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Celebrating Diversity with Multicultural & Lavender Graduation
Student Life, Mission and Values Abigail Kneuss Student Life, Mission and Values Abigail Kneuss

Celebrating Diversity with Multicultural & Lavender Graduation

Held in addition to the campus-wide commencement ceremonies, Multicultural and Lavender Graduations seek to provide a safe space to celebrate students of color, international students, and students who identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community. We sat down with Juan Mendizabal, associate director of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and head of this year’s program to learn more about this unique Chatham tradition and the importance of celebrating our students.

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Celebrating New Beginnings with The Minor Bird
Student Life, Alumni Success Abigail Kneuss Student Life, Alumni Success Abigail Kneuss

Celebrating New Beginnings with The Minor Bird

The Minor Bird, Chatham’s undergraduate literary and art magazine, is in its third year of recognizing new artists through the Simon Matela SOAR Awards for Emerging Writers. Created in memory of Simon Matela (class of 2020), a creative writing major and Minor Bird executive board member who passed away unexpectedly in January 2019, these awards seek to recognize young talent. We sat down with the 2022 recipients, Alison Righetti ’25, Maggie Vargo ’25 and McKenna DiRienzo ’22 to talk more about their work as emerging writers and artists.

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Celebrating Our Social Work Students
Academics Abigail Kneuss Academics Abigail Kneuss

Celebrating Our Social Work Students

To round out our celebrations for National Social Workers Month, we sat down with three social work students, Katie Figgs ‘23, Samantha VanZandt ‘24 and Madeline Morse ‘22 to learn more about Chatham’s social work program and the power of social workers to enact change.

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Fighting Fast Fashion Waste with Chatham Student Power
Student Life, Mission and Values Abigail Kneuss Student Life, Mission and Values Abigail Kneuss

Fighting Fast Fashion Waste with Chatham Student Power

The annual Sustainable Fashion Fair hosted by Chatham Student Power is an opportunity for students to fight fast fashion waste, access affordable clothing and learn more about integrating environmental and social activism. We talked with two of CSP’s officers, Jorie Meil ‘24 and Frances Hurst Brubaker ‘23 to learn more about this year’s event.

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