Transcript Liberal Arts Course Cluster NonOrg Presentation 2014

Course-Clustering 2014-2015:
What is it & Why Should I Join in?
An overview of learning goals
Expectations of faculty and students
Brainstorming on a subtheme for next year
LEARNING GOALS
Promote Interdisciplinary Thinking
Provide Opportunities for Experiential Learning
Allow Students to Connect with Community Initiatives
Encourage and Showcase Student Interdisciplinary Work
Expose Students to a Variety of Modes of Expression
Assess Student Learning Outcomes
What We Eat: Why It Matters
Liberal Arts course cluster Fall 2011
Anthropology 350: Healing, Birthing & Dying
Art 343: Graphic Design IV
Health 230: Human Nutrition (both sections)
Environmental Studies 270: Health & the Environment
Political Science/Environmental Studies 365: Ethical Dilemmas in
Environmental Politics
What We Eat. Why It Matters
FOOD FILM Series – Fall 2011
Food Inc
Wed, Sept 14, 2011 @ 8p
Center for Natural Sciences CNS C102
Facilitated by Brian Sorich and Josh Conrad
King Corn (Farming/Corn/Health Effects)
Tues, Sept 27, 2011 @ 7p
Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library
Facilitated by Nikki Soni and Dana Rotz
Silent Killer: the Unfinished Campaign Against Hunger
Tues Oct 11 @ 7p
Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library
Facilitated by Laura Solis and Jessica Solis
Troubled Waters: A Mississippi River Story
(Farming and Effects on River)
Mon, Oct 24 @ 7p
Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library
Facilitated by Nick Varchetto and Greg Carroll
Black Gold (Coffee/Fair Trade/Farmers)
Thurs Oct 27 @ 7p
Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library
Facilitated by Mack Rivkin and Michael Panno
Making Human Rights Real
Fall 2012
Spanish 490: Senior Seminar
Spanish 280: Reading & Writing Culture
Educational Studies 225: Education for Social Justice
International Studies 222/322: International Human Rights
Political Science 302: Social Movements
Political Science 307: Constitutional Law 1
Gateway 100: Citizens and Strangers
Art 343: Graphic Design IV
Anthropology 171: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Anthropology/Environmental Studies 274: Peoples & Cultures of
East Africa
MAKING
HUMAN
RIGHTS UPCOMING
REAL
EVENTS
October 16th
Beckman Auditorium,
Ames Library
7-9PM
October 30th
Beckman Auditorium,
Ames Library
7-8PM
November 1st
Beckman Auditorium,
Ames Library
Presentation: 4-5PM
Film: 7-8PM
FILM: “DEAR MANDELA”
"Dear Mandela” is an award winning documentary on the Shack Dwellers Movement in South
Africa. The film's director, Dara Kell, and two of the South African activists, Zodwa Msibande and
Mnikelo Ndabankulu, will attend the screening and participate in a Q&A and discussion afterward.
ONE HEART FOR CONGO
Pathy Ekal, Kristen Gianaris, and Bahiyyah Khalilallah, three members of the local Congolese
community, will present "Uncovering Truth about the DRC: Displacement at Home and Abroad" to
discuss the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and share their experi ences as African refugees in the Midwest.
LOST BOYS OF SUDAN
Peter Magai Bul, Maketh Bul Mabior and John Dut Kuol will present "Lost and Found: Sudanese
Refugees in the U.S.," which will highlight the men's experiences as Lost Boys in a Kenyan refugee
camp, as students and employees in Chicago, and as leaders of development organizations they
have established to assist their communities in newly-established South Sudan.
"God Grew Tired of Us" (Directed by Christopher Quinn and Tommy Walker, 2006) is a film that tells
the story of three Lost Boys of Sudan who are selected from a refugee camp in Kenya to come and
live in different U.S. cities. Peter, Maketh, and John will be on hand after the film to answer questions.
November 7th
Davidson Room,
Memorial Center
5:15-7PM
Opening Reception:
November 27th
Second Floor Balcony,
Hansen Student Center
4-6PM
December 1st
Young Main Lounge,
Memorial Center
8:30-11:30AM
HUNGER BANQUET
Experience the inequities in how people from around the world eat. T ickets will be available in
mid-October. $5.00/ each - limited to 50 tickets.
EXHIBIT: WINDOWS & MIRRORS
REFLECTIONS ON THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
This exhibit is the powerful outcome of the American Friends Service Committee's call to artists in
the Chicago Public Art Group and the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program to contribute works of art to
a traveling memorial to civilians who have died in the war in Afghanistan. The exhibit also includes
drawings that depict the war by children who live in Kabul. The exhibit will run Nov. 26 - 30th.
MAKING HUMAN RIGHTS REAL:
WORKSHOP
Members of the courses in the Making Human Rights Real cluster will meet to share what they have
learned about human rights and social justice throughout the semester in their individual courses,
and what kinds of action they can take based on that knowledge.
PARTICIPATING CLASSES:
Anth/Enst 274: Peoples and Cultures of East Africa • Anth 171: Cultural Anthropology • Art 343: Graphic Design IV • Educ 225:
Education for Social Justice • Gateway 100: Citizens and Strangers • Inst 222/322: International Human Rights • Psci 307:
Constitutional Law I • Psci 302: Social Movements • Spanish 280: Reading and Writing Culture • Spanish 490: Senior Seminar
Spring 2013 Courses
Anthropology 171: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Anthropology 380: Visual Ethnographic Methods
Health 280: Perspectives in International Health
Spanish 230: Medical Spanish
Spanish 280: Reading & Writing Culture
Political Science 104: Multiculturalism and its Critics
Political Science 216: Politics in Africa
MAKING
HUMAN
RIGHTS UPCOMING
REAL
spring 2013
EVENTS
February 6th
THEOLOGIES
OF LIBERATION
Featuring the work of Bishop Oscar Romero and others.
February 25th
FILM:
DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND
The film documents the Amish “Rumspringa,” allowing teens to experience
Evelyn Chapel,
11am-12pm
Beckman Auditorium,
Ames Library
7PM
March 20th
Dugout Underground,
Memorial Center
12-1pm
mainstream America before committing to the Amish lifestyle.
VOICES FROM THE
UNDERGROUND
Stories and Poems to Celebrate International Poetry Day.
All are welcome to read original and found poetry.
March 21st
Beckman Auditorium,
Ames Library
7PM
FILM:
GOD GREW TIRED OF US
The film sheds light on the challenges faced by Sudanese refugees
as they integrate into life in the U.S
Q & A with Lost Boys to follow
April 17th
CLUSTER
LUNCH
Lunch and closing workshop
April 25th
STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL:
BECOMING AMERICAN
Main Lounge & Atrium,
Memorial Center
11am-1pm
Beckman Auditorium,
Ames Library
7PM
Featuring student-produced films highlighting experiences of community
members at different stages of obtaining U.S. citizenship.
All events are free and open to the IWU community
For information and more Human Rights related events visit: http://www .iwu.edu/human-rights/calendar.html
PARTICIPATING CLASSES:
Anth 171: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology • Anth 380: Visual Ethnographic Methods • Health 280: Perspectives in
International Health • Psci 104: Multiculturalism & its Critics • Psci 216: Politics in Africa; Psci 361: Globalization &
the Environment • Soc / Psci 395: Grant Writing • Spanish 230: Medical Spanish • Spanish 280: Reading & Writing Culture
YOU ARE
INVITED
TO THE Making Human Rights Real Course Cluster
LUNCHEON
Wednesday
April 17
Special guests will share their stories of
becoming American, and students enrolled
11:00 am -1:00 pm in cluster courses will share what they have
Memorial Center learned about immigration and other human
Illinois Wesleyan University rights issues this semester
RSVP to Rebecca Gearhart at [email protected] or 309-556-3921 by April 1st
May Term 2013
2013 — 14
PBK Fellows
Select Cluster Events 2013-14
New Web Presence
Themes & Activities for 2014-15
• First Year Summer Reading: Madonnas of Echo Park (Mexican Americans
in L.A.)
• International Studies Theme “Walls & Bridges: Constructions of the
Past, Present & Future”
– 2014: 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
Symposium October 5 - 7
• 60th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education
– 2015: 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act
• Center for Human Rights & Social Justice Workshop theme “Free
Expression” Spring (late February)
• Thursday 3D: Diversity, Dignity, Dialogue Series (race, gender, faith,
ability, privilege, LGBTQ, SES, international, current events) 8:00 p.m.