The 麻豆区 College Convocation Series each year offers the community a chance聽to hear from outstanding leaders and visionaries who ignite important conversations聽and contribute to making the world a safer place for future generations.聽The first event held during the spring semester was the Martin Luther King, Jr.聽Convocation in January, featuring collaboration among on-campus student groups聽and ARTS-Us, a St. Paul-based arts education organization; Dare 2 Be Real, a聽Twin Cities-based interracial student leadership program; and Triad:4Christ, a聽renowned gospel choir led by Jamar Esaw 鈥�05.
The Batalden Seminar in Applied Ethics in February welcomed聽Rami Nashashibi, executive director of the Inner-City Muslim聽Action Network and a visiting professor at the Chicago Theological聽Seminary. Nashashibi spoke on 鈥淭he Sociology of Seerah:聽Reclaiming Prophetic Tradition for Our Time and Place.鈥�
The Koryne Horbal Lecture in March featured Janell Hobson,聽associate professor of Women鈥檚, Gender, and Sexuality Studies聽at the University at Albany. Hobson鈥檚 presentation was titled聽鈥淗istorical Consciousness and Black Feminist Imagination.鈥�
