Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009
Forum: Entrepreneur series
Christian Renaud, Palisades Systems, Des Moines.
Seminar: African Immigrant Dreams and American Realities
"African Immigrant Dreams and American Realities: Revisiting the Black Immigrant Success Story," Abdi Kusow, ISU sociology
Colloquium: Educating for Wholeness, Social Justice and Liberation
"Sentipensante Pedagogy: Educating for Wholeness, Social Justice and Liberation," Laura Rendón, ISU educational leadership and policy studies. Her current research focuses on access, retention and graduation of low-income, first-generation college students and the transformation of teaching and learning to emphasize wholeness and social justice.
Panel: "Surviving Diversity in a Small Town"
"Postville USA: Surviving Diversity in Small-Town America," Mark Grey, UNI anthropology; Michele Devlin, UNI public health; and Aaron Goldsmith, Postville.