This is the joint project of the Arts Coordinator and University Housing. The program is a unique way to enable and encourage students to take advantage of the arts resources on campus that might normally be out of reach financially, and to experience for themselves the kind of broadening of their worldviews that occurs through such exploration. Film shorts will be produced, beginning in February, that address personal anecdotes on reflections on diversity as residents of Family Housing and University Housing are interviewed. Exhibits in the Graduate Library's North Lobby display cases highlight many of the campus events, theme semester classes, and library resources in support of them. The exhibitions and programs unite the Gardens' mission and collections with the core value of cultural and biological diversity.
All events are free and open to the public.
Raisin' Rainbows is a video series sponsored by the Peer Information Counseling Program at the Shapiro Undergraduate Library. Housing has developed a number of light-hearted projects that draw attention to the theme semester. Here are two examples. The dining halls will be serving new ethnic dishes from a variety of cuisines, such as Brazilian, Indian and Native American. Students in the residence halls will receive by e-mail inspirational quotes pertaining to diversity topics, beginning the week of January 25.