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French-Canadian Heritage Week in Michigan

Published September 12, 2016

By Heather Powers

In celebration of French-Canadian Heritage Week in Michigan, the following events are planned:

Preview Events—Saturday, Sept. 24, 11 am – 1:00 pm, Lake Linden Park
Children’s Story Time—Saturday Sept 11am, Portage Lake District Library
Children’s Story Time—Wednesday, Sept 28, 10:15 am, Portage Lake District Library
Dance—Wednesday, Sept 28, 7-9 pm, Finnish American Heritage Center
Children’s Story Time—Thursday, Sept 29, 10:15 am, Portage Lake District Library
Performance—Thursday, Sept 29, 7-8 pm, Chassell Heritage Center
Organ Recital—Sunday, Oct. 2, 3 pm, St. Joseph’s Church

(For further information, please click the image.)

Humanities Hosts Chris Breu

Published September 11, 2016

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The Humanities Department will be hosting a talk by Illinois State Professor Chris Breu on Friday at the Great Lakes Research Center, Rm 202: 5 – 6.30pm. The talk is entitled “New/Marxist Materialisms: Theorizing Materiality in an Era of Finance Capitalism.” Brue will also be leading a seminar on Saturday morning, Sept 17th, from 9.00-12.00am in the Cherry Room of Wadsworth Hall — the readings for this will consist of selections from Jason Moore’s Capitalism and the Web of Life (2015).

Café Français

Published September 8, 2016

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Join us for our weekly Conversation Table at 5 p.m. every Thursday in Walker 120 C. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, email Dany Jacob.

(This article first appeared in Tech Today.)

Deering Named New Director of IESL Program

Published August 31, 2016

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The Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs announces that Ms. Heather Deering joined Michigan Tech as the new Director of the Intensive English as a Second Language (IESL) program Monday. In her new role, Deering will report directly to the Provost. She replaces former IESL Director, Dr. Beatrice Smith, who successfully led Michigan Tech’s IESL program through its inaugural and successful accreditation process.

(This article originally appeared in Tech Today.)

Van Kooy Attends NASSR Conference

Published August 17, 2016

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Assistant Professor Dana Van Kooy (HU) recently attended the North American Society for the Study of Romanticism conference (NASSR) at UC-Berkeley where she presented her essay, “New World Discontent and the Aesthetics of Disappearance” on a panel entitled Black Romanticism. She also participated in a special seminar on “Worldnessness and Wordlessness.”

(This article originally appeared in Tech Today.)

Syd Johnson Publishes “Reproductive Technologies”

Published August 2, 2016

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L. Syd M Johnson (HU) published the chapter “Reproductive Technologies” in the handbook Philosophy: Medical Ethics, Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks: Philosophy series.

Sandra Boschetto-Sandoval and Ciro Sandoval Publish Essay

Published August 2, 2016

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Sandra M. Boschetto-Sandoval (HU) and
Ciro A. Sandoval (HU) are
co-authors of an essay published by Johns Hopkins University Press in College Literature: A Journal of Critical Literary Studies, Vol, 43, no. 3 (Summer 2016): 570-591.

(This article originally appeared in Tech Today)

Roxanne Gay on Alton Sterling

Published July 11, 2016

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The New York Times published an article by Humanities alumna Roxane Gay about the police killing of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Read the article here.

(This article originally appeared in Tech Today.)