How did it come about? Where are we today? Where are we headed??
Come to a discussion of the issues by a panel of Missouri State Economists to learn the answers to the above. Panel members include Drs. Tom Wyrick, Terrel Gallaway, Mahua Mitra, and John Hoftyzer. Question and answer period to follow.
Friday November 6, 2009 from 6 PM to 8 PM in PSU 313, Victoria Fortner will discuss and demonstrate beadwork, quilling and cornhusk dolls.
Victoria Fortner travels nationally presenting information and workshops on Native American history, culture, and tradition as well as on all phases of herbal medicine. Ms. Fortner derives her knowledge from both Native and non-native traditions of herbology, and with her strong medical background, offers presentations that speak to all levels of interest. She is an indigenous dancer, storyteller, counselor, award-winning artist, and craft-person. Among her many accomplishments is the addition of two of her cornhusk dolls into the Smithsonian Institute: The National Museum of the American Indian. Victoria has published both nationally and internationally with numerous articles addressing both alternative health and Native American traditional issues.
Faculty, Staff and Students who are US military veterans are invited, along with their guest, to attend the Veteran’s Day Events, Wednesday, November 11. Events include complimentary recognition breakfast and a presentation by Lt. Rob McCaskey (US Coast Guard) who will speak about the US Coast Guard’s role in flood relief operations after hurricane Katrina. Both of these events will be held in the PSU Ballroom West and begin at 8 am. At 10:30 am, the presentation of the colors, open to the general public, will be held in the PSU Theater. To RSVP for the breakfast, please call the MSU Career Services Office by 5 pm November 5, 836-5636.
For more information, please visit Alliance for Veterans.
“Mulitcultural Ecuador: A History of Struggle for Cultural Recognition and Rights”
Friday, October 30, 2009, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM in Plaster Student Union, 313.
Although Ecuador is very culturally diverse, with Native, Spanish, Mestizo, and African populations, among others, for most of its history, this ethnic diversity was denied. Ecuador was considered a Mestizo country, so Natives and Blacks were not officially recognized and therefore they had no rights. And after centuries of slavery, they still suffered from discrimination. But in recent decades, first Natives (in 1983) and then Blacks (in 1998) managed to obtain official rights (land ownership, respect of their traditions and languages, bicultural education, etc.). How did these populations manage to be heard and recognized? How did they manage to make Ecuador officially multicultural? After a brief look at history, this talk will show how the colonization of the Amazonian region and the northern coast, and the land conflicts it provoked, drove Natives and Blacks to use political means to protect themselves from abuse and to claim their cultural identity.
For additional information please call: 836-5566 or e-mail: JuanMeraz@missouristate.edu
Want to learn about climate and energy policy that will create clean energy jobs and lead us to a bold international agreement at the UN climate negotiations in Copenhagen? Tuesday, October 27th from 7 to 8 pm in the Library Auditorium Dr. Rachel Cleetus and Nancy S. Cole will speak on the economics and science of climate change and why we have to focus on energy-independence.
Richard T. Hughes, Distinguished Professor of Religion at Messiah College, will deliver a public lecture on “Christian America and the Kingdom of God” on 19 October 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in Meyer Library 101. This event is open to the public.
Dr. Hughes is senior fellow at the Boyer Center and Distinguished Professor of Religion at Messiah College, Pennsylvania. He is the author of several books, including “Myths America Lives By,” “The Vocation of a Christian Scholar: How Christian Life Can Sustain the Life of the Mind,” “Reviving the Ancient Faith: The Story of Churches of Christ in America,” and “Christian America and the Kingdom of God.”
Copies of his most recent book, “Christian America and the Kingdom of God,” will be available for purchase, and a book-signing will follow the lecture.
This lecture is sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies and the College of Humanities and Public Affairs.
The Missouri State University Department of Nursing and Center for Homeland Security are co-sponsoring the public affairs event, Psychological First Aid, on Saturday, October 17, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. in the Theater at the Plaster Student Union on campus in Springfield, MO. The event is free and open to students, faculty, and the community. Drs. Melissa Brymer and Jo Sornborger of the Terrorism and Disaster Program, National Center for Child Traumatic Stress will be the guest speakers. CEUs are available for a charge of $25 at the door.
Psychological First Aid was developed by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and the National Center for PTSD. It is an evidence-based approach to care for survivors in the immediate aftermath of disaster or terrorism. Psychological First Aid is designed to reduce the levels of distress in survivors and to promote both short-term and long-term adaptive functioning and coping following a traumatic event. Objectives for the event, based on the goals of Psychological First Aid include the following:
Contact Patricia Webb at 417-836-5310 in the Missouri State Department of Nursing or David Claborn at 417-836-8945 in the Missouri State Office of Homeland Security for more information.
Anthony Pontius will be giving a lecture of his work and process in Karls Hall room 100 on October 13, 2009 from 7:30 to 8:30 pm.
Anthony Pontius currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Anthony Pontius received his Masters of Fine Arts from The University of Kansas in 2004. From 2005-2007 he was the Visiting Artist at the Des Moines Art Center where he was involved with Community Outreach Instruction and was the Lead Artist for Mural Projects. His work has been exhibited in many galleries, universities and venues nationally and internationally. In the fall of 2008 Anthony Pontius was published in The Upset: Young Contemporary Art, Die Gestalten Verlang GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin. This book is a collection of young contemporary artists including Mark Ryden, Camille Rose Garcia, Fred Stonehouse and Elizabeth McGrath to just name a few.
Anthony Pontius is sponsored by the Public Affairs Grant Program and the Department of Art and Design. For more information contact Sean Lyman at SeanMLyman@Missouristate.edu or (417) 836 – 5214.
Mariachi Concert today at 11:30 at Missouri State University Food Court in the Plaster Student Union. This is an All Female Mariachi that is here for our Arts Fiesta Concert tonight at Founders Park at 6:30. Contact Multicultural Student Services for more information.
