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"I certainly want the faculty and staff to know that I represent them. I want them to contact me. I want to work with them and be open to them. That is part of my pledge," says Cora Breckenridge, IU's newest alumni elected trustee.
Her election in June marked an historical milestone: she is the first African American to serve on IU's governing body. She expresses pride in this, and "hopes to bring diversity, vitality, strength and vision" to the university.
Breckenridge, who has two degrees from IU, wants to generate more alumni interest. "There are so many things I can do to help reconnect people to this great institution."
She is so enthusiastic about her new position that she is considering taking early retirement next June from her job as a speech and language pathologist for the Elkhart Community Schools.
She says the trustees should continue to address three major issues that face IU: Keeping higher education accessible and affordable, retaining and recruiting students, and providing top-notch teaching faculty.
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'Our gang'
Some consider him the most visible spokesperson for the Hispanic
community in America. Edward James Olmos, best known for his role as a
teacher in the feature film Stand and Deliver and his portrayal as Lt.
Castillo on Miami Vice, will present "We're all in the Same Gang" at 7:30
p.m. Oct. 3 at the Walb Student Union ballroom on the IPFW campus. Olmos,
who recently acted and made his directorial debut in American Me, a story
of a Hispanic-American family in East Los Angeles, is the second celebrity
scheduled in IPFW's Omnibus Lecture Series. His feature film Caught is
due out this fall. (Omnibus lectures are free of charge and open to the
public.)
Mpho Nthunya at IUPUI fundraiser Oct. 17The author of the first autobiography of an African domestic worker ever published will be the guest speaker at an IUPUI School of Liberal Arts Women's Studies luncheon meeting Oct. 17.
Mpho Nthunya's Singing Away the Hunger is a story of hardship, political and social oppression, love and family against a backdrop of natural beauty and stark poverty.
Published by the Indiana University Press, the book speaks to such issues as labor relations, power relations among African people of various classes, and the effects of colonization and Christianization.
The noon luncheon will be at the Marott Ballroom in Indianapolis. Proceeds will go to the IUPUI Friends of Women's Studies Scholarship.
Call the IUPUI Office of Special Events, 317-274-3800, for more information or reservations.
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