{"id":5468,"date":"2017-02-03T12:07:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T17:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=5468"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:22:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:22:22","slug":"missouri-western-celebrates-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2017\/02\/03\/missouri-western-celebrates-black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Western celebrates Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>The Center for Multicultural Education at Missouri Western State University will celebrate Black History Month with several events throughout the month of February.<\/p>\n

Culture Shock, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall 101<\/strong><\/p>\n

Culture Shock is an innovative and groundbreaking diversity program that combines hypnosis and comedy to explore stereotypes and misconceptions. Free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

Charles Drew Blood Drive, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum Student Union 218-219<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Charles Drew was an American Red Cross physician and member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity who was a pioneer in the field of blood banking. The goal of the blood drive is to raise awareness of the importance of blood donation. Each unit can help save a life.<\/p>\n

Soul Food Lunch, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, Dining Hall, Blum Student Union<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enjoy soul food while learning about the origin of the dishes during the regular cafeteria lunch. The CME will give out 50 tickets to students who don\u2019t have a meal plan starting Feb. 21.<\/p>\n

Movie Night: \u201cRace,\u201d 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, Hoff Conference Room, Blum Student Union 218<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesse Owens, the son of an Alabama sharecropper, shattered Adolf Hitler\u2019s assertion of Aryan supremacy by winning a record four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

Tour of the Black Archives Museum, 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28<\/strong><\/p>\n

Black History Month will conclude with an opportunity for 15 students to take an interactive tour of the St. Joseph Museums. Students should RSVP by contacting the CME.<\/p>\n

For more information on any of these events, contact the Center for Multicultural Education at 816-271-4150, cme@missouriwestern.edu<\/a>, or in person at Blum 207.<\/p>\n

Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em>www.missouriwestern.edu<\/a><\/em>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Center for Multicultural Education at Missouri Western State University will celebrate Black History Month with several events throughout the month of February. Culture Shock, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, Kemper Recital Hall, Spratt Hall 101 Culture Shock is an innovative and groundbreaking diversity program that combines hypnosis and comedy to explore stereotypes and misconceptions. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8250,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468\/revisions\/8250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}