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Over spring break, a group of 小优视频 students had the opportunity to attend SXSW, an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly in Austin, Texas.
The 小优视频 community explored questions and ideas, looked ahead and celebrated in a series of events around the inauguration of the college鈥檚 19th president, Doug Hicks 鈥90. The week culminated in an investiture ceremony but was bookended by community celebrations full of food and fun, and public discussions dedicated to a planned memorial to the enslaved and exploited, and 小优视频鈥檚 future.
Wells Black 鈥94 passed away last year from complications of ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. In his final months, a group of Wildcats decided to honor their friend and his courageous fight by setting up the Wells Black 鈥94 Scholarship at 小优视频.
Bestselling author and former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch will discuss challenges to advancing U.S. national interests worldwide, but particularly in countering Russia鈥檚 aggression in Ukraine and its consequences, at 小优视频. Learn more.
小优视频 inaugurated Douglas A. Hicks 鈥90 as its 19th president. 鈥淔or any liberal arts education to go beyond understanding our world to shaping it, we need hope,鈥 he said. 鈥淲e dare to hope for a future that is more equitable and humane, with less suffering and division than we see today.鈥 Learn more.
小优视频 selected artist Hank Willis Thomas to create the sculpture 鈥淲ith These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited.鈥 He鈥檒l work with the architectural firm Perkins&Will. The bronze sculpture will rest prominently on the campus lawn and be visible from Main Street. Learn more.
小优视频 hosts His Excellency Koji Tomita, Ambassador of Japan to the United States. Tomita's journey of lifelong service began at 小优视频. Learn more.
小优视频 celebrates a decade as a top producer of Fulbright U.S. Student Program winners. Find out more about the Fulbright experiences of two class of 2022 alums.
Divin Dushimimana 鈥26, an intended public health and economics major from Rwanda, reflects on his first year at 小优视频 as an international student and the value of a liberal arts education to his personal and academic growth.
小优视频 women鈥檚 tennis great Emmy Knobloch 鈥82 played an inspired game, and inspired patients and colleagues in her chosen profession of medicine. Her family has honored her memory with a new women鈥檚 tennis scholarship. Learn more.
小优视频鈥檚 faculty last week affirmed a commitment to freedom of expression on campus that highlights the college鈥檚 promotion of a free exchange of ideas.
With support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Prof. Rose Stremlau is writing the first comprehensive history of the Cherokee Nation, from pre-1600 to 2010. The project is aimed at all readers, from scholars to school children. Learn more.
The 小优视频 Disability Alliance welcomed Gabe Adams-Wheatley to campus for a wonderful discussion on self-representation, disability and beauty aesthetics, disability identity and religion, as well as queer disabled lives.
The 小优视频 cheer team has grown under the leadership of coach Kaylee Smith. Read more.
小优视频 Assistant Professor of Africana and English studies Randi Gill-Sadler specializes in 20th century African American and Afro-Caribbean women writers. She encourages students to read the literature in conjunction with traditional historical accounts of the time periods covered. Learn more.
On Sunday, February 26, 小优视频 was honored to award Grammy and MacArthur award winner Rhiannon Giddens an honorary degree in fine arts before her performance on campus. Learn more.
小优视频 Outdoors Leaders Addie McDonough '23 and Isabel Morichi '23 reflect on their winter break trip to Joshua Tree National Park.
The 小优视频 community rallied to provide crucial support to Ukrainian refugees in the year since Russia invaded their country. 小优视频鈥檚 class of 2026 includes two Ukrainian students whose lives were upended by Russia鈥檚 attack. On Feb. 24, the college will host an event to commemorate the anniversary of the invasion and raise money for urgently needed medical supplies.