Jinho “Piper” Ferreira will present “The Boy: A Performance/Presentation” on Thursday, March 31, at 4 p.m. in Nucor Auditorium. The performance will be a mixture of theater, spoken word and personal reflections on law enforcement through a Black arts lens. Ferreira is a writer, rapper and actor from Oakland, Calif. His alternative hip-hop band, Flipsyde, has toured internationally with artists such as Snoop Dog, Akon, The Game and more. Ferreira was inspired to pay hi... Read More

Dr. Tyler Williams will explore the contradiction of ever-changing traditions in the works of William Faulkner in a convocation on Friday, Sept. 17, at 4 p.m. in the Alphin Board Room. Williams is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Humanities, and Philosophy at Midwestern State University. In his lecture, he will argue that the major literary works of Faulkner rest philosophically on the paradoxical logic that a tradition can stay the same only insofar as it continually ch... Read More