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October 2019
“Grandfather’s Trunk: Spirit of Survival”
WSU’s Manuscripts Archives and Special Collections (MASC) is exhibiting artifacts that tell the story of three generations of one family’s experience at Native American boarding schools. These schools, established in the late 19th century but lasting until 1960s and 1970s, had the primary objective of assimilating Native American children into Euro-American culture. They did so by stripping Native children of their Native identities and culture, forbidding children and youth to speak their language, use their given names, or practice their…
Find out more »December 2019
“Environmental Change and Human Migration” SOE 110 Group Poster Project Presentations
This semester students in SOE 110, “Environment, Human Life, and Sustainability,” have been tasked with projects to employ systems thinking to the dynamics of human migration within and between countries around the world. Come see their presentations as they present their understanding of climate refugees. Verification of attendance available.
Find out more »“Environmental Change and Human Migration” SOE 110 Group Poster Project Presentations
This semester students in SOE 110, “Environment, Human Life, and Sustainability,” have been tasked with projects to employ systems thinking to the dynamics of human migration within and between countries around the world. Come see their presentations as they present their understanding of climate refugees. Verification of attendance available.
Find out more »February 2020
Visiting Author: Jericho Brown
Jericho Brown is one of the most brilliant young stars of American poetry today. Not only does his work cite America’s history with slavery, one of the largest forced migrations in human history, it also explores complacency—the inaction of people who choose not to leave their zones of safety to understand larger problems of social justice. Brown is the recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award and fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at…
Find out more »June 2020
World Refugee Day (set by UNHCR)
Refugees worldwide are celebrated this day, as set by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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