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Arabic Cooking Class
On January 28th, Arabic professor Amira Orr took her Arabic 1020 class to the Rockafield Alumni Center kitchen to teach her students about Middle Eastern food. They made Kofta (Middle Eastern meat balls), Hummus (chick peas dip), Lebna (cheese), salad, Taheena (sesame seed paste), Pita Bread and
Philosophy professor Erik Banks published book on Austrian physicist Ernst Mach, American psychologist William James and British philosopher Bertrand Russell.
Arabic Program First Immersion Day
The Arabic program will celebrate its first Immersion Day on Tuesday, March 24 th from 8:30 am-1:30 pm. This year, the theme is “Visiting the Classical Arabic Past”. Activities will be centered around the “1001 Nights” and include plays presented by the students, explorations of Levantive Arabic
German-Americans:The silent minority
According to "The Economist" newspaper,"German-Americans are America’s largest single ethnic group (if you divide Hispanics into Mexican-Americans, Cuban-Americans, etc). In 2013, according to the Census bureau, 46m Americans claimed German ancestry: more than the number who traced their roots to
Sociology professor Karen Lahm has spent her career studying prisons and their populations and most recently researched female inmate misconduct.
Chinese Club event with exchange professors from China!
On January 16, the Chinese club hosted a farewell party at the Rockafield Alumni Center for a group of exchange professors from Xian University, Shanxi, China. They came to Wright State University last Fall and stayed for four months. They have really enjoyed the time at Wright State University and

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