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June 14, 2022

June 14, 2022 11:25 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)


PLATO Weekly Update

June 14, 2022


CURRICULUM

COVID-19 PROTOCOLS FOR COURSES

Find current COVID protocols for specific Host Locations for Summer Courses listed in the Curriculum Showcase.

SUMMER COURSES
Summer courses are underway! Information about Summer Courses, including contact information for course coordinators, can be found on the Summer Course Schedule page.

COURSES PAGE 


SPECIAL EVENTS

BREAKFAST GATHERINGS
NEXT MONTH! Meet with fellow members on Friday, July 8 from 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. for coffee and conversation outdoors at UW Memorial Union Terrace. If rain is in the forecast, we will meet indoors – look for Host Sharon Scrattish in the glassed-in lobby to find out where our tables are located. RSVP and learn more here.

LECTURES  
Escape this week's heatwave watching archived PLATO Lectures on a variety of topics.

SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR 


MEMBER FEATURE

PLATO Story As Told by Oakwood Village

Click on the Oakwood Article button below to see how Oakwood Village has described and promoted PLATO in a feature story in its semi-annual Outlook Magazine. This article is also available on PLATO's Member Feature webpage.


OAKWOOD ARTICLE 


FEATURED AGORA WORKS

Visit The Agora Features webpage for highlights from this past season, created and curated by fellow PLATO members for your pleasure. 

Our Biweekly Feature for June 14 – June 27 is Melrose, a short story by Allen Youngwood, who shares an anecdote about the creation of this piece.

AGORA FEATURE 


SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENTS & READINGS

Select from a range of topics and formats 

for your June reading, viewing, or listening, 

curated by PLATO's Diversity Awareness Committee.

New Book RecommendationHow the Word is Passed by Clint Smith. Because this is the UW-Madison “Big Read” book for 2022-23, several Madison community reading/discussion events are being planned - visit the Social Justice webpage for more information. 

DID YOU KNOW? for June 7– 20, 2022

DID YOU KNOW… Professor George W. McLaurin(1887-1968) was the first African-American to attend the University of Oklahoma, and the plaintiff in the precedent-setting McLaurin vs. Oklahoma State Regents 1950 Supreme Court decision. In the McLaurin case the Court ruled unanimously (9-0) that racial segregation within colleges and universities is inconsistent with the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, therefore African American students must receive the same treatment as all other students in higher education.

Visit the Social Justice Webpage for more about George McLaurin and the McLaurin vs. Oklahoma State Regents decision plus past DID YOU KNOW? features.

DID YOU KNOW? – spotlighting notable contributions made by non-mainstream individuals you might not have learned or read about. Suggestions for inclusions are welcome (send to Kathy at: ksmichaelis@gmail.com).

SOCIAL JUSTICE WEBPAGE 



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