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Dean Ammons Responds to Racial Slurs

Posted by admin on October 11, 2009  |  No Comments

As you may or may not know, some unknown culprit has etched racist slurs  into the men’s bathroom stall last week.   The Dean has responded with a letter calling attention to the importance of diversity in education and its necessary acceptance in our school.  Have our constitutional law and equal protection classes failed in providing a framework for understanding racial issues and complexities? Are the future lawyers of America no longer influenced by the pursuit of civil rights and social justice as they have been in the past?  Or was this heinous act simply a result of Widener’s open door policy to outside visitors using our libraries and facilities? Tell us your thoughts, concerns and comments by submitting a blurb below.

Welcome 2009-2010 Staff Members

Posted by admin on September 16, 2009  |  No Comments


James Blythe, Hbg
Jillian Dougherty, DE
Jessica Erbstein, DE
Jordana Frankel, DE
Jenny Hou, DE
Nick Palazzo, DE
Kathryn Schweitzer, Hbg
Jonathan Villa, Hbg

Dean’s Leadership Forum: “Diversity and Sports: The History, The Challenges, and The Future”

Posted by Jody Roselle on April 1, 2009  |  No Comments

This year’s theme brought scholars and experts from around the country to the Widener Law Harrisburg campus to address a myriad of issues related to minority participation in sports and the public eye. Symposium organizers chose the subject matter based on the recognized place of sports in culture and society.

To watch some of the presentations, follow the links below:
Daniel Frankl, Ph.D., California State University Los Angeles and Marie Hardin, Ph.D. Penn State John Curley Center for Sports Journalism

Dean’s Leadership Forum on Diversity and Sports: Daniel Frankl, “Sports, Minorities and the Media” panel

Posted by Jody Roselle on March 27, 2009  |  No Comments

Read the text of Dr. Frankl’s remarks: diversitysymposium-sport-media-3-31-091.doc

Daniel Frankl, Ph.D., School of Kinesiology & Nutritional Science, California State University Los Angeles, speaks to the audience about inequalities among minority groups within sports.

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Symposium: “Diversity and Sports: The History, The Challenges, and The Future”

Posted by Jody Roselle on March 13, 2009  |  No Comments

Harrisburg — The Widener School of Law Harrisburg Campus will be the site for the Dean’s Leadership Forum on Diversity on Monday, March 16, 2009 from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Administration Building.

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