By Jose Gonzalez
UMD’s College of Arts and Humanities and the School of Language, Literatures and Culture invited TorcuArt, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting classical flamenco and Spanish cultures, to perform in the building’s multipurpose room. Continue reading UMD community learns, experiences Spanish culture through flamenco performances
By Maria Trovato Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen presented “Refugees, Immigrants, Americans: Changing Our Stories,” Oct. 23 as part of UMD’s Arts and Humanities Dean’s Lecture series. Nguyen is the author of “The Refugees,” which is UMD’s First Year Book for the 2018-2019 academic year. Nguyen came to the U.S. with his family as a refugee from the Vietnam War. At one point, when … Continue reading Pulitzer Prize-winning author cites storytelling as powerful tool for immigrants and refugees to be heard
