Ethnic Studies majors are welcome and encouraged to take an internship working with an entity that serves populations of color. The internship is graded and counts towards the upper division major requirements.
Faculty advisors recommend potential internships and will help students find a placement. If students know of a place they would like to work, they need to check with their advisor prior to making a commitment. Once a student has selected a work place, he/she must prepare a proposal which is reviewed by the faculty of Ethnic Studies. Review the following documents for more information.
What's in a name? A lot, especially if a particular place had a name, and another one was slapped on top of it.
Among the ranks of essential workers, there may be none more essential than the people who harvest food from farms. It is often done by hand in tough conditions, and those degraded further during the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘You lose a language, you lose a culture’
David Lewis, a professor at Oregon State University and consultant to the Oregon Geographic Names Board, said name changes require time for research and tribal collaboration.