- Events This Week
On Tuesday, Oct. 13, there is the Indiana Means Business Career Fair for students. It’s from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. online, and students may sign up through CampusLabs.
Also on Tuesday, Oct. 13, Depauw Counseling Services is holding their meditation and Mindfulness session outdoors in the Center for Spiritual Life outdoor courtyard at 2:00 p.m.. Masks are required, and social distancing will be in place.
On Wednesday, Oct. 14, The McDermond Center will be continuing their Entrepreneurship Bootcamp Series with Steve Fouty. Fouty will be talking about market validation. It will be from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.. Students can also sign up on CampusLabs.
2. Fall 2020 Pass/Fail Announcement
Students’ adjustment period to make their classes Pass/Fail is Monday, Oct. 12 through Friday, Nov. 6. There is a new feature on e-Services that allows students to make this change themselves. However, before making the decision, students are encouraged to contact their professors beforehand.
Students can go to their e-Services account and click on the link under Course Registration called Pass/Fail Adjustments to make this change. From there, students can change their grade to Pass/Fail.
3. Election Series- The Pulliam Center and Prindle Institute
Starting on Tuesday, Oct. 13, the Pulliam Center and Prindle Institute will be putting on a 4-part discussion series about the upcoming presidential election for all DePauw Students. The series is titled How to Learn About, Think About, and Talk About the Issues. This event will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
The first discussion will feature the Pulliam Center director and Professor of Media Studies, Jonathan Nichols-Pethick. He will discuss how to avoid misinformation. Students interested in attending can fill out this form, and an email with the zoom link to the event will be sent.
- Indigenous People’s Day
In September, Junior Giovanny Vargas started a petition to remove the boulder from outside East College.
The boulder commemorates the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ first voyage to the New World. Vargas notes that DePauw students recognize “the truth about Christopher Columbus and demands the immediate removal of the ‘Columbian Boulder.’
This petition received nearly 150 signatures and caught the attention of DePauw Student Government (DSG), who then passed a resolution to remove Boulder from campus.
In response to this, the Faculty Priorities and Governance committee is working to write a guiding set of principles and processes for DePauw to follow when reconsidering names, statuary, monuments, and tradition.
On December 15, 2020 this committee will present its report to President White, in regards to reexamining DePauw’s institutional history, building names, monuments, and other honorific traditions.