Black History Month

Black History Month at Westfield State

February 1

The Color Purple bus trip. US Tour to the Mullins Center at UMASS, Amherst

Tickets are free for STUDENTS, $35 fac/staff – but there is a limited amount of tickets available first come, first serve.Deadline for reserving your ticket and seat on the van is Tuesday, January 31, 2012.

The Multicultural Affairs Office will be providing a van for this event. The van will depart from the bus stop near Scanlon Hall at 5 PM, arrive at STCC for the bus that leaves there at 6 PM. Seats are available for 13 people in the van. Reserve your seat in the van by email at agamelli@westfield.ma.edu. Adele is a new staff member in the President's Office, please also introduce yourself and welcome her to the Team!

February 1

Access Springfield Promise Program (VIEW POSTER)

Scholarship opportunities and financial aid information session www.facebook.com/ACCESSSpringfieldPromise

February 3

READ Poster Reception

The Ely library is hosting a reception to unveil our latest READ poster featuring Dr. Nomazengele Mangaliso from 5:30pm - 6:30 pm.

February 3

National Wear Red Day – American Heart Association
www.goredforwomen.org/WearRedDay

February 6

Max Page, The Future of Higher Education

Please join Academic Affairs and the Faculty Center in welcoming Max Page, who will discuss his book The Future of Higher Education (Framing 21st Century Social Issues), co-authored by Dan Clawson, on Monday, February 6, at 4:30 pm in the Scanlon Banquet Halls.

Page, a Professor of Architecture and History at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and a 2003 Guggenheim Fellow, was the President of the Massachusetts Society of Professors and is on the executive committee of PHENOM.

The Future of Higher Education is part of a series by Routledge, the goal of which is "to offer readable, teachable 'thinking frames' on today’s social problems and social issues by leading scholars." The publisher notes, "Higher education is more important than ever, for individual success and for national economic growth. And yet higher education in the United States is in crisis: public funding has been in free fall; tuition has skyrocketed making colleges and universities less accessible; basic structures such as tenure are under assault. The Future of Higher Education analyzes the crisis in higher education, describing how a dominant neo-liberal political ideology has significantly changed the U.S. system of higher education. The book examines the contemporary landscape of higher education institutions and asks and answers these questions: Who is able to attend college? Who pays for our system of higher education? Who works at and who governs colleges and universities? The book concludes with a plan for radically revitalizing higher education in the United States."

February 7

The Art of Interviewing
6:00 PM-7:00 PM , New Hall – Room 141B

February 9

Prince Among Slaves film
www.pbs.org/programs/prince-among-slaves/
11:15 AM-12:30 PM , Wilson Hall – Room 138

In 1788 a slave-ship set sail from West Africa, its berth laden with a profitable but fragile cargo: hundreds of men, women and children bound in chains and headed for American shores. Eight months later the survivors were sold in Natchez, Mississippi. Among them was the 26-year-old Abdul Rahman Sori, heir to the throne of one of the largest kingdoms in Africa.

After two more decades and 40 years of enslavement a chance encounter finally led to a breakthrough. A meeting with a local printer who had a friend in the U.S. Embassy in Morocco resulted in an exchange of letters between the Sultan of Morocco and President John Quincy Adams. In a diplomatic exchange, President Adams agreed to do what he could to gain Abdul Rahman free passage to Morocco. The President appealed directly to Foster to let Abdul Rahman go. Reluctantly, Foster agreed, and manumitted him under one condition: that Abdul Rahman was not to enjoy the rights of a free man in the United States – he was to travel directly to Africa.

February 10

Step Afrika (VIEW POSTER)

Dever Stage, Parenzo Hall 8:00 PM

500 free tickets are available for Westfield State students, faculty and staff. First come, first served, 2 tickets per person maximum. 100 free tickets are available at the Service Window in Ely Hall for external audiences. 2 tickets per person maximum.

February 13

**Joe Carvalho book signing and Q&A: Black Families in Hampden County, Massachusetts, 1650-1865 – Book Signing (VIEW FLYER)**

3 – 4 PM Scanlon Living Room

February 16

Alumni Student Networking Nights

Learn the benefits of networking, speed networking, and interact with alumni to discuss potential options within different fields
5:00 – 7:00 PM Scanlon Living Room

February 18

Family Friendly 3K Run, Walk or Roll (VIEW FLYER)

All proceeds benefit Birthday Wishes, an organization dedicated to providing birthday parties to homeless children

February 22

How to Work a Job Fair

7 – 8 PM New Hall Room 141B

February 8, 22

Heart Health Awareness

Emergency Medical Services Club will provide testing for hypertension (high blood pressure) to raise awareness
12 – 1:45 PM Dining Commons

February 23