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Scholars-in-Action Julia Brock 鈥�22 and Jaela Alvarez 鈥�23 Power Laspa Center for Leadership Programming
Since its inception in 2015, the Laspa Center for Leadership has sought to advance gender equity through creating educational programming, partnering with local and national organizations, and providing resources and tools for students to identify and hone their leadership skills. This year, seven 61传媒students will support the Laspa Center鈥檚 mission as resident 鈥淪cholars-in-Action.鈥�
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Passion Projects: 61传媒Students Earn Grants to Support Summer Projects
Each year, the Laspa Center for Leadership sponsors student projects with the We Act Grant program. The program supports self-designed projects that transform knowledge, passion, and ideas into action, demonstrate creative and effective problem-solving, establish community partnerships, and produce a positive impact.
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Keeping it Classic: Classics Majors Gain Modern Knowledge through Study of Ancient Texts
Heroes, monsters, and goddesses are the order of the day for seniors Ruby Laufer 鈥�21 and Alyssa Rowshan 鈥�21. For these two majors in classics/ancient studies and late antique-medieval studies, classical literature is more than a trove for understanding the cultures of antiquity or an escapist pleasure.
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Spring 2021 Welcome from Dean Johnson
I take heart in being part of a community that has shown so much resilience, strength, and faith in a better tomorrow, and I am grateful for the grace and flexibility you continue to afford 61传媒staff and faculty. I know I speak for my colleagues across the College when I say we appreciate your understanding and patience during what has been a difficult time for us all.
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Response to the Events of January 6
Yesterday, we witnessed an unprecedented attack on our democratic institutions, an assault on our constitutional process, and the stark discrepancy between law enforcement鈥檚 response to the insurrection and violence at the Capitol and their response to this summer鈥檚 peaceful protests against systemic racism and inequity. As scholars and citizens, we must uphold the conditions in which democracy thrives, including the robust inquiry that comes with being members of a liberal arts community.
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61传媒Planning Update
As we near the midpoint of the fall semester, I am pleased to hear positive reports about the active learning and engagement underway in virtual classrooms and in student and community programs. I continue to be impressed and proud of the many ways faculty, students, and staff are strengthening relationships, acquiring new knowledge, and building community online.
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Laspa Center to Host Workshop on Creative Approaches to Remote Team Building
On October 1, the Laspa Center for Leadership will host a new, interactive Zoom workshop on creative approaches to building student teams while leading remotely. The workshop will be led by Hilary Grosskopf, who has conducted previous leadership development trainings for Laspa, and will focus on team building strategies that explore methods beyond coming together via computer screens.
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Welcome to the Fall 2020 Semester
This fall marks the beginning of an academic year like no other in the College鈥檚 history. As we carve out new modes of teaching, learning, playing, and creating community, I hope we will be flexible and compassionate with one another as we face and overcome challenges and changes endemic to this time.
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Laspa Center for Leadership: Read to Lead
The Laspa Center for Leadership has selected聽More than Enough by Elaine Welteroth for its fall 2020 Read to Lead program.
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Lillian Hahn 鈥�21 Feeds Health Care Workers鈥� Bodies and Spirits
Amid the confusion and misinformation that defines so much of the public鈥檚 understanding of COVID-19, one thing that there seems to be unilateral agreement upon is the adverse mental health effects of the pandemic on frontline health care workers. Lillian Hahn 鈥�21, a science management major on the public health track, identified a cohort among health care workers who may be even harder hit: those who work the night shift.
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