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DCC Meetings The Department Consultative Committee meetings were held via Zoom on Novem- ber 17, 2022 and March 16, 2023. The department experimented with the online mode in an attempt to address a number of concerns about the process. The use of the online platform allowed lecturers to meet student representatives in break-out groups. It allowed for greater efficiency in the process and has also created a more comfortable and less stressful environment in which students can speak about their concerns. This approach has been combined with the use of class surveys which have helped ensure that lecturers get a clearer understanding of the views of all members of the class.
Student-led activities
Global Read-a-Thon The Department participated in the inaugural twenty-four (24) hour global Read-a- Thon, hosted and led by the Center for Studies on Africa and Its Diaspora at Georgia State University on February 22. The event was intended to celebrate Black History month as well as promote cultural exchange and international cooperation through reading. This became a student-led initiative and graduate student Kevhaun Bailey, along with undergraduates Kandice Thompson and Blaire Santos, coordinated the selection of readings, recruiting of readers, recording and editing of the video that was submitted for broadcast. Alumni, staff and friends of the department partici- pated, with some of them reading original poetry. Readers included: Blaire Santos, Jovanté Anderson, Topher Allen, Jessie Mayers, Yashika Graham, Lisa Brown and Cornel Bogle. The welcome and introduction was given by Rachel Moseley-Wood . Book Launch Students taking HUMN3100: Humanities Internship organised the launch of Chants For A Woman to Bloom , a collection of poetry and art self-published by the author, undergraduate Literatures in English Major, Ms Lattecha Willocks. Held on March 29, the event was part of the monthly open mic series at Ragamuffin Café on Lady Musgrave Road and featured readings by Ms Willocks, as well as a conversation between the author and Dundurn Press Director, Mr Kwame Scott Fraser. The launch was also broadcast on YouTube. HUMN3100 students organised meetings with the author to plan the launch, liaised with Ragamuffin Café, created a flyer and publicised the event on social media and organised the online broadcast of the event. HUMN3100: Humanities Internship This course was approved just ahead of the beginning of Semester 2 so that regis- tration was limited to Writing, Literature and Publishing Majors who are required
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