Thursday, April 10, 2025
Bailey Reed, Newsletter Editor
Good morning, Hilltoppers!
Please read on for a newsletter covering Professor Robin Valenzuela's use of engaged anthropology, information on the New Works Festival, as well as video footage from flooding in Bowling Green on April 9. As always, have a wonderful day, and GO TOPS!
Dr. Robin Valenzuela presents “Acompañamiento/Accompaniment as Engaged Anthropology” at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky., on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Valenzuela’s presentation was the last lecture of the Brown Bag Lecture series of the spring semester
Kane Smith | News Reporter
A WKU anthropology professor concluded this semester’s Brown Bag Lecture Series with her engaged anthropology methods through her research with incarcerated immigrants
Robin Valenzuela’s lecture, “Acompanamiento/Accompaniment as Engaged Anthropology,” hosted by The WKU Department of Society, Culture, Crime & Justice Studies, utilized her experience with Indiana AID The initiative, which she cofounded in 2019, “supports individuals detained by ICE in Indiana by visiting them, bearing witness to their experiences, and providing resources to them and their
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‘Creative Chaos’: Theatre & Dance department to host New Works Festival
Natalie Freidhof | News Reporter
WKU Theatre & Dance students banded together to produce original performances for the New Works Festival, a four-day event that features student-created short plays
The original plays will be performed Thursday through Sunday in the Gordon Wilson Lab Theatre The works are split up into two “slates,” which will alternate on performance days, according to the department’s website Slate A will perform on Thursday and Saturday at 7:30 p m Slate B will perform on Friday at 7:30 p m and Sunday at 2 p m Tickets are free for all audience members
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Bowling Green flood levels: April 9, 2025
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