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| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Poet Carlos Andres Gómez
Andrés Gómez is a Colombian American poet, speaker, actor, and author of Fractures, winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry, Hijito, winner of the Broken River Prize and a #1 SPD bestseller, and the memoir Man Up: Reimagining Modern Manhood, released by Penguin Random House. A star of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, TV One’s Verses and Flow, and Spike Lee’s #1 box office movie Inside Man with Denzel Washington, Carlos is widely known for his viral poems, “Where are you really from?” and “What Latino Looks Like,” which have garnered millions of views online. Winner of the Atlanta Review International Poetry Prize and the Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry, he partnered with John Legend on Senior Orientation, a program to counteract bullying and champion inclusive masculinity among high school students. Carlos is a proud Latinx and father. | |
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| 5:00 PM | LatiNext: A New Anthology of Latinx Poets
LatiNEXT is A BreakBeat Poets anthology that opposes silence and re-mixes the soundtrack of the Latinx diaspora across diverse poetic traditions. In the dynamic tradition of the BreakBeat Poets anthology, The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext celebrates the embodied narratives of Latinidad. Poets speak from an array of nationalities, genders, sexualities, races, and writing styles, staking a claim to our cultural and civic space.
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| All Day | The Band Room: A New Play by Omar Noel and Bruce Purse (Multi-Day Event)
The Band Room is a new play by Omar Noel and Bruce Purse. The play takes place in 1968 St. Louis and is a tribute to the power of music education. Pockets new to town finds solace and protection through his study of music. The American Civil Rights Movement is the dramatic backdrop for this poignant new play. | |
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| 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Graduate Day: Graduate Student Workshops, Orientation, and Reception
Congratulations to our newly admitted graduate students!
We have designated Tuesday, August 16 as Graduate Day. This means that incoming Graduate students can visit the Grad Student Central in the Shuster Hall Lobby starting at 12:30pm. Staff and volunteers will be available to assist you in getting to Common Departmental Advising, Graduate Studies and the Student ID Office. Workshops will also be available from 3:30pm to 5:30pm.
You will end your day at the Graduate Student Orientation and Reception (6:00pm - 8:00pm). There you will be introduced to a variety of people and services available to support you throughout your graduate experience. You will learn a great deal of information regarding what it means to be a student at Lehman and how we as administration, faculty, and staff can support you.
To RSVP please visit www.lehman.edu/orientation. | |
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