Reading
Laura Marello will read from her new novel, Tenants of the Hotel Biron, at Riverviews Artspace, 9th and Jefferson streets in downtown Lynchburg. The novel is about artists living in Paris from 1908 to 1917.
Witness for Peace
Itzel Polo Mendieta was born in Mexico City and grew up in San Francisco Tetlanohcan, a small rural community with a high rate of citizens journeying to the United States, a process known as “out migration.” Currently, Itzel is working as a community organizer in Mexico City with The Other DREAMers, a group comprised of young returned migrants – some who were deported, others who returned voluntarily – who do not have the necessary support to re-integrate into Mexican society and the Mexican labor force.
Witness for Peace
Itzel Polo Mendieta was born in Mexico City and grew up in San Francisco Tetlanohcan, a small rural community with a high rate of citizens journeying to the United States, a process known as “out migration.” Currently, Itzel is working as a community organizer in Mexico City with The Other DREAMers, a group comprised of young returned migrants – some who were deported, others who returned voluntarily – who do not have the necessary support to re-integrate into Mexican society and the Mexican labor force.
Senior Symposium Lecture
Siobhan Byrns, assistant professor of art, will present "The fear of thinking creatively."
Senior Symposium Lecture
Dr. Cynthia Ramsey, Chair of the Music Department and associate professor of music, will present "Engaging the creative: The lessons of Stravinsky, Sessions, Spielburg, and Starbucks."
Senior Symposium Lecture
Dr. Laura Kicklighter, assistant professor of philosophy and religion, will present "Biology and destiny: Genetics and moral responsibility."
Senior Symposium Lecture
Dr. James F. Pontuso, Patterson Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs, Hampden-Sydney College, will present "Resistance, freedom, and responsibility in Kurdish Iraq."
Senior Symposium Lecture
Sharon Bryant, Monacan Tribal Chief, will present "Our neighbors, the Monacan Indian Nation" as part of the Senior Symposium Lecture series.
Senior Symposium Lecture
Jordan Hill, MA and doctoral candidate, Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought (ASPECT), Virginia Tech, will present "Does genuine free will require sacrifice?"
Senior Symposium - A Color Line Runs Through It
Nina Salmon, MEd, assistant professor of English and assistant director of Senior Symposium and LCSR, will present "A Color Line Runs Through It." In the context of the semester's theme of Free Will: Faith, Society, and Creativity, the presentation will look closely at Anne Spencer and how her creativity was a response to the oppressive Jim Crowe world around her.
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