Black History Month at Marshall

A number of events have been scheduled for Black History Month.

Feb. 23, 7:30 am., the MU Annual Diversity Breakfast in Don Morris. Keynote by Dr. T. Maurice Lockridge, Accounting Professor.

Feb. 26, 6 p.m., The Unveiling of the 2007 Black Heritage Commemorative U.S. Postage Stamp, sponsored by Multicultural Affairs and the U.S. Postal Service.

For more information, please contact Maurice Cooley, director, Center for African American Study Program.

A related event, The Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia and Marshall University Multicultural Affairs are sponsoring the 2007 Spring Series on Diversity in Appalachia beginning Thursday, Feb. 22.

The series includes three lectures. Dr. Lynda Ann Ewen and Professor Julie Lewis will present their lecture, “Buffalo Creek Flood: It Wasn’t Just White People,” at 7 p.m. Feb. 22 in the Shawkey Dining Room at the Memorial Student Center on the Huntington campus.

On March 29, Drs. Marianna Footo-Linz and Pamela Mulder will lecture with Jean Battlo at 7 p.m. in the Shawkey Dining Room at the MSC about “Women Moving Mountains.”

The final speech, “Protohistoric Appalachia A.D. 1550-1890: Who Were Those Indians?,” will be presented by Dr. Robert Maslowski at the South Charleston campus Administration Building in Room 319 at 7 p.m. April 3.

For more information, contact Spatig at (304) 696-2875.