slu news
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Meet SLU’s 2020 Valedictorian and Salutatorian
Gena-Fae Fillingham B.A. Urban and Community Studies, summa cum laude Valedictorian, SLU Class of 2020 Gena-Fae Fillingham was born and raised in a small farm town in Nebraska, where her mother taught her to care about the most vulnerable in her community. She worked as a certified nurses’ aide throughout her senior year in high…
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SLU Alum Nastaran Mohit in Teen Vogue
To get more people organizing labor, more people need to know what organizers actually do. Which is why we were thrilled to see Teen Vogue feature a day in the life of Nastaran Mohit: labor champion, current organizing director of the NewsGuild of New York — and SLU alum. From the article: It’s a tough time to…
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Diana Robinson Named to City & State’s Top 40 Under 40
This year, City & State inaugurated its list of Labor’s 40 Under 40 in New York City. And SLU’s very own Diana Robinson, coordinator of the Union Semester Program, was one of the labor leaders featured on the list! Congratulations, Diana! From City & State: Diana Robinson connects her activism and desire to play a…
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SLU Announces Two New Faculty Members
Dean Gregory Mantsios is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members of the SLU faculty: Joel Suarez, Assistant Professor of Labor Studies, and Samir Sonti, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies. Joel Suarez is coming to SLU from the University of Texas at Austin, where he is a Visiting Scholar in the African and African Diaspora…
