Speaker Series features female leaders in academia

September 26, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes Moving up the ranks of power in higher education has historically been a challenge for women in terms of unfair pay, inequality, and being overlooked for opportunities for promotion. To recognize and overcome the barriers that seem to hold some back, two professionals addressed these issues in the Roots of Knowledge Speaker Series to spread […]

Alex Sheen explains the power of keeping promises

September 1, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Maricel Evangelista We don’t need a miracle, we just need people to do what they said they were going to do in the first place, said Alex Sheen, founder of the social movement and non-profit organization called Because I Said I Would, to an audience in the Grande Ballroom, Aug 31. Because I […]