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Connecticut College Celebrates Asian Pacific Islander Month with a series of events
March 25, 2008
NEW LONDON, Conn. - Connecticut College is hosting a number of April events, including guest speakers, a poetry discussion and a photo exhibit, in celebration of Asian Pacific Islander Month.
All of the following events are free and open to the public and will be held on the Connecticut College campus. Events include:
- April 1, 4:15 p.m., Asian Pacific Islander Month Convocation - an opening ceremony featuring students and alumni speakers in the Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room, Shain Library.
- April 4, 4 p.m., Photo Exhibit and Reception - a photography exhibit reflecting Asian Pacific Islanders´ involvement in various aspects of the Civil Rights movement, in the Pepsico Room, Unity House.
- April 16, noon, brown bag lunch and poetry discussion with Yibing Huang, associate professor of Chinese and east Asian languages and cultures at Connecticut College and author of "Contemporary Chinese Literature: From the Cultural Revolution to the Future," in the Haines Room, Shain Library.
- April 18, 4 p.m., "Dragon Maidens, Crones, and Captured Brides: Women in Yi Folk Literature," a lecture by Mark Bender, associate professor of east Asian languages and literatures at Ohio State University, in the Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room, Shain Library.
Among the most selective private liberal arts colleges in the nation, Connecticut College enrolls 1,900 men and women from 41 states, the District of Columbia and 71 countries. The college is known for putting the liberal arts into action through interdisciplinary studies, international programs, funded internships, student-faculty research and service learning. Founded in 1911, the college operates under an 86-year-old honor code. The college is located at 270 Mohegan Ave, New London, about two hours by car from Boston and New York. The 750-acre campus is an arboretum overlooking Long Island Sound. For more information, visit www.connecticutcollege.edu.
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For more information contact: Amy Sullivan (860) 439-2526; amy.sullivan@conncoll.edu