Chevy DeVaney, director of multicultural affairs, stands with Angelo Mancuso, director of American Harvest. His film was shown on campus Oct. 9. 

Hispanic Heritage Month spans from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, and is a time for the country to recognize and celebrate Latino culture and people, and their contributions to America. Keuka College is recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month in myriad ways.

On Sept. 18 there was a show of the Borinquen Dance Theatre in Norton Chapel. The Borinquen Dance Theatre is a Rochester-based group made up entirely of teenagers that promote Latino heritage in the form of dance.

On Oct. 9, the film American Harvest was presented on campus. This film is designed to portray the truth about agriculture and migrant labor in the United States. It is full of interviews with farmers as well as farm workers from the United States as a whole, disproving myths and presenting facts associated with migrant farm workers.

In the Geiser Refectory, there are table toppers with biographies of Spanish celebrities that were created by the Spanish classes. There are also posters outside of the multicultural affairs office describing select Spanish-speaking countries as well as their significance in American society.

In addition, Inter-Library Loan Librarian Kimberly Fenton created a display in one of the glass cases in the library that showcases a variety of Hispanic artifacts and novels with brief descriptions for each.

General Information

Organization: Education Club
President(s): Mindy Cardinale, Ashley Lent
Vice President: Heather Habelt
Secretary: Jenna Wheater
Treasurer: Kristy Barone
Faculty Adviser: Martha French

Meetings

Every other Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Phillips Lounge, with the next meeting scheduled Oct. 14.

Why You Should Join

The education club is a vastly growing club, and you don’t even need to be an education major to be a member. It offers benefits to education majors, however, such as scholastic book orders (to work on your library of books for when you do become a teacher) and lesson plans. If you are not an education major, you can still join in by being a pen pal to a third grader in the Penn Yan Central School district.

Why the Club Is Being Spotlighted

The education club helps to prepare future teachers for their careers. One way it does this is by having members share ideas for lesson plans. Past lesson plan ideas were for five-minute fillers, Thanksgiving and Christmas activities. This year, ways to recognize character education week and less well-known holidays will be addressed.

Service Learning

Members of the education club will provide community service to Rainbow Junction in Penn Yan on Oct. 15. For their campus-wide event, members plan to educate the campus community about Smart Boards, which are becoming more prevalent in classrooms. They are also planning to sell sweatpants as a fund raiser, and are holding a pizza sale on Saturday, Oct. 25.

Is there a lack of events on campus? This is a familiar question at Keuka College and often asked around the last class of the day, when you’re most likely to make plans for the night to get away from your studies.The answer to the question is no. There’s an abundance of events that, for the most part, aren’t attended as well as they should. How many times have you gone to the cafeteria and there was a band playing in the Brezinsky room? It’s a familiar sound, and rarely do students go in and listen to the music, even if it is good.According to Director of Student Activities and CAB Adviser Jen Furner, “The Campus Activities Board (CAB) has reduced the amount of events it holds to accommodate more opportunities, from a calendar perspective, for clubs and organizations to do more, and in turn avoid conflicts so attendance can be maximized at events.” She also went on to say that CAB has seen “amazing attendance” at all of the events that they’ve held so far this semester.So next time you want to ask yourself, or someone around you, why there’s nothing to do on campus, look around. There are many clues everywhere to show you what is going on that night.

Here are the top nine ways to find out about campus events:

1. CAB and Event Tonight t-shirts, which are worn by CAB members on the days of events.
2. KCCAB03, yeah, they have an AOL.
3. Facebook Group, it’s named CAB.
4. Table tents, those little plastic things in the Geiser and the Terrace.
5. Scrolling message board (located above the D-boxes) and updated every two weeks.
6. CAB e-mails about important events are sent out periodically.
7. At the end of Senate meetings, the president opens the floor for announcements of events
8. Announce: you get those e-mails, but how often do you read them?
9. KC Currents: you get those e-mails, too.

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Students, faculty, and staff gathered on Sept. 4 in the Phillips Lounge for the First Annual Multicultural Welcome.

The event featured food, teas, and desserts from a variety of countries.

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