I always give importance to the youth because they are the ones who will be building the future and they should be in the leadership position anyway, because this is the planet they have to inherit.
--Muhammad Yunus, interview with NPR Morning Edition, 30 Sept. 2024
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Speaking to the Guardian over seven years ago, Nobel prize winner Muhammad Yunus cautioned: “Revolution is no solution. What do you do after the revolution? You have to figure out the purpose of the revolution.” Now, as the 86-year-old interim leader for Bangladesh, Yunus has taken on the task of helping his nation rediscover itself after it’s Summer 2024 revolution that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. This is not a “be careful what you wish for” situation, but one in which a youth-led revolution provides a nation with a real opportunity, despite the many pressing challenges the nation faces.
“Young people are committed to change the world that they belong to and they play a role within the country and a global role,” said Yunus this week. “When we talk about climate change, … I always give importance to the youth because they are the ones who will be building the future and they should be in the leadership position anyway, because this is the planet they have to inherit.”
While the U.S. has very different circumstances than Bangladesh in 2024, the question of our younger generations taking the lead on “the big challenges” pertains. The November 21 event: Gen Z Voices: If We Were President is dedicated to these questions. Register yourselves, but more importantly encourage your students to register. We want to—need to—head from them.
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Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies celebrated 20 years Wednesday, September 25 bringing together the best of the past, present and future interdisciplinary thinkers.
Current Dean, Mark Schaub welcomed the more than 100 students, staff and faculty who excitedly listened to pioneer and Brooks founder Gayle Davis share how even as a student she was an interdisciplinary thinker. "People thought of education as very specific disciplines because that was the easiest way to think about the depth of a discipline. What I didn't like about it was that while the depth was there, the breadth was not."
Dean Schaub also welcomed community leaders Jim and Donna Brooks, President Emeritus Tom Haas, and current GVSU President Philomena Mantella.
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Grand Valley State University will be well represented at the upcoming National Women's Studies Association 2024 Annual Conference taking place this year in Detroit, November 14-17, 2024.
Julia Mason, Program Director of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies said it's definitely an advantage to have the conference in the state of Michigan. "GVSU and Brooks College sends a large number of presenters each year. Because it's in Michigan this year we can fund more students. Additionally, we can bring students who aren't presenting. They can learn about graduate schools, network and connect with other students."
Nine faculty and six students will be presenting this year.
Faculty presenters: Jenna Lyons, Joseph DeLeon, Ayana Weekly, Kim McKee, Krista Benson, Dan Cope, Rebecca Williams, Danielle DeMuth, and Julia M Mason.
Student presenters: Hannah Perri, Caleb Stein, Robyn Settle, Shjuana Johnson, Isabella Grunwaldt.
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| Senior, Hannah Perri will present "Mobilizing Intersexual Feminists Across Campuses". Hannah's proposal was selected from more than 800 submissions.
Last Spring after attending the Feminist Majority Conference with the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program in Washington, DC she initiated a new student group on the GVSU campus "Equal Equality for Everyone" or EEFE.
"I really love getting people thinking about the shared experiences and creating a sense of community. I really enjoy getting and seeing the gears in people's heads turning when talking about harder topics because it binds us all together through education and advocacy!"
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WGS receives $100,000 grant from Mellon Foundation
Grand Valley's Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies received a $100,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support ongoing activities and develop new initiatives. The grant was part of $18 million awarded by the Mellon Foundation to 95 college and university programs under its new "Affirming Multivocal Humanities" initiative.
Julia Mason, associate professor and director of WGS, said the grant period includes this winter semester and continues through the 2024-2025 academic year.
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Saturday, September 21st a group of GVSU students, led by Human Rights program coordinator Brian Johnson, traveled to Chicago to volunteer at the second annual Day of Dignity.
The event, organized by the Chicago Refugee Coalition, is designed to provide essential resources, support, and a sense of community to those in need, particularly refugees and new arrivals.
One of our students was interviewed in this WGN segment on the event! To learn more about this important organization, visit www.chicagorefugee.org/
To learn more about the Human Rights Minor, offered by the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, visit www.gvsu.edu/humanrights/
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October 7-11: Mid-term Evaluations
October 15: Mid-term Grades due from Faculty by 12:00 p.m.
October 20-22: Fall Break
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