Tag: Events
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Women's History Month: International Women's Day
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Read More: Women's History Month: International Women's Day“The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights.” ~Gloria Steinem International Women’s Day commemorates the movement for women’s rights, and was originally called International Working Women’s Day. The earliest…
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Black History Month: bell hooks
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Read More: Black History Month: bell hooksbell hooks was born Gloria Jean Watkins on September 25, 1952. The town of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, where she and her five siblings grew up and went to school, was segregated, and her experiences in this community helped shape the commitment to feminism and resistance to racism central to her life’s…
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Black History Month: Toni Morrison
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Read More: Black History Month: Toni MorrisonToni Morrison is among the most acclaimed African American authors in U.S. history. In 1993, she became the first African American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. She also received a 1988 Pulitzer Prize for her novel Beloved and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in…
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A Day at the (Career) Fair
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Read More: A Day at the (Career) Fair~from intern Joyce Bohling Recently I shared a story here on the blog—“What Do You Do with a B.A. in English?”—exploring career options for English majors. For that post, I interviewed Career Education Manager for the College of Liberal Arts, Katie Russo, who explained all that English majors bring to the…
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Black History Month: Alice Walker
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Read More: Black History Month: Alice WalkerAuthor, civil rights activist, and women’s rights activist Alice Walker was born in Putnam County, Georgia in 1944. Born into a family of sharecroppers, she was the youngest of eight children. She grew up surrounded by oral tradition, hearing stories from her grandfather. Her grandfather’s stories inspired her, at the…
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Black History Month: Audre Lorde
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Read More: Black History Month: Audre LordeAudre Lorde was a black writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, teacher, and civil rights activist, who described herself as a “lesbian, mother, warrior, poet.” Her poems and prose largely dealt with issues related to civil rights, feminism, and the exploration of black female identity. Jerome Brooks says in Black Women Writers (1950-1980):…
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“What Do You Do with a B.A. in English?”: An Interview with Career Education Manager Katie Russo
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Read More: “What Do You Do with a B.A. in English?”: An Interview with Career Education Manager Katie Russo~from intern Joyce Bohling Often, when I tell people I’m an English major, I’m met with everything from genuine curiosity to outright dismay about my job prospects. In these conversations, I’m often reminded of the opening line from one of my favorite musicals, Avenue Q: “What do you do with…
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Black History Month: Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
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Read More: Black History Month: Dr. Ibram X. KendiToday’s featured author is a bit of a departure. Up to now, we’ve been featuring historical figures. Today, we are featuring a modern day historian. Ibram X. Kendi is a New York Times best-selling author and award-winning historian at the University of Florida. His second book, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive…
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Black History Month: Phillis Wheatley
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Read More: Black History Month: Phillis WheatleyTaken from Africa when she was only about seven years old, Phillis Wheatley was a slave. She was also the first published African-American female and one of the best-known poets of her time. The family who owned her taught her to read and write, allowed her an education that at the time…
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Black History Month: Frederick Douglass
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Read More: Black History Month: Frederick DouglassOur current president didn’t make the traditional official proclamation designating February as Black History Month yesterday, but he did make a statement. Addressing a small group of African American aides and supporters to kick off Black History Month, he mentioned Frederick Douglass, but seemed to be confused about who he…