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JMU celebrates 2021 graduates this weekend during in-person ceremonies
Published Wednesday, May. 5, 2021, 5:53 pm
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Spring 2021 Commencement ceremonies will be held over the weekend at Bridgeforth Stadium/Zane Showker Field on the campus of James Madison University to honor a total of 4,647 graduates.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a host of challenges in celebrating graduates’ successes, and the Commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2021 represent a significant milestone.
Each academic college and The Graduate School will hold in-person ceremonies so that all graduates can be individually recognized.
Amy M. Alvarez
Amy M. Alvarez
has been awarded fellowships from CantoMundo, VONA, Macondo, VCCA, and Furious Flower Poetry Center. Her poetry has appeared in nationally and internationally recognized literary journals including Crazyhorse, The Missouri Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, PRISM international, Rattle, and Sugar House Review. Her work has also been anthologized in literary anthologies and textbooks.
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Amy M. Alvarez
Amy M. Alvarez
has been awarded fellowships from CantoMundo, VONA, Macondo, VCCA, and Furious Flower Poetry Center. Her poetry has appeared in nationally and internationally recognized literary journals including Crazyhorse, The Missouri Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, PRISM international, Rattle, and Sugar House Review. Her work has also been anthologized in literary anthologies and textbooks.
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Black Writers and Poets Are Upending Stereotypes About Appalachia
Kentucky poet Frank X Walker in 2013. Walker coined the term “Affrilachia” to upend assumptions about who is part of Appalachia.
Photo by Victoria Smith / eyevine / Redux
Affrilachian artistry and identity allows Appalachia to be fully seen as the diverse and culturally rich region that it is.
Open a dictionary and you’ll see “Appalachian” described as a “native or inhabitant of Appalachia, especially one of predominantly Scotch-Irish, English, or German ancestry.”
Read J.D. Vance’s
Hillbilly Elegy and you’ll enter a world that’s White, poor, and uncultured, with few, if any, people of color.