Socio-economic Lecture
On Saturday, April 18th, 2009 IDC is bringing Rachel Rybaczuk to address the community on matters regarding socio-economic diversity. She is currently a professor at UMass Amherst, teaching a class on socioeconomics in higher education. As a graduate student (also at UMass) she was a part of the Roosevelt Institute. Her personal experience of coming from a low income background, struck her particularly as an undergraduate student, and is part of what drew her to this issue; along with later experience in admissions, which gives her a particularly intimate knowledge of the intersection between class and campus dynamics. Rachel is also a well published author on the subject. Hope to see you all on April 18th, in McCullough!
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Africana Studies Panel
We are working to organize a panel with students and professors who are affliated with the African Studies Program in order to obtain information about our current program (i.e. the courses, its structure etc.) while also seeing what it lacks (i.e. not enough courses etc.) This panel, we hope, will occur before the end of the year. This is just another step in our attempts to gather information and be fully prepared when we actually start presenting the major to the College.
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Chahar Shanbeh Soori-Sucess!!
The Persian New Year’s celebration, aka Chahar Shanbeh Soori was an amazing event. Thank you to Yassmin Mohamedi for all her hard work! Not only is this a ritual that many people are unaware of, but also it is so fun! So again Yassmin, thank you for organizing this. Happy New Year!
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Family Gallery!
Family Gallery! Facebook Group
please send us your family portraits!! (again, family is whoever has been a constant and major influence in your life)
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First Event! Persian Style
Come to a Persian Celebration Hosted by the IDC Tuesday March 17!!
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More info on Persian Celebration!
We’ve planned a Persian pre-new year celebration set for next Tuesday, March 17 at 6:30pm. We will be building 3 small fires that you jump over with the idea that its a kind of purification before the Persian new year (which is the first day of spring) – your sickness and “paleness” (literally translated) go to the fire and you take from the fire its energy and health. So tell all your friends. Its going to take place where the last bonfire was – in front of Ross/Hadley. More specifically, its between the Ross dorms and that path that runs from FIC to Pearsons. I hope you all can make it!
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Mentor System
On the table right now is the idea of a mentor system for incoming International Students. The details are still in the works. More info soon!
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What can IDC do for you?
As a part of the SGA we are here to serve you, Middlebury Students. Let us know whats on your mind. How can we better promote recognition, equal rights, respect and inclusion within our community?
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How are we doing?
Do you think we are representing the interests of the students? How are we doing with keeping you in the loop? Any suggestions on how we can our jobs better? Let us know!
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