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  • Faculty Spotlight: Jill Patterson

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    Jill Patterson (Theatre and Dance) and Abbie Doran ’23, Have been selected for the gala concert performance at the American College Dance Association Conference, North Central region! Jill’s solo, “Veneer,” was one of 11 dances chosen for the concert from among 36 adjudicated pieces submitted by attending colleges and universities. Abbie will reprise the performance…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Peg O’Connor

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    Peg O’Connor (Philosophy) Completed Her 40th Podcast Since Summer 2022. Each podcast was in conjunction with her book, “Higher and Friendly Powers: Transforming Addiction and Suffering,” published this past fall. Additionally, she has given five talks and several interviews during that time. (She is now officially talked out.)

  • Faculty Spotlight: Carlos Mejia Suarez

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    Carlos Mario Mejía Suárez (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures) received an honorable mention for his short story “Adán y Acelia” (“Adam and Acelia”) in the third edition of the short story contest 20 años de la revista ‘Archivos del sur.’

  • Faculty Spotlight: Kate Aguilar

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    Kate Aguilar (History) published a piece in the Washington Post about the historic significance of having two African American quarterbacks square off in this year’s Super Bowl.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Lisa Heldke

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    Lisa Heldke (Philosophy) gave an invited talk for the Philosophy Department at Marquette University entitled, “Stuck on You: Thinking Parasitically.”

  • Faculty Spotlight: Nicolas Darcourt

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    Nicolas Darcourt (Art and Art History) has a solo exhibition at the Hillstrom Museum of Art entitled, “Improvised Structures: Recent Sculptural Works by Nicolas Darcourt.” The exhibition runs from Monday, February 13 through Sunday, April 23, 2023. All are welcome to attend the opening reception on February 13 from 7:00–9:00 p.m., including an artist talk…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Kate Aguilar

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    Kate Aguilar (History) published an opinion column in the Washington Post, “Blocking Black history is an attempt to counter Black Power,” about the academic changes happening in Florida, on the first day of Black History Month.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Carlos Mejia Suarez

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    Professor Carlos Mario Mejía Suárez, Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures recently published two short stories in different journals in Latin America. “Licantropía” was published in Revista Alborismos 10 (Venezuela) in December and it tells the story of a writer who becomes dispossessed in Paris and eventually found at…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Lisa Heldke

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    Lisa Heldke’s (Philosophy) story “The Potluck League” was published in the latest issue of the journal Food, Culture & Society.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Peg O’Connor

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    Peg O’Connor (Philosophy) is prominently featured in “Is Dry January a Little too Dry for you?” in Salon magazine.