Tags: under-represented groups

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InfUSion Magazine creates space for multi-cultural students to express themselves

The hustle and bustle of UGA’s Engagement Fair filled the Tate Center and as I moved through the crowd, one of the many tables caught my eye. Someone handed me a glossy magazine whose cover featured a diverse group of people. I was told that in a week the magazine would host a welcome meeting for new volunteers. On a whim I decided to go. When I walked into that meeting, I was met with such a warm and inviting atmosphere that I couldn’t help but…

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History Fellows Summer Workshop

Five students from other colleges in the region spent July at UGA, living on campus and experiencing the work of professional historians firsthand. The new program, launched by the history department in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and funded entirely by donors, provided an opportunity to share UGA with these students and to build better relationships with their institutions. The focus of the History Fellows Summer…

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McCaskill book talk

In 1848, an ingenious couple escaped from slavery in Macon, Georgia. William and Ellen Craft (1824-1900; 1826-1891) traveled openly by train, steamship and carriage to arrive in free Philadelphia on Christmas Day. Ellen, who could pass for white, disguised herself as a gentleman slaveholder; William accompanied her as his "master's" devoted slave valet. One of the most dramatic stories in American history is the focus of a new…
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