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2017 International Dance Festival, The University Of Maine Academic Affairs Oct 2016

2017 International Dance Festival, The University Of Maine Academic Affairs

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The International Dance Festival (IDF) is one of the popular annual events and showcase that adds global diversity to our UMaine campus community. This event provides both domestic and international students with an opportunity to teach, learn and share with one another through the art of dance. The International Dance Festival will be held on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at the Collins Center for the Arts at 2 pm and 7 pm. This event will be the 13th year in 2017.


Culturefest 2015, University Of Maine Office Of International Programs Oct 2015

Culturefest 2015, University Of Maine Office Of International Programs

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Culturefest is an annual event hosted by the International Student Association and the Office of International Programs. US students from multicultural backgrounds take part and celebrate their families' heritage. The best part of Culturefest is the food court which will offer a variety of food from around the globe.


2016 International Dance Festival, The University Of Maine International Student Association Oct 2015

2016 International Dance Festival, The University Of Maine International Student Association

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The International Dance Festival is a popular annual showcase that adds global diversity to our UMaine campus community. This event provides both domestic and international students with an opportunity to teach, learn and share with one another through the art of dance. The International Dance Festival is hosted by the International Student Association and the Office of International Programs. The 2016 International Dance Festival will be held on Saturday, February 20 at the Collins Center of the Arts at 2 pm and 7 pm.


Coming Out Of The Sexual Harassment Closet: One Woman's Story Of Politics And Change In Higher Education, Susan K. Gardner Jul 2009

Coming Out Of The Sexual Harassment Closet: One Woman's Story Of Politics And Change In Higher Education, Susan K. Gardner

Higher Education Faculty Scholarship

In this essay, a university professor tells the story of her sexual harassment by her graduate school adviser in order to explain the institutional cultures and structures that exist to perpetuate this type of behavior in higher education as well as to communicate the steps she took to create change and accept the events that occurred. Characterizing the documentation as a “coming out process,” she describes the events that occurred from 2002–2006, using a semi-autoethnographical approach augmented with document and literature analyses. The essay goes beyond a mere re-telling of the events to an analysis of the cultural constructs that …