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- The Counseling Center’s Sankofa Black Student Outreach Team is partnering with Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center to offer a safe space for students to process ongoing events and connect with others. Sessions are weekly, Thursdays from 4-5pm via Zoom. Meeting ID: 96933748855.
- Updated as of 6/24/2020 12pm CDT Here is a personal video from Dawn McNulty, the department advisor, going over all the new information regarding Fall 2020 course schedule changes. See below for the information in text format.
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Congratulations to Professor Ghassan Moussawi, whose article, "Queer Exceptionalism and Exclusion: Cosmopolitanism and Inequalities in 'Gay Friendly' Beirut," received an honorable mention from the Sociological Review's Global and Transnational Section for their Best Scholarly Article award. First published in 2017, "this article examines how LGBTQ individuals in Beirut articulate discourses of progress, modernity, and exceptionalism in light of the regional geopolitical situation." Read the fu