News and Events
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Events
Inside Out Speaker Series: Spring 2025
Monday, Feb. 24: Hoa Nguyen will read and discuss her poetry. She is the author of several books, including Red Juice: Poems 1998 – 2008. Nguyen lives in Toronto where she is a visiting practitioner for the Faculty of Arts at Toronto Metropolitan University and as a mentor for writers in the graduate programs at Guelph University and the University of Toronto.
Monday, March 17: Washington University First Amendment Clinic will give a presentation on freedom of speech and expression under the First Amendment
of the U.S. Constitution. Led by Professor Ben Wilson, the First Amendment Clinic
defends and advances the rights of free speech, press, assembly, and petition through
direct representation of clients while providing law students with the practice experience
to become leaders on First Amendment issues.
Monday, April 14: multidisciplinary artist Kiki Salem will present her installations and textiles, which draw on traditional Palestinian
embroidery techniques and motifs. Moderated by artist-in-residence Stan Chisholm.
Monday, May 5: https://saintlouischessclub.org/ will host a chess event: come test your skills against other players and learn more
about the game! The event is open to players at any level. The Chess Club is an educational
organization that promotes the game through community outreach.
Spring 2025 Courses
History 1120 - Origins of the Modern World
A historical approach to understanding the development of the modern world from 1500 to the present. The course will examine the crosscultural impact of European expansion, the Protestant and Catholic Reformations, the Scientific Revolution, absolutism, the Enlightenment, the French and Industrial Revolutions, 19th- and 20th-century thought, the World Wars, totalitarian and liberation movements, and the challenges of the new global age
Philosophy 1753 - Life Examined through Writing & Dialogue
This course invites students to explore enduring philosophical questions and to reflectively evaluate the various answers given to them by thinkers from a range of social, historical, and religious contexts. The course tackles significant questions in a range of philosophical domains, including issues such as the nature of self and ultimate reality, morality and human meaning, rationality and the pursuit of truth
English 2550 - Gender, Identity, & Literature
This course introduces literary study within the context and theme of Gender and Identity. Through the reading of a wide variety of genres including drama, poetry, and fiction - the course engages students in literary ways of knowing. Methods include close reading, comparative textual analysis, and argumentative writing.
News
Higher Education in Prison
Open Campus: Adams State University hires David Carrillo as adjunct professor making Colorado one of the first states to employ an incarcerated professor.
Unlocking Potential: Basia Skudrzyk and the STEM OPS Journey: Follow Basia's journey from incarceration to doctoral studies in business administration focusing on supply chain management and food insecurity at the University of Missouri–St. Louis (UMSL) and Business Journals Top 40 Under 40.
Achieving Liftoff: From Incarceration to Graduation: Raymond Haug was caught in a cycle of addiction, homelessness and prison. With the help of scholarships and a campus community, he transformed his life and found a calling in mechanical engineering.
Voices of Incarcerated People
The XSTREAM Media Center located in the Eastern Reception Diagnostic and Correction Center was featured in the latest edition of The Prison Journalism Project (PJP) newsletter. PJP seeks to empower marginalized communities by bringing transparency to the world of mass incarceration through journalism.
Voices of Reentry: This project invites formerly incarcerated people to tell their stories and, through storytelling and community dialogue, engages the public in conversation about the role we can all play in welcoming returning citizens into our communities.
Inside Wire: Colorado Prison Radio beams music, stories, news and entertainment into prisons across Colorado and broadcasts its sounds to listeners outside facilities as well, across the U.S. and beyond.
Legal Aid Justice Center: The Legal Aid Justice Center partners with communities and clients to achieve justice by dismantling systems that create and perpetuate poverty.