The 52nd annual Octagon Art Festival drew a crowd of nearly 10,000 people to downtown Ames on Sunday. Artists lined the streets in booths, showcasing and selling their creations. Delicious smells from food trucks drifted through the air, along with free musical and dance performances that captivated audiences. “The festival is a great way to.
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The Stony Brook University Career Center and College of Business partnered together with the support of Chief Diversity Officer Judith Brown Clarke, from the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives, to send 29 undergraduate students to Washington, D.C., for a networking event for underrepresented communities this past October. The Forté Undergraduate Women of Color Leadership Symposium hosted students in the country's capital for a nationwide conference. Forté was designed for women to have a supportive environment where they can learn and share their experiences from their professional world; this event focused on young women of color. The event connected peers from other institutions and working professionals that found success across a variety of industries. There are many challenges that women of color face which make it difficult to navigate through the working world. Forté created a safe space for women to share their experiences and struggles. "
The Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting at the School of Communication and Journalism hosted a conversation on the women's uprising in Iran
Women. Life. Freedom. Those three words and the fires women are using to burn their hijab have ignited a protest across Iran, challenging the Islamic republic and the face of a nation. The Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting at the School of Communication and Journalism and the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives will host a conversation on Wednesday, November 16, at 6 pm to discuss the growing movement, its significance and its potential impact on the future of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The panel will include: Leili Soltani, director of Voice of America's (VOA) Persian language broadcasts to Iran. Born in Tehran, she is an award-winning broadcast journalist, investigative reporter and anchor who served for the past five years as VOA's Persian executive producer in charge of live and special programming. Roya Hakakian, poet, writer, journalist and human rights activist. Roya came to the U.S. from Iran as a refugee. She is the author of