Multicultural Scholars students hold up the Wolfie while learning the Red and White song with the counselors during the 2016 Symposium for Multicultural Scholars at Witherspoon Cinema Friday, Aug. 12. The symposium is a summer educational and transitional experience sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs as well as the Offices of Native American, African American and Latino Student Affairs. The purpose of the symposium was to foster a sense of community for incoming first-year students and provide them with information on campus resources.
Toni “Mama” Thorpe, Program Coordinator of the African American Cultural Center, claps while leading the crowd in a chant during the 2016 Multicultural Symposium at the Witherspoon Cinema Friday, Aug. 12. The chant was a proverb from Ghana in West Africa, “It is not taboo to go back and fetch that which you have forgotten.” The symposium is a summer educational and transitional experience sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs as well as the Offices of Native American, African American and Latino Student Affairs. The purpose of the Symposium was to foster a sense of community for incoming first-year students and provide them with information on campus resources. “The showcase was very inspiring, powerful and moving” said Chyra Savage, a freshman studying engineering.
Multicultural Scholars students hold up the Wolfie while learning the Red and White song with the counselors during the 2016 Symposium for Multicultural Scholars at Witherspoon Cinema Friday, Aug. 12. The symposium is a summer educational and transitional experience sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs as well as the Offices of Native American, African American and Latino Student Affairs. The purpose of the symposium was to foster a sense of community for incoming first-year students and provide them with information on campus resources.
Native American drum group Miskwa Waya beat on a drum made from buffalo hides and perform a chant during the showcase of the 2016 Symposium for Multicultural Scholars at the Witherspoon Cinema Friday Aug. 12. The Symposium was sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs as well as the Offices of Native American, African American and Latino Student Affairs. The purpose of the symposium is to foster a sense of community for incoming first-year students and provide information about campus resources.
Members of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority perform a step routine during the 2016 Symposium for Multicultural Scholars Friday, Aug. 12. The symposium is a summer educational and transitional experience sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs as well as the Offices of Native American, African American and Latino Student Affairs. The purpose of the Symposium is to foster a sense of community for incoming first-year students and provide them with information on campus resources. “The showcase was very inspiring, powerful and moving,” said Chyra Savage, a freshman studying engineering.
