Welcome to the first week of class! We've been amazed at how quickly the campus spring back to life when students return. We've also seen some amazing mask designs! Of course, don't forget that you do have a complimentary mask waiting for you as a gift from SGA and the Graduate School. We'll make deliveries to classes (for those who are meeting on campus) or you can stop by our office and collect one. Unfortunately, we cannot ship them to our students who are not taking classes physically on campus.
And now, a few words of positivity from Dr. Pentecost to get you through your first week!
Congratulations to Sarah Nuñez in the ECPY department on receiving the Davis-Putter scholarship award, which is awarded to student activists working for social change.
Sarah Nuñez is a 1.5 generation immigrant born in Bogota, Colombia and raised in North Carolina. She’s a cultural worker and healer, weaving storytelling, art, practice, and movement building throughout her work, organizing and activism. She has lived in Louisville for 5 years and is a full time PhD student in Education at the University of Louisville. Some of the community projects she is currently working with are Louisville Latinx Oral History Project, Louisville Latino Education Outreach Project, Mijente Louisville, and the creation and forming of Aflorar Herb Collective. Over the next year, Sarah is excited to continue to work as a mentor for youth activists, lead education initiatives aimed at lifting up the struggles of Black, China[x] and Latinx students in the Southeast, and completing an internship with Las Maestras Center for Xicana Indigenous Thought, Art and Social Practice with Cherrie Moraga and Celia Herrera Rodriguez at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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