This fall the economics program is offering a new course in US Economic History. No prior knowledge of economics or US History is needed. This introduction to economic history will use the tools of economics to explore questions in US history. What were the cost/benefits of the colonists declaring independence from England? Would slavery have died without a Civil War? […]
Looking for an online summer course? Check out History 121: US to 1877. This course runs in the first five week session from 5/21 to 6/24 and satisfies LASC Area 5 graduation requirements. Hurry before sections are cancelled!
There will be an Open House on Thursday, May 1 from 3–5 p.m. in honor of Dr. Ceci Mafla-Bustamante’s retirement. MacLean Hall, Room 268. Please come and celebrate with us and wish Ceci well in her next adventure!
The 18th Annual Unity Conference “Our Historia: Latina/os Making History” will take place April 16-17 at the CMU. The conference begins Wednesday, April 16 at 7 p.m. with a keynote speech delivered by Dr. Jason Ruiz, University of Notre Dame, titled, “Americans in the Treasure House: What the History of Travel to Mexico Can Teach Us About Our Historia.”
Jenna Polley, a junior from Park Rapids, Minn., majoring in Spanish, was one of 11 recipients of the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, Sigma Delta Pi’s, study abroad scholarship for the summer of 2014. Polley was chosen from dozens of applicants from the more than 600 chapters of Sigma Delta Pi at Universities throughout the United States. Polley is the […]