[ASU] Announcement-Alden Library Winter Diversity Series Lecture

[anita grant]

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Alden Library Diversity Committee

Title:  Winter Quarter Diversity Lecture -Rites of Passage

Location:  Alden Library- Friends of the Library Room

Details:  As part of Alden Library's Diversity Committee's Cultural 
Showcase series, the 2009 winter quarter theme is entitled "Rites of 
Passage". The first presentation will be a talk given by Educational 
Studies Assistant Professor Dr. Francis Godwyll entitled "From Cradle to 
Final Rites: The Akan Cultural Experience". Dr. Godwyll will be examining 
particular cultural practices that mark the birth of a child in the Akan 
tradition till the last respects are given to him when he or she passes on.

Please join us in the Friends of the Libraries room on the third floor of 
Alden Library on January 28th from 2-3pm. Hot beverages and cookies will be 
served. Admission is free. Faculty, staff, students, and community members 
are all invited to attend.

During winter quarter a display on the fourth floor of Alden Library will 
focus on rituals and celebrations marking significant transitions of life 
in many different cultures. Please stop by and check it out and watch the 
library web site for future diversity related events that we will host 
every quarter.