Diversity, Equity & Inclusion News

A newsfeed from across the college of the many ways CLA is committed to increasing enrollment of underrepresented and under-resourced students, diversifying our faculty across all disciplines, recruiting and retaining a diverse staff, and promoting the expression and exploration of diverse perspectives and viewpoints.

School of Music is Expanding its Curriculum

The ensemble music and world music minors have created opportunities for students without classical training and represent a shift away from traditional Western music.

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Announcing our 2023 Alumni Award Winners

Storytellers, activists, scholars, artists, and entrepreneurs. CLA is excited to present this year's Alumni of Notable Achievement Award and Emerging Alumni Award winners.

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Printmaker Turned Filmmaker: A Q&A with artist Mai Tran

Current MFA Candidate Mai Tran has launched a new series of artist profile videos through Mankato's 410 Project.

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Four generations celebrate The George Morrison Center for Indigenous Arts

WTIP North Shore Community Radio speaks with Professor Brenda Child, Hazel Belvo, and George Morrison's family about the artist and former UMN art professor.

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MN Monthly: Indigenous Artists ‘Remember the Future’ in New Show

A review of Dreaming Our Futures: Ojibwe and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Artists and Knowledge Keepers at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery.

The Global Impact from Local Human-rights Activism

Star Tribune columnist discusses the history of Minnesota's human rights advocates and the paradox that great problems in the state inspired great activism.

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George Morrison’s legacy honored by new Indigenous arts center at the U of M

Morrison’s friends and family share memories of the painter and arts professor as the center created by the Department of American Indian Studies and Department of Art opens.

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Art MFA Mai Tran on PBS Postcards

The video spot profiles Tran's work as a Vietnamese printmaker based in Mankato, Minnesota.

Black History Month 2024

Celebrating members of CLA's community who identify as Black, African American, or African and highlighting the important work being done in Black studies at UMN.

Talking Minnesota’s Black Past with Alum Quintard Taylor

Taylor founded BlackPast.org, the largest online encyclopedia on African American and global African history.