Climbing Mountains in the Rich Literary Landscape of Cuba
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| Professor Cook, with the poet, Nancy Morejón, at the home of her parents in Cuba. (Photo courtesy of J. Cordones-Cook) |
Juanamaría Cordones-Cook, Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, traveled to Cuba this past February to film a special documentary as part of her work in bringing together the Nancy Morejón Special Collection in her department’s Afro-Romance Institute for Languages and Literatures of the African Diaspora. More...
Grand Songkran Thai New Year & Water Festival Makes a Big Splash at MU
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| On the Rod Nam Dam Hua water-sprinkling ceremony, six honored guests where chosen to represent the “Elders” of the MU community: Chancellor Brady Deaton, Provost Brian Foster, Vice-Provost Handy Williamson, Dr. Andrew Clarke, Sang Kim and Valerie Goodin. |
Songkran is a Thai traditional New Year celebration that starts on April 13 each year and lasts for 3 days. It is easily the most important and grandest festival on the Thai calendar. In Thailand, Songkran celebrates Thai traditions that developed around a more ancient, agricultural lifestyle. Freed from regular work routines, Thais perform annual rites that show respect to the ancestors. One highlight of the festival is when younger Thais pay respects to their elders by sprinkling their hands with scented water, called Rod Nam Dam Hua. This is when the famous water fights break out on every street. At MU, the Thai Student Association (Thai-SA) decided to simulate aspects of the original Songkran as a fun way of introducing mid-Missouri college students to Thai culture. More...
First Person: Overview of the Hispanic American Colleges and Universities Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas
This past Fall semester, I had the pleasure of attending the 20th Annual Conference of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and University (HACU) with the help of the Vice Provost of International Programs. Themed "Twenty Years of Championing Hispanic Higher Education Success," the conference brought together more than 1,600 attendees from various universities, private corporations, government agencies, and communities. More...
Paving a Path to Quality
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Showcase 2007-Madison-60+poster exhibits |
They say every organization that decides to journey down the “Quality” path does so in its own way. I'm asking the question: what might such a path look like for Mizzou? When I learned that my own alma mater, the University of Missouri, was exploring Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), you can imagine I was excited by the prospect of being a part of it. More...
Bringing the United Nations to Mid-Missouri
MU doctoral students hope to make a global impact at the local level with the formation of the first UNA-USA Chapter in central Missouri. More...
Chinese Boomtown
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Mr. Peter Hessler gave a talk of his book, Boomtown: Life in a Chinese factory. |
It began with a story of intrigue and finished with a reflection on a nation swept up in an industrial revolution. More...
Cambio Center Strategic Initiatives Program Award
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| Dr. Philip G. Peters, Jr., Professor of School of Law (Left); Dr. Monica Marcos-Llinas, Resident Instruction Assistant Professor of Spanish (Right) | |
Dr. Philip G. Peters, Jr. from the School of Law and Dr. Monica Marcos-Llinas, from Romance Languages received the first Cambio Center Strategic Initiatives Program Award. More...
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