Tag: DWA
Oxy-at-the-UN keynote speaker discusses the advancement of LGBTQ+ rights
March 25-29 marked Occidental’s annual United Nations (UN) Week. This year’s theme, “Human Rights Defenders,” consisted of nine events connected to the field of...
Quietly bound for success: A profile on Kristina Kvien ’87
When Fresno, CA native Kristina Kvien ’87 arrived at Occidental College, Cold War tensions were at an all-time high. A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)...
Faculty perspectives on return to campus and in-person instruction
President Harry J. Elam announced Jan. 6 that classes would take place remotely for the first week of the spring semester and the start...
Juvenal Cortes, professor named in LA Times Qatari Sheikh reporting, resigned...
Occidental Diplomacy & World Affairs (DWA) professor Juvenal Cortes resigned from his teaching position at the end of Fall 2020, according to Jim Tranquada,...
Oxy-at-the-UN shapes college experiences for current students and graduates
With a month remaining in the fall semester, students participating in the Kahane United Nations Program (Oxy-at-the-U.N.) discussed their experiences spending a semester in New York City....
Mayor Eric Garcetti to speak at 2019 commencement
Occidental College announced April 7 that Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles and former Occidental professor, will be the commencement speaker for the Class of 2019 May...