Nicole White (SBE) delivers King's "I Have A Dream" speech
M. Wayne Abraham and Sher Aaron Hurt at the podium, for the 2009
Annual Commemorative
Program
in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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| Banquet, Candlelight Vigil, Student Presentations to Honor Martin Luther King |
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| Week-long Series of Events
Honored MLK |
Michigan Tech held its annual weeklong series of events Jan. 19-24 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. MLK Week 2009 events were sponsored by the Black Student Association and the Michigan
Tech Outreach and Multi-Ethnic Programs, and this year's theme was "Past hope, towards change."
The week's observances were capped by the Martin Luther King Jr. Banquet on Saturday, Jan. 24 in the Memorial Union Ballroom. The keynote speaker was Patricia Coleman-Burns, assistant professor and director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs in the University of Michigan School of Nursing.
Coleman-Burns received a doctorate from Wayne State University in 1987. Her current research focuses on the "GENESIS Project: Pipeline, Recruitment, Retention and Progression from Middle School into BSN Degree Programs for Educationally and Economically Disadvantaged Persons including Underrepresented Ethnic and Racial Groups." Her research interests also include perceptions of racial discrimination and African-American adolescents, black womanism/feminism and black ideological worldviews.
Classes were not be held on Monday in recognition of Martin Luther King Day. At noon outside the Memorial Union, a candlelight vigil took place, and junior Nicole White (SBE) delivered King's "I Have A Dream" speech. A reception followed in the Horner Lobby of the Rozsa Center. The day's events concluded with a showing of CNN's TV series "Black in America" in Fisher 329.
On Tuesday, Jan. 20, Assistant Professor Matt Seigel (Humanities) gave a presentation on diversity and literature at 7 p.m. in Fisher 329.
Wednesday, Jan. 21, featured a presentation by Keweenaw Pride at 7 p.m. in Fisher 328.
Attorney Jessie Rossman, of the American Civil Liberties Union, spoke at 7 p.m. in Fisher 329 on Thursday, Jan. 22.
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Dr. Patricia Coleman-Burns, assistant professor and director of the Office
of Multicultural Affairs in the University of Michigan School of Nursing is
presented with a plaque by the Michigan Tech Black Student Association after
her speech.
M. Wayne Abraham presents the Parting of the Waters Awards to Dr. Gloria
Melton, current dean of students, and Dr. Willie Melton, retired Associate
Professor in Department of Social Sciences
Officers of the Michigan Tech Black Student Association, M. Wayne Abraham, Nicole White, Lisa Grayson, Sher Aaron Hurt
Dr. Victoria L. Bergvall, Associate Professor of Linguistics, and Dr. Craig
Waddell, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, received certificates of
appreciation from the Michigan Tech Black Student Association
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