The “Coffee and Culture” series presented by Campus Activities and Student Engagement here at UWSP has long been a popular event for both student and faculty alike. Focused on promoting an inclusive environment and increasing the awareness of other experiences and stories on campus, the series has consistently been a catalyst for healthy discussion. Monday’s program was no different. Titled ... Read More »
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International Dinner: 47 Years of Making Connections
On Saturday, April 8, students from all over the world united to celebrate diversity at the 47th Annual International Dinner. This year’s dinner theme, “Destinations: Off the Beaten Path,” was chosen to recognize that some of the most beautiful aspects of a country lie off the beaten path. The dinner is a celebration of the diversity of students who attend ... Read More »
Dutch Trump Pushes Far-Right Politics in Europe
Geert Wilder, a far-right conservative politician from the Netherlands, has been the head of an anti-immigration shift in the political climate in Europe. Although Wilder lost the election in mid-March for Prime Minister, the anti-Islamist Party for Freedom’s candidate was a serious threat to the incumbent, Mark Rutte. The Netherlands is a historically liberal country that has been welcoming to immigrants ... Read More »
University of Wisconsin Calls for Free Tuition
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Student Government Association made a bold statement last month demanding free tuition for all black students. UW-Madison reasoned that African-Americans were legally barred from enjoying the advancements of an education due to slavery and Jim Crow Laws in the past. Currently, African-American students enrolled in the university make up only 2 percent of the demographic. The university has ... Read More »
Chancellor Addresses Racial Incidence on Campus
On Sept. 28, Chancellor Bernie Patterson sent out an email to students and staff concerning troubling incidents have been occurring to students of color. “There’s been two or three, maybe more, instances of vehicles – usually pickup trucks of varying descriptions – driving around or through campus and rolling down the window and yelling racial slurs at some of our students of ... Read More »
International Education United on Campus
The Office of International Education, once located in the Collins Classroom Center, was often hard to locate, crowded with students, and not effective for presentations. In order to resolve these issues and break the barriers between international and traditional students, the Office of International Education completed a yearlong application process for new space. After approval from the Student Government Association, ... Read More »
A Sneak Peek at Soup and Substance
Once a month a group of about 25 or so students gather in the DUC to share a hot meal and spend an hour learning about and discussing a new topic. Topics this semester have covered renewable energy, Native American culture in modern America, and, most recently, Hmong culture and identity. The next and last topic that will be covered ... Read More »
If the Shoe Fits
Studies show that prejudice normally occurs whenever there are differences in population. However, no matter what race, religion, color or creed you are there seems to be a natural sense of prejudice that subsists in every human being. After talking to Vinod Sundram (who likes to be called “V”), a University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point international student from Singapore ... Read More »