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Arcadia University News
March 5, 2021
Initiatives from $300K Department of Justice Grant
In 2018, the University received a three-year, $300,000 grant from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women . Among the initial initiatives through the grant were hiring a full-time prevention specialist (Alison Berk) and creating the Office of Sexual and Gender-based...
February 19, 2021
Office of Sexual and Gender-based Violence Prevention and Education Resources
In February 2019, Alison Berk joined Arcadia as the first coordinator of the University’s Office of Sexual and Gender-based Violence Prevention and Education , which was established through the University’s receipt of a three-year, $300,000 grant from the Department of Justice, Office on Violence...
March 22, 2018
Dr. Slesaransky-Poe Presents on Gender Nonconforming Students at Diversity Officers Conference
Dr. Graciela Slesaransky-Poe , professor of Education, presented “From Personal to Professional to Political: How Raising a Gender Nonconforming Child Changed Me, My Profession, and the World Around Me” at the 12th annual Conference of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher...
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April 25, 2017
Environmental Network Celebrates Earth Day with Scarlet, Grey, and Green Day
Arcadia University’s Environmental Network celebrated Earth Day by promoting campus sustainability at Scarlet, Grey, and Green Day on April 20. Participants played lawn games on Haber Green, heard from state and regional speakers on sustainability efforts throughout the region, and planted a tree...
April 24, 2017
Michelle Reale Publishes Poetry Compilation
Michelle Reale , associate professor and faculty librarian for English and Music, published a new chapbook, The Marie Curie Sequence , through Dancing Girl Press. This collection of prose poems looks at the life of Marie Curie and her courage in being a mother, wife, and a career woman, during a...
April 21, 2017
Dr. Riggan Featured in The Christian Science Monitor for Study On Ethiopian and Eritrean Relations
Associate Professor of Historical and Political Studies Dr. Jennifer Riggan was featured in a story on April 17 by The Christian Science Monitor on Ethiopia’s acceptance of Eritrean refugees despite the harsh political climate between the two countries. Dr. Riggan, who has conducted a study on...
January 21, 2017
Apprenticeship Spotlight: Navigating the Global Art World
By Jeremy Kramer '15 Over the course of a semester I worked with Dr. Jill Pederson, Assistant Art History Professor, on her long term project, a forthcoming publication called Circles of Friendship: Leonardo da Vinci and the Academy in Renaissance Milan . With the book in the last stages...
November 3, 2016
International LGBTQ Activist Speaks of Decades of Work to Pan-African Studies, Sociology Programs
On Oct. 28, the Sociology, Gender and Women’s Studies, and Pan-African Studies Programs welcomed Nigerian LGBTQ activist Brother Davis Mac-Iyalla, who spoke to the Arcadia community about his advocacy for the dignity and rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people in Africa. Sharing...
June 9, 2016
Arcadia University Launches Micro-Credential on Gender and Sexual Diversity
Arcadia University’s School of Education has opened enrollment for its unique online graduate micro-credential program, Gender and Sexual Diversity for Educators and Leaders , which focuses on instituting safe and welcoming environments for students with diverse sexualities and gender expressions,...
May 17, 2016
Slesaransky-Poe Featured as Expert in Inquirer on Gender Nonconformity
Dr. Graciela Slesaransky-Poe , founding dean of the School of Education, was featured as an expert on transgender and gender-nonconformity issues in The Philadelphia Inquirer on May 14. Slesaransky-Poe said she finds it concerning that the public conversation about the needs of transgender and...
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