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The Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies video shown at the 25th Annual Graduation Ceremony

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Academic Freedom and Educational Responsibility: Research, scholarship, and creative inquiry are the foundations of the education that the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters offers its students and community. In their teaching, the College’s faculty emphasize the development of the critical thinking skills that are essential to the creation of knowledge and a deeper understanding of our society, culture, and world. A recent statement by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, “Academic Freedom and Educational Responsibility,” reflects the core principles that the College has stood for since its founding. Academic freedom is a core tenet of our intellectual community. We accept the responsibility of educating engaged and thoughtful citizens, and we recognize that the challenges of this responsibility are magnified by the 21st century´s technological complexity, intercultural exchange, and worldwide connectedness.

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Congratulations Graduates! As we come to the end of the school year, there are many accomplishments to praise and futures to celebrate.

Kenneth W. Holloway, Ph.D., associate professor of history, recently published a new book on early Chinese manuscript. “In the preface to my new book The Quest for Ecstatic Morality in Early China, I describe my surprise at seeing the bamboo manuscripts I study featured in the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It was the first time I became keenly aware of the role of antiquity in defining popular perceptions of Chinese culture. This video records a second such moment, when I became troubled by a recently excavated text I study being claimed by Confucians while denying its relevance to the rest of early China. Excavated texts have the potential to transform our understanding of history.”

Douglas T. McGetchin, Ph.D., associate professor of history and director of Peace Studies in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters at Florida Atlantic University has received a Fulbright-Nehru grant to conduct research in Kolkata (Calcutta), India. More...

Raphael Dalleo, associate professor of English in Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, has been selected as a Scholar-in-Residence by the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for 2013-14. The fellowship includes a grant of $30,000 for a six-month residency. More...

Florida Atlantic University’s Diplomacy Program recently received the Distinguished Delegation Award for its participation in the 2013 National Model United Nations competition in New York City. More...

Women's Leadership Forum

University’s Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters recently hosted former NASA astronaut Jan Baker, Ph.D., as the keynote speaker for the fourth annual Women’s Leadership Forum, titled “Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.” Davis, who has logged more than 700 hours in space, spoke about the challenges she faced in the classroom and in the male-dominated aeronautics industry. More...

Multimedia Studies major Daniel Cardenas's 24-min neorealist film, BUSCA VIDA, shot on location in a Dominican Republic slum, was judged to be the best student work at the 11th Annual Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival. See the announcement here...

Expanding Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
"Learning through my participation with linguists in Second Language Acquisition research at FAU has been a rewarding experience by shaping my current academic goals and my future professional goals. This research is paramount for understanding how the mind processes language. This cutting edge research is used to design the curriculum for the Spanish language program!" - Marcela Aguilar, Linguistics; Dept. of Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature. Part of FAU's Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)

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