Step into Dr. Dekker’s African American Literature course as she explores Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his activism. Sign up here for the Zoom link, which will be emailed to you the day before the event.
As part of the Spring 2021 Campus Read Anti-Racist Open Classroom Series, Assistant Professor of English Dr. Carolyn Dekker will be opening up her African American Literature class to the public. The topic of Dr. Dekker’s class will focus on “Organizing with Dr. King“. Students have been reading excerpts from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s book, Why We Can’t Wait. They looked at “Bull Connor’s Birmingham,” “A New Day in Birmingham,” and the famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”
“The format [...]
The Campus Read Committee is pleased to announce the Spring 2021 Anti-Racist Open Classroom Series, which will complement the selected Campus Read book, Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi.
“We chose Stamped from the Beginning and Stamped as the Campus Read books for this year because Ibram X. Kendi’s work as a historian of racist ideas and antiracism can help provide such a powerful tool with which to think about history and about America’s present moment,” [...]
Suomi College of Arts & Sciences adjunct professor Dr. Marlene Broemer received her doctorate from the University of Helsinki in Comparative Literature and will return to her alma mater virtually for the biennial Maple Leaf and Eagle Conference in North American Studies. Dr. Broemer’s doctoral studies were on the works of the modernist Finnish poet, Edith Södergran and the Russian, Anna Akhmatova, at the time of the Finnish Civil War [...]
Max Malone (’14), has been busy since graduating from Finlandia University with a degree in English. He’s held a number of jobs including being a tutor, a survey drafter and fiber designer, content producer and creative writer. In 2018, Malone graduated from Kansas State University with a Master of Arts in English Language and Literature. He has written numerous episodes for the renowned fictional horror podcast, the NoSleep Podcast, and also recently wrote two 15-episode seasons [...]
SCAS Lecture Series Schedule:
Thursday, March 12, 4:30 PM
“Finding Yourself in the Archive.” Carolyn Dekker, Assistant Professor of English
Thursday, March 19, 4:30 PM
“Laughing All the Way to the Bank (Crisis).” Michael Reay, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Thursday, March 26, 4:30 PM
“What Does Dopamine Really Do?” Jeff Pettibone, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Thursday, April 2, 4:30 PM
“Representation and Appropriation in Open-World Video Games.” Patricia Grosse, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
For more information please contact Mark Lounibos, Associate Professor of English mark.lounibos@finlandia.edu
SCAS Lecture Series Schedule:
Thursday, March 12, 4:30 PM
“Finding Yourself in the Archive.” Carolyn Dekker, Assistant Professor of English
Thursday, March 19, 4:30 PM
“Laughing All the Way to the Bank (Crisis).” Michael Reay, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Thursday, March 26, 4:30 PM
“What Does Dopamine Really Do?” Jeff Pettibone, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Thursday, April 2, 4:30 PM
“Representation and Appropriation in Open-World Video Games.” Patricia Grosse, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
For more information please contact Mark Lounibos, Associate Professor of English mark.lounibos@finlandia.edu
Finlandia University’s Suomi College of Arts and Sciences (SCAS) will be hosting a lecture series showcasing four assistant professors from mid-March until early April in the Chapel of St.Matthew. The Assistant Professors presenting include Dr. Jeff Pettibone (Psychology), Dr. Patricia Grosse (Philosophy), Dr. Mike Reay (Sociology), and Dr. Carolyn Dekker (English). The lectures are free and open to the public.
SCAS Lecture Series Schedule Thursday, March 12, 4:30 PM“Finding Yourself in [...]
Finlandia University has been named a Top 30 Liberal Arts College in the Midwest according to Great Value Colleges.
“Finlandia is honored to be included in the list of the Top 30 Liberal Arts Colleges in the Midwest, as presented by Great Value College,” said Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Fredi deYampert. “Finlandia is indeed a great value. We are the only liberal arts university in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Our tuition is competitive and the quality of [...]
Starting Fall 2020 students who are interested in creative writing will now be able to declare creative writing as a minor.
The creative writing minor is composed of five core classes that focus on fiction writing, poetry, creative non-fiction, a creative writing portfolio and contemporary literature. Along with these core classes, students are asked to choose from one of three different elective courses. Students can choose from a creative writing internship, the Philosophy of Self course, where students will write [...]