International relations alumbus Shanna Corner ('05 - formerly Shanna Stebbins) has received a generous scholarship to begin attending the University of Denver graduate program in international relations this fall.
International relations alumnus and McNair scholar Amanda Miralrio ('08) will be attending graduate school at George Washington University.
Two international relations students will be participating in internships this summer. Noelle Gornik will be working with with the Orphanage of San Miguel in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. Derek Atkinson will intern with U.S. Representative Pete Hoekstra in his Holland office.
If you are participating in an internship and would like to share your story, please let any of your professors know.
Political science alumnus Josh Osborne has received a generous University Fellowship award to attend graduate school at IUPUI.
LAS 380 01 The ‘Indian Question’ in the Americas
Dr. Andrew Schlewitz
Fall 2008
Tues./Thurs. 1-2:15 PM 1118 Au Sable Hall
The “Indian Question” haunted the young states of the 19th century Americas. Trying to consolidate control over territory, or expand that territory, and forge a national identity, North and South American governments confronted indigenous groups who resisted that control and identity. The “Indian Question” was, then, what to do about such resistance?
The answers varied—from exile and destruction to forced assimilation and accommodation. We will study these answers with a focus on the United States, Bolivia, Canada, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and the United States. The intent of this course is not only to learn how these answers varied, but why. We will also think together about the ways these answers to the “Indian Question” shaped political development in the Americas, and what those answers bequeathed to later generations.
Course Goals: by the end of the course, students will
•be able to relate key similarities and differences among selected American states in terms of how they treated indigenous populations over the 19th and 20 centuries;
•know the varied ways by which indigenous peoples responded to state efforts to shape and control them;
•be familiar with different explanations of relationships between indigenous groups and states, for example, from early (though still existing) essentialist arguments, to competing cultural, economic, and institutional theories, on to interpretive or constructivist approaches;
•be prepared to weigh the merits of these explanations of why Indian-state relations in the Americas have varied;
•have added to their experience with using primary documents; and
•practice critical reading and writing skills, as well as collaborative research in the seminar format.
GVSU Political Science course PLS 205 The Policy Process was featured on WZZM news on April 24, and the video is currently at the top of the most popular videos list at WZZM.com. Students from the class prepared a policy report and presented it to M & M Energy. which is planning the Great Lakes Energy and Research Park.
The African and African American Studies program in collaboration with the Michigan Freedom Trail Commission, the Hauenstein Presidential Studies Center and the Johnson Philanthropy Center will host a conference at Grand Valley on September 26-27, 2008 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the founding of the National Network to Freedom and the Michigan Freedom Trail. The theme of the conference will be 'Michigan's Underground Railroad Network: A Decade of Discoveries.'
The keynote speakers will be Karolyn Smardz Frost, Toronto archaeologist and author of I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad, Betty DeRamus, Detroit author of Forbidden Fruit Love Stories of the Underground Railroad, Anna-Lisa Cox, author of A Stronger Kinship One Town’s Extraordinary Story of Hope and Faith, and Allen Guelzo, Lincoln scholar and professor at Gettysburg College and others.
The National Network to Freedom and the Michigan Freedom Trail were created by national and Michigan legislation to enable citizens to recover, document, preserve and commemorate the histories of the underground railroad networks devised by black and white Americans that enabled blacks to resist and escape from slavery. The work that citizens have done to recover our state’s stories will be highlighted in the conference. In the past decade the work of citizens throughout the nation has dramatically increased our understanding of the Underground Railroad and abolitionist movements.
Details of the conference are posted and updated on the conference website.
The political science department has chosen Ryan Rogowski as the recipient of the Paul B. Henry Congressional Internship. This summer Ryan will be interning in the Washington office of Senator Levin.
Radio talk show host and author Amy Goodman will be speaking in Grand
Rapids on May 10. Amy and her crew with Democracy Now! are on a speaking
tour with Amy's newest book "Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes
in Extraordinary Times."
Her visit would be an excellent opportunity for your students to hear
about the work of someone in the independent media field, We are aware
that her visit is after the semester is over, but we would be grateful if
you could pass this information along to students.
This event is being sponsored by the Grand Rapids Indy Media group
MediaMouse.org. Media Mouse is an independent media collective that works
to provide independent news pertaining to Grand Rapids and the world.
Wherever possible, Media Mouse aims to draw links between national and
local issues and between movements for social change. In turn, it is hoped
that this news will be a catalyst for action and will help spur organizing
for social change.
The Amy Goodman lecture begins at 7pm at Plymouth Congregational UCC
located at 4110 Kalamazoo SE, just north of 44th street. Doors open at 6pm
and since this is a fundraiser for Media Mouse we are asking people to
donate anywhere between $5 and $25 to help support the independent media
we do here in West Michigan.
Following the lecture, there will be a book signing and books will be
available for purchase.
You can download flyers and find other promotional materials here.
Political Science and International Relations students were recognized at the recent GVSU Awards Banquet. Edward Kastelz received the International Relations Outstanding Student Award. Andrea Dickson received the Political Science Outstanding Student Award.
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