Being a host family of an international exchange student can enrich your life, and is a way to bring diversity to your family. American Field Service is seeking families to host international exchange students for the 2009-2010 academic year.
As a host family, you open your home and welcome students by providing them with a bed, meals, guidance, and support. The students desire to participate as active members of their host families, schools, and communities. Students will bring spending money and have medical insurance. Host families also receive support of regional AFS staff and volunteers.
If you would like additional information about hosting an AFS exchange student, please call 1.800.AFS.INFO or log onto www.afs.org/usa. You can also talk to an AFS exchange student about their country and their experience living in America.
This is a way to introduce a better understanding of the world to your children and family. You can also make a difference in the life of an AFS student.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Jane Elliot to speak at Washburn
Jane Elliot, who best known for her exercises and documentaries titled, "Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes," will speak at Washburn from 6 to 8 p.m. April 30, in Washburn Room, Memorial Union.
Elliot is an internationally known teacher, lecturer, and diversity trainer. She is the recipient of the National Mental Health Association Award for Excellence in Education.
Elliot exposes prejudice and bigotry. Elliot devised the controversial, "Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes," in response to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Her famous exercise labels participants as inferior or superior based solely upon the color of their eyes and exposes them to the experience of being a minority.
Admission is free for Washburn students with a valid WU ID and may be picked up in the Campus Activity Board office. Admission for the general public is $10 and tickets are available at the YWCA.
For more information, contact Kim Morse at 785.670.2059.
Elliot is an internationally known teacher, lecturer, and diversity trainer. She is the recipient of the National Mental Health Association Award for Excellence in Education.
Elliot exposes prejudice and bigotry. Elliot devised the controversial, "Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes," in response to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Her famous exercise labels participants as inferior or superior based solely upon the color of their eyes and exposes them to the experience of being a minority.
Admission is free for Washburn students with a valid WU ID and may be picked up in the Campus Activity Board office. Admission for the general public is $10 and tickets are available at the YWCA.
For more information, contact Kim Morse at 785.670.2059.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
"We Shall Remain" Series on PBS/KTWU
Last night began the "We Shall Remain" series on PBS/KTWU.
The series features five 90-minute documentaries. The series captures moments in history from the Native American perspective over 300 years in U.S. history when Native Americans fought the extinction of their culture and land.
The series represents an unprecedented collaboration between Native and non-Native filmmakers.
Each week features a new episode. The episodes air at 8 p.m. Monday on PBS.
April 13, "After the Mayflower"
April 20, "Tecumseh's Vision"
April 27, "Trial of Tears"
May 4, "Geronimo"
May 11, "Wounded Knee"
The "We Shall Remain" series is part of the on-going PBS television series "American Experience."
For additional information and summaries of the upcoming episodes, log onto http://ktwu.washburn.edu/. Or preview the entire series at You Tube We Shall Remain.
The series features five 90-minute documentaries. The series captures moments in history from the Native American perspective over 300 years in U.S. history when Native Americans fought the extinction of their culture and land.
The series represents an unprecedented collaboration between Native and non-Native filmmakers.
Each week features a new episode. The episodes air at 8 p.m. Monday on PBS.
April 13, "After the Mayflower"
April 20, "Tecumseh's Vision"
April 27, "Trial of Tears"
May 4, "Geronimo"
May 11, "Wounded Knee"
The "We Shall Remain" series is part of the on-going PBS television series "American Experience."
For additional information and summaries of the upcoming episodes, log onto http://ktwu.washburn.edu/. Or preview the entire series at You Tube We Shall Remain.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Last Diversity Matters Seminar
If you haven't attended a Diversity Matters Seminar this semester, don't miss out on the last one. The last Diversity Matters Seminar of the semester titled "What Would You Do If...," will be from 1:30 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. Friday April 10 in Morgan 270.
This seminar will be a working seminar which participants will be placed in groups. Groups will then work through three diversity related scenarios. The related scenarios are social, education, and work. Groups will present their responses to the scenarios. Participants will then discuss a global diversity issue.
The discussions will be moderated by Rio Cervantes-Reed, executive director of the Human Relations Commission of Topeka.
The seminar is open to all faculty, staff, students, and public.
This seminar will be a working seminar which participants will be placed in groups. Groups will then work through three diversity related scenarios. The related scenarios are social, education, and work. Groups will present their responses to the scenarios. Participants will then discuss a global diversity issue.
The discussions will be moderated by Rio Cervantes-Reed, executive director of the Human Relations Commission of Topeka.
The seminar is open to all faculty, staff, students, and public.
Milestones in Diversity
This year marks the year for many milestones in diversity. This year marks the year of the 100th anniversary of the NAACP and also the 40th anniversary of Affirmative Action.
Next fall, Washburn will be hosting a conference on the past, present, and future of Affirmative Action programs. The conference, "Affirmative Action at 40: Requiem or Renaissance?" will feature a distinguished alum of Washburn, Art Fletcher.
Art Fletcher is known for his involvement in the development of federal Affirmative Action programs.
The conference is scheduled for Sept. 22-24, 2009. The keynote speaker for the conference will be Gerald Torres, co-author of "The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy."
To find additional information about the conference, visit www.washburn.edu/ce/affirmative-action/index.php.
Organizers of the conference welcome any questions, comments, or volunteers. Contact Kerry Wynn at 785.670.2062 or by email kerry.wynn@washburn.edu.
Next fall, Washburn will be hosting a conference on the past, present, and future of Affirmative Action programs. The conference, "Affirmative Action at 40: Requiem or Renaissance?" will feature a distinguished alum of Washburn, Art Fletcher.
Art Fletcher is known for his involvement in the development of federal Affirmative Action programs.
The conference is scheduled for Sept. 22-24, 2009. The keynote speaker for the conference will be Gerald Torres, co-author of "The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy."
To find additional information about the conference, visit www.washburn.edu/ce/affirmative-action/index.php.
Organizers of the conference welcome any questions, comments, or volunteers. Contact Kerry Wynn at 785.670.2062 or by email kerry.wynn@washburn.edu.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Brent Scarpo is coming to Washburn
Motivational speaker, Brent Scarpo, will be speaking at Washburn 7 p.m. April 9 in the Washburn Room.
Scarpo's presentation, "Journey to a Hate Free Millennium," is part of a diversity program which features the multiple award-winning documentary film which he directed and produced. The film centers around real life hate crimes such as the beating death of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student in Wyoming , the Columbine high school shootings in Littleton, Colo., and Fred Phillips. Scarpo will be discussing ways to seek soloutions to ending hate and the hate crimes happening in this nation.
Scarpo donates a journey educational kit to each school he presents at. The kit includes an educational guide and the documentary film.
Representatives from Washburn attended the national NACA where Scarpo was part of the educational showcases. Billy Jean Burgman, executive director of Campus Activity Board said that they felt Scarpo's presentation would be a great way to impact students lives and for students to take action steps to prevent it.
The event is sponsored by the Campus Activity Board and Multicultural Affairs. The event is free and open to the public.
To find additional information on Scarpo's presentation, visit is website at www.brentscarpo.com.
Scarpo's presentation, "Journey to a Hate Free Millennium," is part of a diversity program which features the multiple award-winning documentary film which he directed and produced. The film centers around real life hate crimes such as the beating death of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student in Wyoming , the Columbine high school shootings in Littleton, Colo., and Fred Phillips. Scarpo will be discussing ways to seek soloutions to ending hate and the hate crimes happening in this nation.
Scarpo donates a journey educational kit to each school he presents at. The kit includes an educational guide and the documentary film.
Representatives from Washburn attended the national NACA where Scarpo was part of the educational showcases. Billy Jean Burgman, executive director of Campus Activity Board said that they felt Scarpo's presentation would be a great way to impact students lives and for students to take action steps to prevent it.
The event is sponsored by the Campus Activity Board and Multicultural Affairs. The event is free and open to the public.
To find additional information on Scarpo's presentation, visit is website at www.brentscarpo.com.
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