Fall/Winter 2003-04
CLA Today Fall/Winter 2003-04
From the dean: CLA pushes the boundaries of global education
Feature: We are the world
Faculty Scholars in disciplines across the college are creating and sharing new knowledge about world communities and global issues.
- Helga Leitner: Creating world citizens
- Abdi Samatar: Unlocking the system
- Elizabeth Heger Boyle: Ends of the Earth
- Jigna Desai: Reaching beyond the stars
- Robert McCaa: The negotiator
Special Web Feature:
Two CLA students work with Twin Cities immigrant communities: Kate Suchomel interns with the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride; Kong Vang works to help better the Hmong community.
In every issue: Awards & accolades
New, Nifty, and Noteworthy:
Through innovative programs and initiatives, faculty and students are creating art, making cultural inroads, and serving communities.
Notable alumni/ae:
Tom Gjelten broadcasts international perspectives from Iraq to Washington, D.C. to Minnesota. Janet Benshoof takes lessons from literature into her life and career as an advocate for women.
Philanthropy with vision:
Jonathan Smaby sounds off and fulfills a promise; David Campbell takes lessons from the Cold War years into his life, career, and philanthropy.
CLA Today, College of Liberal Arts
Fall-Winter 2003-04—Annual Report
CLA Today is published 3 times a year by the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts for alumni/ae, faculty, staff and friends of the college.
Dean—Steven J. Rosenstone
Director of External Relations—Mary Hicks
Director of Communications & Executive Editor—Eugenia Smith
Editorial Assistant—Katie Anderson
Writers- Joel Hoekstra, Mary Shafer, Karin Winegar
Send correspondence to the editor at e-smit@umn.edu.
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