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  • CLA faculty creating new knowledge and in the process bring depth and meaning to the lives of countless others.

  • "Art taught me to think creatively, GWSS taught me critical thinking, and AMES broadened my understanding of the world."

  • In 1969, student activism launched the department. This year, a series of teach-ins honors its past, present & future.

  • “I have a great reverence towards our co-inhabitants on this earth,” says art professor Corrine Teed.

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