Community Comment: Channel 7 viewers react to Detroit Riverwalk s best in the nation honor
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
and last updated 2021-03-11 20:36:48-05
WXYZ DETROIT â Our station editorial about USA Today honoring Detroit for having the best Riverwalk in the nation triggered a flurry of comments.
Mary Ann Budd said:
John Doyle wrote on Facebook:
âKinda think some of that had to do with Canada not being an immediate cesspool across the river.â
Another TV-7 viewer wrote:
âGreat views, even see kayaks along the edge. Ships dock, boat rides, and yes, the carousel too.â
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Pat Clarkson responded:
Patrice M. Ticknor sent us this message:
March 10, 2021
By Steve Nakata, Division of Student Affairs
Along with millions of Americans across the country, Multicultural Student Services Advisor Sylvia Bullock was glued to her television last summer when protests erupted across the nation following the death of George Floyd.
Floyd was one of many Black citizens who lost their lives last year at the hands of police, and for Bullock, it served as a stark reminder that injustice against Black people is still prevalent in the United States.
Moments like these tend to bring about feelings of hopelessness among people and Bullock, who serves as president of WSU’s Black Faculty and Staff Association (BFSA), certainly shared those feelings. Then, on June 1, she read a letter addressing the injustices, that was signed by 18 WSU leaders across the system. The letter inspired her to take action.
March 9, 2021
The Washington State University Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art is reopening its physical spaces to the public and featuring two new exhibitions starting Tuesday, March 9.
PULLMAN, Wash. – The Washington State University Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art is reopening its physical spaces to the public and featuring two new exhibitions starting Tuesday, March 9.
“We deeply appreciate the generous support the museum has received from the community during our physical closure. We look forward to welcoming visitors back into the museum spaces, and will continue hosting virtual programs after our reopening,” said Ryan Hardesty, executive director of the WSU Schnitzer Museum.
Washington State University has selected WSU associate professor Todd Butler to serve as dean for its college of Arts and Sciences, according to a Monday news release.
Venue: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU – Remote Zoom Webinar Event Time: Wednesday, March 10, 4-5 p.m. On Wednesday, March 10, from 4-5 p.m. join guest curator Michael Holloman as he speaks about the exhibition Follow the River: Portraits of the Columbia Plateau, which presents portraiture of Plateau tribal members as commissioned in the mid-1930s by former Washington State College President Ernest O. Holland. As a counterpoint, tremendous Plateau cultural materials are included from the WSU Museum of Anthropology, as well as the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture in Spokane. The program will revisit these documentary paintings while showing tribal permanence in . » More .