The civil rights movement from the 1950s and 60s still has an impact for Western as the campus hosts its second annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Jan. 19-23, 2009. The community march on Monday opened the festivities, followed by a community-wide service project.
Spanish Professor Eduardo González-Viaña has done it again. Internationally-renowned, with over 25 published books, González-Viaña was recently nominated for the 2009 Impac Dublin Literary Award for "Dante's Ballad," the English translation of "El Corrido de Dante.
Doctor's appointments, insurance forms, personal identification. For some students, making and remembering health care appointments seems like second nature; however, others struggle to navigate the maze of the American health care system. According to Dr.
Why did you decide to work at Western? I plan on a career that focuses on university-level teaching and research. I will finish my PhD this year at OSU, and teaching at Western allowed me to stay close to my research advisor, while gaining valuable teaching experience.
Winter term appears to be a season for change at Western, with one aspect of improvement being a new student e-mail system. The shift away from all-student e-mails, which became effective as of Jan. 5, 2009, is aimed at encouraging Western students to check and maintain their e-mail accounts to a greater degree.
In conjunction with the Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) events being held around campus this week, several religious groups will participate in Western's first-ever interfaith worship service in the plaza tonight at 5:30 p.m. Lauren Smith, Advisor for Multicultural Student Services and Programs, explained the need to incorporate this event into the week's line-up, citing MLK's commitment to people across all walks of life.
Last fall, Faisal Almenaiya, President of Saudi Students' Union (SSU), approached the administration with a request for a place to hold their daily prayers. Over winter break that request translated into a much-needed room in Todd Hall. "The interfaith service is a great first step in establishing those much needed bridges between students of different faiths," Ali Govori, president of the Muslim Student Association, said.