Association presents 2021 alumni awards
05/18/2021
The SUNY Cortland Alumni Association will present its most prestigious honor, the Distinguished Alumni Award, to three graduates during a virtual award ceremony on Monday and Tuesday, July 12 and 13.
The association also will honor one graduate with the Distinguished Educator Award, recognize three Young Alumni and name two Outstanding Alumni Volunteers.
More information and registration details for the virtual awards ceremony will be posted soon to RedDragonNetwork.org.
The 2021 award recipients are:
Ashley Crossway ’13, Distinguished Young Alum. Crossway, who recently joined SUNY Cortland as an assistant professor, is an advocate for the advancement of diversity and the LGBTQ+ population in the athletic training community.
05/04/2021
The SUNY Cortland campus community is invited to join a discussion of the adaptations of many religions in Latin America.
Maria Klara Ventura, an Multicultural Life and Diversity Office intern and junior dual major in international studies and anthropology, will facilitate this seminar, Afro-Religion in Latin America, on Wednesday, May 5. This event starts at 6 p.m. via WebEx. It is free and does not require advance registration.
“There isn’t much attention to Afro-descent Latin issues,” said Ventura. “There is a lack of representation.”
According to the Pew Research Center, more than 425 million Catholics live in Latin America, nearly 40% of the total Catholic population in the world. Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Brazilian and indigenous religions are practiced by many Latin Americans, even by those who identify as Catholic or Protestant.
Herstory Month Features Art, Theater, Self-Love, and Social Justice Bowdoin is honoring
Herstory Month this March with theater, storytelling, art, and a keynote speaker who promotes self-love and body empowerment as a means of achieving social justice.
Herstory Month features art, activism, theater, and storytelling. Above are actors in RISE, Elizabeth Humphrey ’14 (left), and Sonya Renee Taylor (right).
This year s keynote speaker will be Zooming in live from New Zealand on Friday, March 12, at 7:00 p.m.
Sonya Renee Taylor is a poet, activist, and author of
The Body is Not an Apology, in which she puts forth the idea that practicing self-acceptance and body positivity can propel social justice and global transformation.
Kansas State holds student dedication ceremony for Morris Family Multicultural Student Center
Kansas State University continues to take steps in the right direction for diversity.
On Wednesday night, students and faculty from many different backgrounds gathered at the newly constructed Morris Family Multicultural Student Center for a student dedication ceremony.
Representatives from the Native American Student Body shared more about the smudging ceremony they dedicated to the center. The Asian American Student Union Representatives gave gifts of a money tree; a broom, representing a fresh start; as well as lucky bamboo. Sadine Hoff, AASU Vice President External, says the lucky bamboo represents more than just the five elements.