OSU Admissions Blog » Ujima http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog The blog of Oregon State University's Office of Admissions Fri, 24 May 2013 18:46:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration! http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2012/01/09/martin-luther-king-jr-celebration/ http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2012/01/09/martin-luther-king-jr-celebration/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:46:11 +0000 Kourtney http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/?p=4326

On Monday, January 16th, OSU will be closed to remember the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This week there will be a series of events, open to the community, to honor the life of Dr. King.

Some of the events featured include a Community Meal and Readers Theater, film festival, candlelight vigil, and various workshops and discussions.  The 30th Annual Peace Breakfast will be held on the 16th in the Memorial Union Ballroom. Tickets are currently on sale at the MU Business Office and will also be sold at the breakfast. The keynote speaker is Robert Thompson, an Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies and African American Studies. There will also be an award presentation and music by OSU men’s a cappella group Outspoken.

You can view this week’s event calendar at http://oregonstate.edu/oei/sites/default/files/mlk_12_poster_85x11_2.pdf.

Go Beavs!

-kg

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What: Second (2nd) AAYLC
(African American Youth Leadership Conference)

Where: Linn-Benton Community College

When: Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Who: All Middle & High School Students from Corvallis/Albany & surrounding areas

Why: To promote positive youth development in African/African American youth and multicultural youth of African descent by:

• Raising awareness on how to achieve personal goals
• Emphasizing the value of education
• Empowering future leadership (responsibility)
• Establishing a sense of community
• Increasing personal self-esteem and affirm cultural awareness

If you have more questions you can contact Earlean Wilson Huey: Earlean.WilsonHuey@oregonstate.edu. Earlean is the Ujima Office Coordinator. Ujima is a division of the Intercultural Student Services Office here at OSU.

That’s all for now, folks! Keep those questions and comments coming!!

-jm

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