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Selection ProcessA committee of faculty, staff, and students from across campus participates in the Common Reading book selection process. The committee considers the goals of the program, along with other selection criteria, including literary quality, compatibility with the Integrative Learning Objectives and the potential to stimulate engaging, interactive discussions. In keeping with the campus-wide focus of the program, the selection committee intentionally seeks out books with themes that

City, Minneapolis’s The Loft, the Skagit River Poetry Festival, Spokane’s Get Lit!, Seattle’s Cheap Wine and Poetry and the Hugo Literary Series, among others. She earned an MFA in Poetry at Antioch University Los Angeles. Elizabeth produces poetry programming for NPR-affiliate KUOW 94.9, and makes her living at Seattle Children’s Hospital, where she also offers poetry and reflective writing workshops for the staff.

¡Bienvenidos! | Welcome! Study Tour to Pueblos Mancomunados del Norte. September 15-17 2017. Development | Culture | Social Change Designed for advanced Spanish language students with an interest in Latin American Studies, this unique semester program explores the intersection of development, culture, and social change through the lens of the dynamic and evolving context of contemporary Mexico. Located in the southwestern Mexican state of Oaxaca – declared “Humanity’s Cultural Patrimony” by the

International AffairsInteraction on an international scale raises complex issues that are best analyzed from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Diplomacy and political relations require understanding not just of political relationships, but also of economic interactions. Conflict resolution at both domestic (such as in Rwanda) and international (such as between Israel and Palestine) levels requires diplomacy, but also deep cultural understandings. This concentration is designed to provide

, it provides a cultural ecological perspective of foraging societies in a variety of environments. It also examines how foraging studies inform archaeological research and the challenges that these peoples now face in a rapidly changing world. (4) ANTH 370 : The Archaeology of Ancient Empires - ES, GE The origins of agriculture, writing, cities, and the state in many parts of the world, comparing and contrasting the great civilizations of antiquity, including Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, Asia

2020 Global Studies CapstonesWelcome to the Spring 2020 Global Studies Capstones.  A. R. AlcantarA Study of National Identity & European IntegrationThis paper uses realist, poststructuralist, and constructivist lenses to study the interaction between national identity and European political socioeconomic integration. I argue that a state’s sense of national identity affects that state’s level of involvement in the European Union. This study examines the following states: France, Italy, the

the annual International Education Week, The Diversity Center hosts Global Getdown, an opportunity for our campus community to highlight our cultural backgrounds through performance.  This can be represented in ANY performance, OR cultural activity, such as dancing, singing, poetry i.e. whatever one wants to do in representation of their culture! Transgender Day of RememberanceNationally celebrated on November 20th, Transgender Day of Remembrance honors the memory of transgender community members

Disarming Polarization: Navigating Conflict and Difference in the 21st CenturyThursday, March 5Friday, March 6Thursday, March 58:15 - 9:45 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction: Asking the Questions Panel: Michael Artime, Corey L. ook, Justin Eckstein, Mary Ellard-Ivey, Sergia Hay, and Heidi Schutz Location: Scandinavian Cultural Center 9:55 - 11:40 a.m. | Religious Divides and the Expanding Circle of Cooperation Speaker: Dr. Ara Norenzayan, Professor of Psychology, University of British Columbia