Fwd: Updated Courses Related to Appalachian Studies, Spring 2017

There are some interesting Graduate courses related to Appalachian Studies coming up this Spring. App studies also has an active grad student group. 

From the Appalachian Center:

Please, find attached our updated courses for the coming spring semester.  Pass this along to any students who may be interested as they are currently enrolling.  Also attached is the Course Announcement for SOC 735, Seminar of Inequalities in Appalachia.  This is a course taught by Dwight Billings, and the full description is included.

Our courses are updated and available on our website: https://appalachiancenter.as.uky.edu/appal-courses.  Stop by and see all our program and faculty have to offer!  Also, encourage students to enroll in our Minor or Undergraduate Certificate Programs and to talk with App. Studies Director, Shaunna Scott about how these Programs can enhance their current Majors.  Here are the link to those pages: Minor, https://appalachiancenter.as.uky.edu/minor-appalachian-studies, and Undergraduate Certificate: https://appalachiancenter.as.uky.edu/appalachian-studies-undergraduate-certificate.

 

 

 

 

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Fwd: [EPEFAC:] Anthropology Distinguished Lecture Series

16th Annual Distinguished Lecture Series in Anthropology - 21 Oct 2016, 2-4:30p, UKAA Auditorium Each year, Anthropology Graduate Student Association (AGSA) invites a leading scholar in anthropology to the University of Kentucky as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS). The DLS is organized to foster the mutual exchange of ideas among the speaker, anthropology students and faculty, students and faculty in other departments, and the broader public. The event consists of a keynote speech and reception open to the public, and an informal dinner and breakfast for graduate students to interact face-­to-­face with the speaker. This event, organized and implemented entirely by students, also provides important professional development opportunities such as networking and enhancing skills like fundraising and marketing. The speaker this year, Dr. Rayna Rapp, has promoted multicultural understanding, diversity, and inclusion throughout her career by focusing her research and academic as well as public scholarship on women's interactions with reproductive technologies, disability studies, disability consciousness, and cultural activism around gender, racial-ethnic, and class claims on citizenship in the US and Europe.   Location: UK Athletics Association Auditorium Date: 21-Oct-16 Time: 2-4:30 PM     Copyright © 2016 Graduate Student Congress, All rights reserved.

Graduate Student Congress · 106 Gillis Building · Lexington, KY 40506 · USA

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Dr. Jane McEldowney Jensen

Associate Professor
Educational Policy Studies & Evaluation

Chellgren Professor 

Chellgren Center for Undergraduate Excellence

University of Kentucky
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