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HECUA's
2003 Progress Report is Now Available in PDF Format
2003
HECUA Progress Report
To
receive a copy of the report, e-mail Michael
Eaton with your name and address.
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HECUA
In The News: MN Daily Article About HECUA Programs
- December 3, 2003. For article Click
Here
HECUA
Members In the News: Star Tribune Article about
Minnesotan Students Study Abroad. For
article Click Here.
Limited
Space Remains for the 2004 Civil Rights January Interim.
Click Here
for more information about the program, or contact Elizabeth
Petheo, 651/646-8832, [email protected].
Rose
Brewer, University of MN, to Lead Civil Rights January-Term
Dr. Brewer is a professor of African-American Studies
and a Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor.
Her areas of interest and research are the intersection
of economy, culture and Black family life, Black women’s
studies, race, class and gender, social transformation,
and critical theory. She has also taught at the College
of St. Catherine and holds a B.A. from Northeastern
College and an M.A., and Ph.D. from Indiana University.
This appointment exemplifies rotating leadership of
short-term programs among consortium members.
Wellstone Photo Exhibit Opens at Weisman Art Museum
at the University of Minnesota - "Twelve Years
and Thirteen Days," an exhibition of photographs
remembering the Wellstones is open through December
18. For More Information Click
Here.
Headwaters
Walk for Justice Raises Money for Scholarships
More
than $500 was raised at this recent event - enough to
fund a new HECUA Scholarship. Thank you to all who supported
HECUA through walking and pledges.
Application
Deadline for Organizations Interested in Hosting a 2004
PIP Intern is December 5. Click
Here for more information.
Otto
Bremer Foundation Endorses Continued Collaboration with
HECUA – Funds Partners Internship Program (PIP)
for Three More Years
The
Foundation has granted $480,000 to fund PIP through
Summer of 2006. To date the Otto Bremer Foundation has
provided more than $1 million in grants to HECUA since
2001 to continue programs for civic engagement, student
involvement and social justice.
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SITE
NEWS AT -A-GLANCE
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THE
BIG STORIES OF 2002- 2003
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Remembering Paul Wellstone
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Impact Evaluation Affirms HECUA's Value
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Otto Bremer Funds Graduate Fellowship Program
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New January-Term Programs Launched: Civil Rights Movement
| Intensive Spanish
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HECUA Welcomes Two New Members
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Member Colleges Partner with HECUA for Numerous Innovative
Programs & Seminars
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NEW Environmental Sustainability Program
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Scandinavian Program Undergoes Transformation
FOR
AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THESE STORIES CLICK HERE
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BANGLADESH
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Rural Bangladesh Showing Signs of Prosperity
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Country to receive Funds for Disaster Management
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Dhaka cloth losing market to cheaper Indian products
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NORTHERN
IRELAND
—Elections
may be postponed
—Bono
from U2 in running for Nobel Peace Prize
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ECUADOR
—Chevron
faces environmental lawsuit
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Crude oil pipeline rupture
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NORWAY
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Norwegian log home builders visit Minnesota
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Fisheries conflict between Norway and Iceland
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Sandro to oversee Term in Norway
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GUATEMALA
—Guatemala
Neglects Healthcare Spending
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Deforestation and Drougffects Central America
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USA
—New
MN Human Rights Commissioner fears budget cuts will
affect affordble housing opportunities
—Childcare
cuts force impossible decisions
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New Environmental Sustainability Program Director Named
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2003-04 Interim Director for Metro Urban Studies Named
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