Gambit Features UNO Anthropology Project in New Orleans' French Quarter
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As Dr. Ryan Gray dropped into the hole in front of Madame John’s Legacy one day earlier this month, all the sights, sounds and smells of the French Quarter were around him. Tourists swayed past clutching Hand Grenades, and exhaust from passing cars was omnipresent.
But in the split second it took him to drop to the bottom of a four-and-a-half-foot hole, he’d traveled 300 years into the past.
A couple of yards away, Elizabeth Williams, Dr. Gray’s colleague and research associate with the University of New Orleans anthropology department, stood in a similarly sized hole and casually pulled out a piece of 18th century French colonial pottery.
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| UNO Students Honored at Future Educator Honor Roll Ceremony
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The University of Louisiana System Board of Regents held its Future Educator Honor Roll Ceremony in Baton Rouge on May 2. Dr. Ashleigh Larkin Pelafigue was thrilled to be on hand with two UNO spring graduates who were honored at the event.
Deirdre Bourgeois, Elementary Education (Grades 1-5), finished her residency teaching 1st grade at Luling Elementary and has accepted a permanent position there for the upcoming school year.
Nicole Poissenot, Elementary Education (Grades 1-5), is a MAT student who finished her internship while teaching a full class load and taking on additional responsibilities at Alice Birney Elementary in Metairie.
Congratulations to them both on this honor!
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| Center Austria Wraps Up Another Successful Year
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The end of the semester brought Center Austria friends and students together to celebrate the past, present and future. Pictured left are Dr. Nick Mueller, first director of Center Austria; Dr. Marcus Maier, former Innsbruck student; Dr. Charles Hadley, senior fellow; Dr. Eva Pfanzelter, visiting professor from Innsbruck; Dr. Marc Landry, incoming director of Center Austria; and Dr. Guenter Bischof, outgoing Center Austria director.
In addition, the Center welcomed professors from the University of Applied Sciences in Vienna, Austria. The professors met with UNO's Department of Computer Science and Dr. Lizette Chevalier, dean of the Dr. Robert A. Savoie College of Engineering, to discuss possible student and faculty exchanges and cooperation.
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Summer and Fall Opportunities for Those Interested in Law Careers
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The Kean Miller Connection program is designed for those who are from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in the legal profession. The program provides information and guidance to undergraduate students on law school admission standards, insight into opportunities in the legal field, speakers from diverse facets of the legal profession, and general information designed to encourage minority and women students to enter law school.
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The program will happen this year on Thursday, July 13 in their downtown Baton Rouge office. Attorneys along with other law-related faculty, court personnel, in-house counsel, and law professors, will provide an overview of the law school experience. Tuition is free and space is limited. Application deadline is July 1.
The Orleans Parish Public Defenders offer two different internship opportunities for undergrad students each semester — the Investigations internship and the Client Advocate internship. The deadline to apply for the Fall 2023 term will be in July. Please reach out to Dr. Grace Reinke with any questions about the programs or the application process!
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University of New Orleans Students Selected For UL System's Scholar Leadership Program
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University of New Orleans students Eian Bailey of LaPlace, La., and Joshua Joubert of Lake Charles, La., have been selected for the University of Louisiana System’s Reginald F. Lewis Scholars program. Each year, 18 rising sophomores are chosen based on academic merit, financial need and demonstrated leadership skills.
The three-year program, created in 2021, is designed to enhance the collegiate experience of Black male students enrolled in the UL System’s nine universities. The students are provided educational programs, mentoring opportunities and co-curricular experiences, including a chance to study abroad during their junior year in college.
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| Anthropology Student Defends Honors Thesis
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Undergraduate Anthropology student Sophia J. Mullen successfully defended her Honors Thesis titled "The Daughters of Tuiré Kayapó: Gender and Indigenous Resistance in Volta Grande, Brazil." Mullen conducted original research on the social and environmental impacts of the Belo Monte hydroelectric project in the Amazon region with support of the UNO Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. UNO Anthropology faculty, Dr. Roberto E. Barrios and Dr. Erin Tooher served as her thesis advisors.
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PLUS Professor to Serve on Louisiana Aviation System Plan
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Planning and Urban Studies professor Bethany Stich was invited to join the Aviation Advisory Committee that will help guide the development and recommendations of the Louisiana Aviation System Plan (LASP). As part of the committee, Dr. Stich will provide valuable information and feedback to help shape the LASP and its recommendations.
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| Four Language and Literature Department Professors Retiring
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The College of Liberal Arts, Education and Human Development congratulates these four faculty members on their retirements.
Dr. Kim Martin Long, professor of English
Ken Rayes, instructor & director of the Greater New Orleans Writing Project
Dr. Leslie White, professor of English
Dulce Menes, instructor & director of Foreign Language Lab
You'll all be missed, but we wish you all the best in your future endeavors!
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PLUS Professor Spearheads Projects in Georgia and France
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Dr. Michelle Thompson and UNOPLUS Ph.D. student Jennie Garcia provided research, training and reporting to the City of Sylvania, Georgia for their Public Participation Geographic Information Systems. The project launched Georgia Southern University's inaugural Master of Science in Applied Geography and an undergraduate internships with three UNO PLUS students.
In addition, Dr. Thompson is launching neighborhood research this summer for La Goutte d'Or neighborhood of Paris, France. The research will provide a community profile, identify small business needs, resources, technology and training to maintain and/or expand small business enterprise for this low-status community.
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| Congratulations to UNO Education alumnus Dr. William Wainwright '11 who was recently named the 15th president of Southeastern Louisiana University.
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| Exhibit of collage work by Dave Beech, presented by the UNO Gallery and School of the Arts
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 10 | 6 - 9 p.m.
Exhibit/Gallery Hours: Saturdays and Sundays, 12 - 5 p.m.
Location: UNO St. Claude Gallery
2429 St. Claude Ave | New Orleans
Beech makes montages from photographs cut out of an archive of books that he collects from second-hand bookshops. Beech uses photobooks as an archive of people, places, events and things that are more than isolated facts when they are combined, aggregated, organized and interwoven into new patterns, new relations and new narratives. This is a practice of making meaning and storytelling in which the narrator is missing and therefore the viewer is invited to construct the links themselves either from their own knowledge of events or from great imaginative leaps.
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COMING THIS SUMMER...
Watch your email for information and registration for these events coming up this summer: Young Alumni Happy Hour, Wine Tasting with Chef Mark,
Trivia Night at Tracey's, and our popular Meet Us @ White Linen Night at St. James Cheese Company.
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SAVE THE DATES!
2023 Homecoming Week, November 6-11
Distinguished Alumni Gala, 50th and 25th Class Reunions,
Homecoming Game with Tailgate and much more! Information to come.
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