贝洛伊特 is “a bright spot in challenging times”
从封面到封面的秋季版
Magazines 和 periodicals grow in large stacks in my house, each publication waiting to be read some day. 但不是2020年秋季版的 贝洛伊特. I read it cover to cover 和 commend you for the coverage you gave the college as well as the timely coverage of 贝洛伊特 graduates on the front lines of Covid-19. 做得好.
Ruth Ann Cornish Ingraham ' 60
印第安纳波利斯,印第安纳州.
种族教育
I’d like to congratulate Professor Ron Watson for teaching race 和 ethnicity (broadly) in his introductory political science class. I was taken with his statement regarding the prior textbook: “If you were to just read that textbook, you would have no idea why the United States looks the way it does demographically …”
也, “Nothing about American politics or American society makes sense if you don’t talk about deep-seated, 反黑人种族歧视.”
Isn’t it a sad commentary that educators must still find alternative teaching materials to fully explore the developmental 和 evolutionary realities of American political life?
国会议员约翰·刘易斯最近去世, 那篇关于华生教授的文章, your articles about students rewriting their statement of culture, 学院的反种族主义工作, 和 even the final bullet point in “Mister History,” the article about Archivist Fred Burwell’86, caused me to reflect upon my ’58-’62 days at 贝洛伊特.
给我的室友和同学, the reality [of racism] existed before our very eyes in Haven Hall, while playing a critical role in shaping the rest of our lives.
Stu Ahrens’62 和 I resided our freshman year across from Jim Zwerg’62, 吉姆Kuplic 62, 和62年在海文大厅的鲍勃·卡特. We were all impacted in many ways by our experiences with Bob [one of only a few Black students at 贝洛伊特 at the time], 和, 我相信, 结果变成了更好的人. So, while “the arc of the moral universe is long, it bends toward justice.(西奥多·帕克,1853年). It seems to be taking its merry old time in doing so.
Thank you for the memories, 和 I wish you all well in bending that arc a little 更多的 rapidly!
斯特拉赫62年厄尼
塞多纳,亚利桑那州.
十大菠菜台子: A bright spot in challenging times
There is much to consider when selecting a college: Your choice will impact your next four years 和 the rest of your life.
Academics are important 和 quality faculty 和 experiences in your area of interest are not that hard to find. A place for you to be for four years that exposes you to students with a range of backgrounds 和 ideas, a faculty that cares about 更多的 than your grades, 和 an administration that asks students to create their own Statement of Culture is exceedingly hard to find, 除了伯洛伊特学院.
I returned to campus recently when I learned that several students were spending their spring break at the border helping immigrants. I took with me a film on underst和ing racism. The first person I met was [Professor of Political Science] Ron Watson, who helped me recruit students to view 和 discuss the film. He 和 I are now close friends, 和 I attend his classes when I am on campus. Ron teaches a class on racism that is focused on what is not taught in most schools.
十大菠菜台子 has a large percentage of non-white students, 来自许多国家的学生, 欢迎LGBTQ学生, 和 provides a floor in a dorm where all students are transgender.
I was able to meet with the college president to discuss the protection of undocumented students 和 their families. Four undocumented students appeared on the cover of the alumni magazine.
伯洛伊特学院可以拓展你的思维. 它继续扩大我的矿山.
鲍勃·诺里斯66
生科罗拉多州.
编者按
Bob Norris has been submitting letters to Colorado newspapers to bring 贝洛伊特 to college-bound students’ attention. 到目前为止,他已经出版了两本.
We have made these corrections to the fall 2020 magazine, digital version:
- 在2020年秋季的新闻报道中 Siah Armajani, 贝洛伊特诗园艺术家, we incorrectly mentioned that the artist’s gr和daughter graduated from 贝洛伊特. 事实上,Siah Armajani的侄孙女, 基拉Armajani 09年以及画家的两个侄女, 考特尼Knittel 02 和 芭芭拉Knittel 06年,都是伯洛伊特学院的校友.
- Our Losses listing in the fall 2020 magazine 宣布道格拉斯。A. Trask’50 in July 2020, but neglected to note that his surviving wife, Ruth Below Trask ' 51她是伯洛伊特大学的校友.
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