The programs, institutes and centers in the Franklin College exist to bring our faculty and students greater opportunity to work within and across traditional disciplines. From certificate programs and study abroad to specialized cultural programming that brings important discussions and guests to campus, our international institutes in particular create a crucial nexus of teaching and learning on campus. The African Studies Institute, for example, presents four terrific speakers on campus this month, in a cross-section of established lecture series and annual events. The schedule begins this week on Thursday Oct. 3 with ASI Visiting Scholar Mobolanle Sotunsa, professor of Languages & Literary Studies at Babcock University, Nigeria. Dr. Sotunsa' s public lecture “Yoruba Drum Language: Cultural Retention, Aesthetics and Transmission,” will be held in the room 217 pf the Hunter/Holmes Academic Building at 4 pm. Other ASI events this month include:
