaching the course, for which the panel discussion will take place at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, in Founders Hall 0111.
Tamari’s purpose for holding […]

International Women’s Day edition publishes professor’s article on Bulgarian gender roles in media

International Women’s Day edition publishes professor’s article on Bulgarian gender roles in media

Mass communications professor Elza Ibroscheva and her colleague’s article, “Hidden in Public View: Visual representations of women in the Bulgarian communist press,” was selected for publication by editors of the March 8 International Women’s Day online edition of Routledge.
Mass communications professors Elza Ibroscheva and Nadia Kaneva of the University of Denver had an article selected for […]

'Feminist Awakenings' exhibit reveals realizations of feminism, gender roles

‘Feminist Awakenings’ exhibit reveals realizations of feminism, gender roles

Wonder Woman, Tampax and a pink My Little People van.
The Women's Studies program collaborated with Lovejoy Library to create "Feminist Awakenings: Artifacts of Impact," an exhibit featuring 20 pieces that symbolize a first realization of feminism and gender roles. Students, staff and faculty contributed to the exhibit, which will be on display through the end […]

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