{"id":16444,"date":"2021-10-14T15:59:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T21:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/?p=16444"},"modified":"2021-10-21T12:21:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T18:21:17","slug":"colloquium-of-liberal-arts-now-includes-student-presenters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/2021\/10\/14\/colloquium-of-liberal-arts-now-includes-student-presenters\/","title":{"rendered":"Colloquium of Liberal Arts now includes student presenters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Written by Shannon<\/em> Keyser<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 Colloquium on the Liberal Arts will be taking place every Tuesday from Oct. 12 through Nov. 2 at Harding, exploring the topic of freedom and independence with the College of Arts and Humanities.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The events will feature guest speaker Dr. Douglass Sullivan-Gonzales \u2014 former dean of the Honors College at the University of Mississippi \u2014  and, for the first time in the colloquium\u2019s history, student speakers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is a wonderful opportunity to have voices all across campus talking about something that is fundamental to us as humans,\u201d associate professor of foreign languages and presenter Dr. Whitaker Jordan said. \u201cThe many perspectives will help enrich all of us and give us a better understanding, a broader base, a deeper knowledge of the way that we can find freedom and independence in our lives personally but also as a community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The colloquium brings presenters from many different academic disciplines to foster connections between subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStudents and faculty need to see the connections across disciplines,\u201d Dr. Julie Harris, professor of history and event organizer, said. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the hardest things to do. The colloquium provides a forum to begin to discuss these ideas and those connections. The value of this to the student is to hear the professors make those connections, but it\u2019s also important for the faculty to make these connections.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s theme of freedom and independence was inspired by 2021 being the bicentennial of the independence of many different Latin American countries. Though Latin America will receive particular emphasis Oct. 12 through presenters like Sullivan-Gonzales and Jordan, the idea of freedom and independence will be applied in a much broader sense as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[Freedom and independence] have a lot of different aspects to them,\u201d Harris said. \u201c[They] are really important to us, but sometimes what we can forget is that they are important to a lot of other people for a lot of other reasons, not just because they are Americans. That\u2019s what the liberal arts does for us \u2026 we can see connections and meet lots of different perspectives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walton Scholars will be presenting the stories of their home countries\u2019 independence. They are the first students to speak at the colloquium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m really passionate about my country,\u201d sophomore presenter Nikole Alvarado, who is from Costa Rica, said. \u201cWe have this land that is \u2018pura vida,\u2019 which is like good vibes to everything. <\/em>I think it has a lot to do with independence and how we wanted to have our own culture. I\u2019m really proud of our culture, from where we came.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alvarado says that the other Walton Scholars presenting are excited for the opportunity to present about their home countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEveryone that is participating in it is putting in all of their commitment,\u201d Alvarado said. \u201cIt gives us the chance to share our culture and who we are, but also for you as Americans to learn a little bit more [about] us and how we actually are. We are not just single students \u2014 we have a cultural background \u2026 that comes with us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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