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NEWS RELEASE
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600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd.
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Contact: Bob Ross
Phone: 386-226-6198
Events Planned at Embry-Riddle to Celebrate Diversity
Daytona Beach, Fla., Aug. 25, 2009 -- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University announces a series of speakers and performances to celebrate diversity during the 2009-2010 academic year.
All events in the Diversity Lecture Series begin at 7 p.m. in the Gale Lemerand Auditorium, Willie Miller Instructional Center, on the university’s Daytona Beach campus. The events are free and open to the public. The lecture series is sponsored by the campus’s Office of Diversity Initiatives.
For more information, please call (386) 226-4914.
Sept. 9, 2009 – Leo Lopez and Acoustic Passion perform Latin flamenco guitar.
Acoustic Passion is a group of talented musicians who stay true to their Afro-Caribbean roots while creating a modern sound that fuses flamenco, salsa, and guaracha with the improvisational qualities of jazz. Their repertoire also includes jazz standards, bossa nova, rumba, bolero, mambo, merengue, bomba and plena, cumbia, and Cuban sounds.
Oct. 9, 2009 – Milk, the movie
Movie summary: Upon moving to San Francisco from New York City in 1972, 40-year-old Harvey Milk gains focus in his life as a gay activist in the city’s Castro district. After deciding he can be a more effective voice for the gay community as a politician, Milk becomes the first openly gay man in the United States to be elected to political office when he wins a San Francisco supervisor seat in 1977. Sean Penn won the Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of Harvey Milk.
Nov. 3, 2009 – Diversity according to Family Guy and South Park, with Matt Glowacki
Family Guy and South Park are examined anew and mined for gold as Matt Glowacki, who was born without legs but with the drive to succeed as a scholar, athlete, and businessman, identifies how these television programs break down stereotypical attitudes and behavior about people’s differences. Matt’s interpretation of these popular cultural icons educates and encourages a fresh look at life around us.
Feb. 24, 2010 – Black History Month keynote address by Jomo Mutegi
Jomo Mutegi is executive director of Sankoré Institute, a non-profit African-centered science and education research organization of African-Americans who conduct research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Dr. Mutegi’s research explores student interest in science and science-related careers. He also is founder and primary instructor of Sankoré Vanguard, an organization that prepares young men for responsibility and leadership in black communities.
March 1, 2010 – Alina Fernandez, daughter of Fidel Castro
Alina Fernandez shares her first-person, intimate account of growing up in Cuba as one of the elite. With style and humor, she describes her life and the political environment in the 1960s and ’70s, weaving in exciting anecdotes, snapshots of Cuban society, her inside scoop on politics, and details of her father. Today, Fernandez resides in the United States. In 1998, St. Martin’s Press published her story, Castro’s Daughter: an Exile’s Memoir of Cuba, and Hollywood is making a major motion picture based on her life.
March 26, 2010 – Kuniko Yamamoto: Magical Mask, Mime, and Music of Japan
Kuniko Yamamoto holds audiences spellbound as she tells folktales from Japan combined with folk songs, original masks, origami, highly stylized movement, and a touch of magic. In her new show, mythological character masks and puppets, amazing flowers, and a six foot long dragon, all made from origami, set the stage while Kuniko shares heartfelt stories from the ancient Japanese book Kojiki. Her show also includes stories portraying Japanese culture, morality, and social ideals. This event is co-sponsored by the Arts & Letters Series.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers more than 30 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Engineering. Embry-Riddle educates students at residential campuses in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach, Fla., through the Worldwide Campus at more than 130 campus centers in the United States, Europe, Canada, and the Middle East, and through online learning. For more information, visit www.embryriddle.edu.
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