Thursday, March 5, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 5
University to add graduate program
Students to enter new study area during Fall 1999
By Susie Gura
sguru@kanson.com
Kansan staff writer
Native American studies will be taken a step further at the University of Kansas with the addition of a graduate program.
Three years ago, the provost approved the indigenous nations studies program, which was put in place by the indigenous nations studies task force. The program will start accepting students in the fall of 1999.
The program was created with several core courses. The courses focus on the life of
indigenous peoples, issues that face indigenous peoples today and colonial policies toward indigenous peoples.
Luci Tapahonso, associate professor of English, led the task force. Haskell Indian Nations University also worked closely with the task force to determine the program's focus.
"The task force looked at programs across the United States and found that there were mainly undergraduate programs," said Rita Napier, associate professor of history.
The new program also will be an opportunity for students from Haskell who have done work in Native American studies to continue at the University of Kansas at the graduate level.
"The program wants to look at individual issues that are important in North and South America," Napier said.
It will not be a problem to develop this program because of the quality Latin American studies program already in place, Napier said.
Professors in the Latin American studies language program are involved in the development of the new graduate program, said Will Holliday, graduate research assistant in Latin American studies
"I know that we have many faculty involved in it," he said.
The program is in the midst of niring a director, which it should have by this summer, Napier said.
"We have seen a lot of great people that we hope to acquire on staff if not for a director." Napier said. "We hope to hire more native faculty for the program."
the mission statement of the program does not focus on the
study of native people, but the cooperation among tribal groups and with nonindigenous people.
"We do not want to treat native people as objects," Napier said.
Students take the general courses and also choose a speciality.
"There are already some classes here at the University that are being used in the program," Napier said.
Students may take an academic perspective in their graduate studies by doing a research project or a more service-oriented project through an internship.
"Everything is falling into place. We are waiting to receive space from the University, but the program has already been accepted by the Regents," Napier said.
Lecture series offers worldwide view
By Jon Campbell
Special to the Kansan
The Office of International Programs is offering a lecture series about topics ranging from political strife in Rwanda to terrorism.
The next 50-minute, free lecture, which will include a question-and-answer session, is from 12:30 to 1:20 p.m. Friday in the Pine Room of the Kansas Union. Those who attend can bring brown-bag lunches.
Lecturers include international scholars, journalists and professors, as well as faculty and students from the University who have conducted research and taught classes abroad.
The lectures, the first of which was held in February, usually attract between 18 and 24 people. Anne Merydith-Wolf is project coordinator for International Programs and organizerof the series, known as the Worldview Brown Bag lectures. Students make up only about a third of each audience.
"KU faculty and graduate students do a lot of international travel, research and teaching,and that's what we try to showcase with Worldview."
Anne Merydith-Wolf Project Coordinator
"Students are very welcome." Merydith-Wolf said. "I know it's hard to put one more thing in your day but having access to these people is just invaluable."
"KU faculty and graduate students do a lot of international travel, research and teaching, and that's what we try to showcase with Worldview." she said.
"The information we hear in Worldview tends to be much more in-depth than you would hear on the regular news," she said.
Merydith-Wolf said the lecture series sought to provide a better understanding of international issues.
This semester's topics include reconciliation in post-apartheid South Africa and East Asia's current economic crisis.
Adrienne Rivers, professor of journalism who spent two years in Ghana as a Fulbright Scholar, gave the first lecture of the semester. Her lecture addressed the mass media in Ghana, whose government opened the airwaves to the public for the first time in 1992.
Merydith-Wolf promotes the Worldview Lectures with filers, e-mail and announcements in the Kansan events calendar. In addition, she said she tried to reach students by informing their professors of up-coming lectures that pertain to their fields.
Remaining lectures:
Clyde Stoltenberg, professor of business, encourages his students to attend the lectures, particularly when the topics coincide with issues being discussed in class.
Friday
March Lecture, 12:30:1-20, Pine Room, Kansas Union
April 3
Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: The Process of Transformation, 12:30-1:20 p.m., Alcove D, Kansas Union.
East Asia's Economic Crisis: How Contagious Is It? 12:30-1:20 p.m. Pine Room, Kansas Union.
April 24
"They really cover a wide range of topics," Stoltenberg said. "They make good use of the visiting scholars and professors."
Stoltenberg, who teaches a class about Chinese business, said he would encourage his students to attend the lecture in April that will address the East Asian economic crisis.
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