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May 4, 2022 • Daniel DiPrinzio
In efforts to advance scholarship on race, racism, and social justice in the past as well as the contemporary world, the directors of the Center for Antiracist Scholarship, Advocacy, and Action (CASAA) at Arcadia University unveiled a new initiative—the CASAA Microgrants Program—in March 2022. Part...
Mar 21, 2022 • Daniel DiPrinzio
The Arcadia University community is invited to a teach-in on the War in Ukraine on Friday, April 1, at 1:30 p.m. in Commons Meeting Rooms1-3. The teach-in will be led by Dr. Angela Kachuyevski, associate professor of Political Science and an expert in conflict resolution, security studies, minority...
Feb 16, 2022 • Daniel DiPrinzio
In a free Zoom event on Sunday, Feb. 27, Dr. James M. Paradis, adjunct professor of history at Arcadia University, will highlight “Henry Clay: Compromise of 1850," an engraving from the walls of Camp William Penn Museum, during an upcoming presentation about President Abraham Lincoln and the Black...
Feb 4, 2022 • Daniel DiPrinzio
Steinbrucker Lecture Series: Dr. Parsons Dick Presents "Discriminatory Ontology of Migration in Asylum Processing at the U.S. - Mexico Border" Thursday, Feb. 17 4-6 p.m. Commons Meeting Room (and streamed) Zoom link: https://arcadia.zoom.us/j/95005439835 Dr. Hilary Parsons...
Dec 6, 2021 • Daniel DiPrinzio
“Journeying Towards Freedom” is the theme of Arcadia University’s inaugural Steinbrucker faculty workshop series, which launched Nov. 12 and continues through spring 2023. Professor and Director of International Studies Dr. Jennifer Riggan, the Frank and Evelyn Steinbrucker '42 Endowed Chair...
Aug 4, 2021 • Caitlin Burns
By Katherine Haines '21, '22 Even as the pandemic required isolation and a move to virtual classes and communities, departments at Arcadia worked to stay connected with their students, faculty, and staff. The International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) program found one such connection...
Jul 8, 2021 • Caitlin Burns
During a trip home to Kumasi, Ghana in 2018, International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) alumna Comfort Asamoah ’21M was appalled by the treatment of young girls who work in the markets. Asamoah observed and heard stories of girls as young as 8 years old being transported from...
Jun 8, 2021 • Caitlin Burns
While Political Science major Jill Shaughnessy ’22 couldn’t study abroad in the spring semester because of COVID-19, she was still able to experience an international internship. Through The College of Global Studies Virtual Global Internship Program, Shaughnessy interned with the...
May 18, 2021 • Caitlin Burns
Major and minor: Bachelor of Arts in International Studies with a minor in Political Science Favorite Arcadia memory: My favorite Arcadia memory was getting to know my life long friends Involvement on campus: I was a class officer for the Class of 2021, a member of Student Government...
Anthony Devantier • May 13, 2021 •12:58 pm
When I first arrived at Arcadia almost four years ago, I was full of expectations. I was 18 and didn't know where my college journey would take me. Now, as a senior, observing those four years in the rear view mirror, I can’t help but laugh to myself: I was full of expectations, but I had no idea...
Mar 31, 2021 • Caitlin Burns
Alexandria (Alex) Sims ’18, who helps keep residents, tourists, and commuters safe while they are in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, points to how her International Studies degree influenced her career path as a first responder in the nation’s capital. “Arcadia taught me a lot...
Mar 1, 2021 • Caitlin Burns
Arcadia University Professor of International Studies in Historical and Political Studies Dr. Jennifer Riggan has researched for years on Eritrea’s policies in terms of nationalism, education, and refugee migrations. Her most recent piece on the subject, about why refugees from the East Africa...