October is a month that highlights several heritage, pride, and awareness observances – including Disability Awareness Month and Down Syndrome Awareness Month. MSU’s first cohort of Bear POWER (Promoting Opportunities for Work, Education and Resilience) students began in January of 2019. The Bear POWER mission is, “To effectively utilize existing campus and community … [Read more...] about Consider this…Bear POWER
In September of 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law National Hispanic Heritage Week to honor the heritage and contributions made by members of the Hispanic community. In 1987, U.S. Representative Esteban Torres (D-California) submitted H.R. 3182, which was a bill to extend Hispanic Heritage Week into a Hispanic Heritage Month. Torres’s bill died in committee, but … [Read more...] about Consider this…Latinx Heritage Month
Title IX is a key component of a larger set of Educational Amendments passed by Congress in 1972. Though often viewed only as affecting women's sports at a collegiate level, Title IX offers protection in a variety of ways. Consider This... Title IX protects any person from sex-based discrimination, regardless of that person's real or perceived sex, gender identity, … [Read more...] about Consider this…Title IX