The Damage of Hate
By John Finnegan, dean, School of Public Health
August has begun with prominent attacks on two fundamental American values: the right to the free exercise of religion and the belief that all people are created equal.
On early Saturday morning, August 5, a bomb was thrown into the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minn. As of this writing, we don’t know who was responsible, but it was a criminal act and possibly a hate crime.
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New International Students and Scholars Arriving on Campus
The following message was sent to all Twin Cities campus faculty and staff from Meredith McQuaid, Associate Vice President and Dean for International Programs; and Barbara Kappler, Assistant Dean, International Student and Scholar Services
President Kaler's statement about the events in Charlottesville, Va., last weekend
We support President Teresa Sullivan and the entire University of Virginia community, and we offer our sympathy to the families of those killed and those injured. Let it be perfectly clear that at the University of Minnesota there is no place for hate, we do not tolerate bigotry, and we denounce in the strongest terms the racist and anti-Semitic message of white supremacy.
New CFANS Achieve Mentoring Program
CFANS is launching a new peer mentoring program #CFANSAchieve! For more info and to sign up to be a mentor or receive mentoring, click on this link.
https://z.umn.edu/CFANSDiversityPrograms
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An Anti-Hate Group Has This Advice for When the Alt-Right Comes to Campus
For universities, the new academic year has nearly arrived. If it’s anything like last year, controversial speakers will be a consistent challenge for administrators and students alike.
A Campus Divided: Progressives, Anti-Communists, and Anti-Semitism at the University of Minnesota, 1930-1944
“A Campus Divided: Progressives, Anti-Communists, Racism, and Antisemitism at the University of Minnesota, 1930-1942,” is an exhibition of research conducted throughout Archives and Special Collections. Riv-Ellen Prell, Professor Emerita of American Studies, and Sarah Atwood, Ph.D. candidate in American Studies, co-curated the exhibit.
Bringing more youth into 4-H and onto campus
Youth from across Minnesota signed up for a University of Minnesota Extension 4-H Campus Immersion camp that promised fun challenges and hands-on STEM activities. After four days and three nights, the youth have stretched their views of themselves and college life.
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Statement from OED VP Katrice Albert: Tongues Untied
The below statement is from Dr. Katrice Albert, Vice President, Office for Equity and Diversity:
More Diversity Means More Demands
Students are protesting for official recognition of their identities, whether racial, ethnic, sexual, religious, first-generation, low-income or immigrant.
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Minnesota public universities say Trump's affirmative action plan unlikely to affect them
The University of Minnesota has long followed the U.S. Supreme Court’s affirmative-action guidelines, which allow race to be considered as one factor in the admissions process, its executive admissions director said.
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