Today, 25 November, is the United Nation’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Today also marks the start of Amnesty International’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign to challenge violence and discrimination against women and girls, including the denial of sexual and reproductive rights: “The campaign also aims to celebrate heroes–women […]
Join the Party!!! The United States Department of State’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs has dedicated Monday 17 to Friday 21 November 2014 as “International Education Week,” a time for all of us to recognize and “celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide.” This effort aims “to promote programs that prepare Americans […]
Four WVC faculty members will be reading from their published works, signing their books, and sharing “adult cookies” with the audience. Paulette Boudreaux will read from a chapter of her new novel that is published in a journal as a short story. Her novel, Mulberries, was selected from among 170 contest entries to win the inaugural Lee […]
This is the second of two events focusing on immigration, particularly undocumented immigration. The GC Committee has organized these two events to help all of us understand the complexity of an issue that affects each of us. There are students who are undocumented; we have neighbors, and even people who work for or with us, […]
WVC Global Citizenship 