The Chicago Semester program gave me the opportunity to grow professionally, academically and personally. The internship aspect was a critical step for me to gain confidence and experience before entering the workforce. I was blessed to have interned at an organization called Breakthrough, whose mission is to help those “affected by poverty to build connections, …
Monthly Archives: November 2021
Borderlands May Term 2022
Have you been overwhelmed by recent news reports of refugees gathered on our southern border seeking asylum? Haitian citizens escaping the devastation from hurricanes and political upheaval camping under a bridge in Texas. Central American adolescents trying to escape the gang and drug recruitment. Do you want to “deepen your understanding of borders, migration, and social …
Spring 2022 Courses
Senior Seminar: Learning from the Margins (IDS 492-04) MW, 4:00-5:20 with Professor Rodrigo Serrao Did you know that around the world, many colleges and universities read and reproduce eurocentric ways of knowing that are considered universal knowledge? Did you also know that such epistemologies only represent a small fraction of knowledge production? Hence, this course …
Casual Conversations on Race
With the hopes to create an intimate, safe space for students, faculty, and staff to come together, have fellowship, learn, and discuss issues of race, Professor Rodrigo Serrao started a weekly event called Casual Conversations on Race at the Keppel House for the Center for Diversity and Inclusion. The hour and a half, every Thursday …