February 2, 2015
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Black History Month 2015

Wittenberg's Annual Tradition Of Celebrating Black History Continues With Range Of Activities

As a university committed to supporting, building and celebrating diversity, Wittenberg is sponsoring a range of activities during Black History Month. See below for a full listing of events this February.

Thiossane West African Dance Company

Date: Monday, Feb. 9, 9 p.m.; Location: Center Dining Room (CDR), the Benham-Prince Student Center; Thiossane presents the richness of authentic West African culture through dance and music.

The Burundi Drummers

Date: Friday, Feb. 13, 7 p.m.; Location: Ness Auditorium, Hollenbeck Hall; The drummers share the culture of Burundi through the music of drums and dance.

Film: Dear White People

Date: Wednesday, Feb. 18, 9-11 p.m.; Location: Founders, the Benham-Pence Student Center; This award-winning satirical drama looks at the lives of four black students on a predominately white campus.

Panel Discussion: 50 Years After the Voting Rights Act

Date: Wednesday, Feb. 25, 4:30-6 p.m.; Participants: Molly Wood, History Department; ShaDawn Battle, English Department; John Young, Multicultural Student Programs; Location: Ness Auditorium, Hollenbeck Hall

Panel Discussion: The Truth About Black Greeks: Fact vs. Fiction

Date: Thursday, Feb. 26, 7 p.m.; Participants: Brian Richardson, Residence Life, and NaQuaina Moore, Center for Student Success; Location: Founders, the Benham-Pence Student Center.

All events are free and open to the public.

Events are sponsored by Wittenberg University’s Multicultural Student Programs and the William C. McClain Center for Diversity, Concerned Black Students (CBS), and the American International Association (AIA).

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About Wittenberg

Wittenberg's curriculum has centered on the liberal arts as an education that develops the individual's capacity to think, read, and communicate with precision, understanding, and imagination. We are dedicated to active, engaged learning in the core disciplines of the arts and sciences and in pre-professional education grounded in the liberal arts. Known for the quality of our faculty and their teaching, Wittenberg has more Ohio Professors of the Year than any four-year institution in the state. The university has also been recognized nationally for excellence in community service, sustainability, and intercollegiate athletics. Located among the beautiful rolling hills and hollows of Springfield, Ohio, Wittenberg offers more than 100 majors, minors and special programs, enviable student-faculty research opportunities, a unique student success center, service and study options close to home and abroad, a stellar athletics tradition, and successful career preparation.

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