🎓Attention all students, FE colleges and Universities! 🎓
🦇The handbooks for our annual University Mammal Challenge will be emailed out in just one week's time!
🦔You may register your teams at any point until the end of the challenge.
🐾However, if you wish to be ahead of the game, ensure you register now to be among the first to receive all updates.
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People like Ben Kessler (2006 Tommie of the Year and UST student commencement speaker) and Harrison Butker will always exist somewhere in the dark corners of society that we like to pretend don't exist.
You've likely heard Butker's speech or at least the outcry from it. You likely haven't heard Kessler's speech... which can be found here - it is triggering, and you can audibly hear cursing from the audience, FYI. This is what Chrissi Johnson, Danielle Shaffer and so many of my friends had to endure at their own graduation, the year before mine. Devastation.
https://lnkd.in/g6c7Aacr
For every clown out there using the podium to rewind history back to the 1950's, there are folks more qualified and competent delivering hope from the podium like role models and friends Jim Obergefell and Sara Cunningham. You likely heard the speech in 2014 at The University of Texas at Austin by Admiral McRaven. Perhaps one of the most epic speeches ever given from an authority figure with integrity, conviction, hope, and inspiration.
https://lnkd.in/g6c7Aacr
I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to return to the University of St. Thomas and deliver my own commencement address at the graduating class of 2024's Lavender Graduation ceremony.
Whoopi Goldberg, I agree with your take. We all have a voice, and we all need to use our voices to advocate for our beliefs. The way to fight fire sometimes is by using fire of our own. Rather than hate, we deliver acceptance. Rather than vitriol, we deliver hope. Rather than intolerance, we deliver a celebration of diversity. Rather than dwelling on the past, we look to the future.
I attempted to do this in my own way. You can hear those comments here:
https://lnkd.in/ga7pnN8e
In recognition of the many innovations that have made research and study abroad more accessible at Northwestern University, we are one of just four institutions to receive the 2023 Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization. Given by NAFSA: Association of International Educators, the award recognizes “overall excellence in integrating international education throughout all facets of university and college campuses.”
The Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs led the University’s global strategic planning process, establishing the new Global Council. Serving as Northwestern’s global governance structure, the council is a group of senior leaders from each of Northwestern’s schools. Coordinating efforts across schools has strengthened faculty’s transnational research, yielded new Global Working Groups and made available sources of funding for global research. Incentivized by Northwestern Buffett’s annual Idea Incubation Process, Global Working Groups aim to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, taking on global issues that range from antibiotic resistance to the disproportionate impacts of environmental challenges.
Read more in Northwestern Now from Geneva Danko: https://lnkd.in/gs44xmwV
Take a 👀 at what the new Clark Building will look like when the revitalization is complete 😯
Learn more about the transformation of CSU's most-used academic building ➡️ https://col.st/ZKZhT
The new MCAST Link (Issue 67) is dedicated to the College's pursuit of excellence. One of the articles feature my Fulbright journey at Ohio State University in the US.
Read it here: https://lnkd.in/dB_YUear
UPDATE: The 2024 Philip G. Altbach Lecture recording is now available!
On June 5th, Roberta Malee Bassett, Global Lead for Tertiary Education and Senior Education Specialist at The World Bank, gave the second annual Altbach Lecture: “Making the case for tertiary education: Building the evidence base for expanding investments and access.”
As promised, you can now watch the lecture here: https://lnkd.in/ezqtdgpGBoston College Lynch School
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1moLooking forward to it!