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Group decries UA’s affiliations Companies under fire, Sander mum on issue By Savannah Martin DAILY WILDCAT
President Eugene Sander has refuted an appeal by the UA No More Deaths/No Más Muertes chapter to support the organization’s three-year divestment campaign against Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT) and Motorola Inc. Sander dismissed the chapter’s cause in a letter on March 6, one month after the chapter invited him to lend his support to the divestment campaign. He wrote that he is “not aware of any large university investments in the stocks of either of these companies that could be divested.” Those leading the divestment campaign, however, feel they have evidence to prove that the UA has direct ties to CAT and Motorola, corporations that have been accused of violating human rights in Israel and Palestine. “This issue has reached a legal fulcrum, and the time is now for the University of Arizona to take ethical action,” said the chapter’s letter to
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The UA uses construction machinery from Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) to restore parts of campus. The company has been accused of violating human rights in Israel and DIVESTMENT, 2 Palestine. No More Deaths/No Más Muertes has requested that the university break all ties with CAT and Motorola Inc., which is also facing similar allegations.
Students host interactive festival to showcase, share their cultures About 26 countries will be represented on the UA Mall on Thursday By Brittny Mejia DAILY WILDCAT
To spark more student interaction, the UA’s International Festival will be held outside for the first time on Thursday. The Center for English as a Second Language will showcase about 26 countries from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the UA Mall. In addition to UA students, individuals from local schools may attend and ask questions. Festival attendees can have their name written in a variety of languages, enjoy Arabic tea and play games, among other activities. Students from countries around the world will also have the opportunity to present authentic songs and dances on the Mall’s stage. New to the International Festival this year is a fashion show, and participants will dress in their
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Participants from last year’s International Festival pose for a photo. This year’s festival will be held on the UA Mall for the first time to attract more attendees.
traditional clothing to help explain where they are from. A storytelling segment will also be added to this year’s festivities. “I think it’s so important for students to share their culture and let people know what they do, what
they wear and where they’re from,” said Kathleen Hertenstein, student activities coordinator at the center and a graduate student studying language, reading and culture. “I definitely think it’s good for our students to get out in the community
and practice English and educate people about their cultures.” Faculty members in the center will also aid student representatives to organize and present at the festival. Each faculty member has been working with a specific cultural group to help these students think of ways they can best represent their country. Jim Epstein has worked as an adjunct lecturer with the center for 14 years. For this year’s festival, Epstein has been working with a cultural group which encompasses Mexico and South America. The group has worked on posters, a flag and purchased items in Nogales for its presentation, he said. “These students are foreigners here and learning a language that’s not their own, and this is a day that this is a culture they’re most comfortable with and they get to show it,” Epstein said. “I think it’s also good for the campus community and kids to actually talk to these students one on one and break through a lot of
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Educators assess student productivity By Yara Askar DAILY WILDCAT
Faculty members learned how to improve the student learning experience at the UA during the annual Assessment Showcase on Tuesday. Using findings from a yearlong assessment, Jo Beld, a political science professor and the director of evaluation and assessment at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., addressed 75 faculty members about how to increase student productivity. She asked faculty members to look critically in their field to best COLIN PRENGER / DAILY WILDCAT challenge students, and gave pointers to help them improve teaching Keynote speaker and political science professor Jo Beld speaks at the 2012 UA techniques. “Higher education has been Assessment Showcase.
constantly changing and it is important to keep up with the change and take risks,” Beld said. An approach to assessment, Beld said, is “beginning with the end in mind.” Faculty members should create lesson plans around what students already know and what they might want to know, and from there create a plan that fosters student improvement, she said. “We get so focused on what the average students are doing, but we also need to look at the variation among all students,” she added. “It’s important to not only look at the typical average student but to also look at different student’s experience and what their outcome is.” Four UA faculty members gave
speeches and presentations in addition to Beld. They touched on how they manage their schools and departments, as well as what approaches they plan on using to help improve assessment results. Angela Baldasare, director of UA Manager-Divisional Assessment, focused on how to unify the student experience in order to improve the curriculum and move the university forward. “As time goes on, we are not going to see the end of the assessment.” Baldasare said. “What we are going to see is more and more conversion of student learning outcome in academics.”
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Internship provides legislative experience By Riley Shingler DAILY WILDCAT
A semester-long internship in Phoenix is allowing a group of UA students to work with the state Legislature. The internship, offered through a program in Phoenix, has students spend a semester working in the Capitol. Participants are placed in the House of Representatives, the Senate or the governor’s office. In addition to UA students, Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University students are also participating in the internship. The UA’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences organized it for the UA, and selected participants from a pool of 69 applicants from colleges all over campus. Historically, political science majors make up the majority of the interns, but this year there are also interns studying finance, molecular and cellular biology, public administration and finance. Seventeen UA students were
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