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On Wednesday, Aug. 30, from 7-9 p.m., the campus community is invited to the LGBTQIA+ Welcome Social hosted by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center. The social will take place at the LGBT Resource Center at 750 Ostrom Ave.

The event returns this year with all of the activities that have made it memorable in the past: an ice cream truck, a cotton candy machine, slushies and lawn games. Most importantly, however, the social is a fun opportunity to engage with the LGBTQIA+ community and resources.

“The LGBTQIA+ Welcome Social is an opportunity for all people, especially first-year students, to connect to the LGBT Resource Center, engage with the LGBTQIA+ campus communities and begin to build relationships with other students,” says Abby Fite, program coordinator at the LGBT Resource Center.

Please note, the Resource Center is not accessible to all wheelchair users; if you have concerns about accessing the space, please e-mail lgbt@syr.edu.

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On Thursday, Aug. 31, from 4-6 p.m., the campus community is invited to the annual Cultural Centers Welcome Fair in the Gateway Center at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF).  The Disability Cultural Center; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center; Office of Multicultural Affairs; ESF Student Diversity and Inclusion Office; La Casita Cultural Center; Office of Engagement Programs; and Slutzker Center for International Services are this year’s organizers.

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Later this week, Syracuse University will welcome to campus an increasingly diverse and academically competitive group of about 4,000 students ready to begin their academic life here, make lifelong friends and become part of an inclusive, challenging and stimulating learning community.

“This is such a special time for our new students and their families and friends,” says Chancellor Kent Syverud. “I welcome them to the Syracuse University community and wish them all the best as they begin their academic career here. This is a transformative time in their lives. They will learn, grow, identify their passions and make their families proud.”

More than 33,000 high-achieving students applied for admission this year, an increase of more than 2,000 applicants over the previous year. Dolan Evanovich, senior vice president for enrollment and the student experience, says the increasing number of applicants is evidence of the growing interest in a Syracuse University education.

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Syracuse University this fall has adopted new protocols designed to allow students impacted by recent changes to U.S. immigration law to complete their academic degrees.

The protocols, approved by Chancellor and President Kent Syverud and Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly, create a pathway to degree completion for currently enrolled students whose studies may have been interrupted by the changes implemented by the Trump Administration. The protocols were initially drafted by the University Senate’s Academic Affairs Committee last spring and subsequently endorsed by the full Senate.

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In 2014, the Department of African American Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences held a daylong conference to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe’s landmark novel “Arrow of God.” The symposium featured some of the top scholars in the field of African literature to talk about the man who was called “the father of the African novel.”

The scholars gathered not only to honor “Arrow of God,” which is seen as one of the most important indictments of colonialism in literature. They also wanted to remember Achebe himself, who had died just the year before. Some in the Syracuse University audience may have remembered his receiving an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University in 1998.

This spring, that conference has been memorialized in a book, “Illuminations on Chinua Achebe: The Art of Resistance,” issued by Africa World Press. It was edited by Herbert G. Ruffin II, associate professor and chair of African American studies, and Micere Githae Mugo, professor emerita of African American studies, the co-conveners of the 2014 conference. In addition to contributing through editing and writing, Ruffin lent one of his paintings for the volume’s cover.

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Two Syracuse City School District rising seniors were welcomed to Syracuse’s campus to get a taste of lab life and to prepare for college. Full-ride scholarships to top universities for both students show the experiment was a huge success.

“Including local high school students in university research is critical to open new educational paths for local, underserved students. We want to provide a unique insight into research and academic life at Syracuse University and an introduction to higher education in general. We hope to create opportunities for these young researchers that may not exist otherwise,” says Karin Ruhlandt, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, who invited the students to join her lab and mentored them in their research and college preparations.

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Every day the young people who attend the South Side Communication Center Youth Program have something different to look forward to.

That includes speakers, art class, board games, sewing or just hanging out and engaging in good conversation. During the school year, there’s tutoring and photography sessions, among other activities.

There’s one constant in it all—the encouragement that anything is possible for them.

“I want to help them expand their horizons and open their minds to different things—let them know they have choices and the ability to do and be anything they want,” says site coordinator Rachielle Scrivens.

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In 1946, Syracuse University welcomed more than 10,000 veterans to its campus, doubling enrollment among service men and women returning from World War II. Since then, Syracuse University has been a national leader in attracting, welcoming and empowering veterans and military families.

That longstanding tradition continues today as Syracuse University and the Syracuse Football Program prepare to welcome children of Fort Drum military families to campus on Sunday, Aug. 13, for “Fort Drum Youth Football Day.” The youth football players, whose family members serve in the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division stationed at Fort Drum, will participate in a skills clinic and autograph session.

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