Event Archive
The Department will hold the third annual SOC and the City during the ASA annual meeting in San Francisco August 8-11, 2009.
THE HONORS AND AWARDS BANQUET was held on April 23, 2009 in the Lake Superior Room, Union Building.
HONORS/AWARDS BANQUET...to be held on Wednesday, April 23rd, from 4-6 p.m., Lake Superior Room, Union Building. The banquet recognizes the accomplishments of fellow professors, students and staff of the Department of Sociology. (list of honorees)
Dr. Harry Perstadt was Master of Ceremonies. He as well as Dr. Nan Johnson and Chair Jan Bokemeier presented awards to undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty and staff within the department.
Stephanie Nawyn accepting her award for Excellence in Teaching from Chair Jan Bokemeier
SOC AND THE CITY! The Deparment held the second annual SOC and the City MSU reception during the ASA annual meeting in BOSTON on Saturday, August 2nd in the Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel, Grand Salon A, from 8pm to 10 pm.
Current and former graduate students and faculty attended the second annual SOC and the City event. Despite the rain, many people showed up. Stephanie Nawyn brought her baby girl. Jan Bokemeier gave away door prizes. (see photos of the event!)
HONORS/AWARDS BANQUET...to be held on Wednesday, April 23rd, from 4-6 p.m., Lake Superior Room, Union Building. The banquet recognizes the accomplishments of fellow professors, students and staff of the Department of Sociology. (list of honorees)
Undergraduate Lydia Weiss accepting a certificate of achievement from Dr. Nan Johnson
Brown Bag Series Related to Online Education and Resources: October 24 and 31!!!
A two-part series of Brown Bag Presentations will be offered October 24 and 31 in Berkey 314 from Noon-1pm. Each Brown Bag presentation and discussion will center around online education as well as using online resources in the classroom (both virtual and in-person).
October 24: Academic Integrity in the Online Classroom; Presented by Colleen Wilson, Online Graduate Assistant
This Brown Bag presentation and discussion will examine some of the most pressing concerns related to online education and cheating. Problems and solutions related to cheating and plagiarism in the online classroom in comparison to in-person classrooms will be discussed.
October 31: ANGEL and Online Instructional Supplements. Presented by Mary Burns, Department Virtual Coordinator
Come and learn what people in sociology and other departments are doing to create live web links, written and visual lessons, games and other creative additions to their classes. Share your own accomplishments and ideas in online learning!
Sociology's Professor David Wiley will give a lunchtime presentation on his research on the Militarization of Africa Thursday, October 2nd in 466 Berkey Hall.
(9/08) All had a great time at the FALL WELCOME PICNIC...welcoming all new professors and students...on Friday, September 12th at Patriarch Park. The weather was a little "iffy" but the food, fun and friends made it perfect! (see pics)
The Department of Sociology Speakers and Brownbag Series presents: Dr. Riley E. Dunlap on “The Globalization of Citizen Concern for the Environment: Results from Cross-National Surveys” Date: Thursday, March 22, 2007 Time: 3:00 to 4:30 PM, Place: 118 Berkey Hall...
Dr. Dunlap is a Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at Oklahoma State University. He has served as President of the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on Environment and Society, Chair of the American Sociological Association’s Section on Environment and Technology, Chair of the Rural Sociological Society’s Natural Resources Research Group, and Chair of the Society for the Study of Social Problems’ Division on Environment and Technology.
This presentation is free and open to the public.
SEMINAR David Harding, Assistant Professor in Sociology at the Univeristy of Michigan will speak on his applied work in Measurement and Quantitative Methods. The seminar will be Friday, March 16th at 1:30 p.m. in Room 252, Erickson Hall.
FILM HBO Documentary: Bastards of the Party
Raised in the Athens Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, Cle "Bone" Sloan was four years old when his father died, and 12 when he became a member of the Bloods. Now an inactive member of the notorious gang, Sloan looks back at the history of black gangs in his city and makes a powerful call for change in modern gang culture with his insightful documentary, BASTARDS OF THE PARTY.
Acclaimed feature film director Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day") produces along with Sloan, who also directs.
Haunted by his involvement in the Bloods' pervasive culture of violence, Sloan wanted to explore where it all began. In researching the subject, he discovered that the roots of black gangs were nurtured within a distinct political landscape. BASTARDS OF THE PARTY traces the development of black gangs in Los Angeles from the late 1940s, through the charged atmosphere of the '60s and '70s, to the breakdown of community in the '80s and '90s, and the brief truce between the Crips and Bloods that followed the Rodney King riots in 1992. Among the gangs that figure in the story are the Spook- hunters, Farmers, Slauscons, Businessmen and Gladiators.
The documentary features interviews with past and current gang members from the Bloods and Crips; LA historian Mike Davis, whose book "City of Quartz" sparked Sloan's own project; former FBI agent Wes Swearingen; and Geronimo Pratt, the former Black Panther Party minister of defense, among others.
CANCELLED!!! Iskandar Assadoullaev, President of Information-Research Centre “Simurg,” will be giving a talk on “Political Islam in Central Asia” at 7:00pm on Wednesday, December 6th in the Centennial Room A of the Kellogg Center. More..
We invite you to join us on Friday, October 6, 4pm for a Celebration of the Life of Kimberly Rosario Perez, 1976-2006. More...
Drs. Nicole Breazeale and Jenny Wiegel from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be giving a talk on “Global commodity chains and agri-food systems: shifting patterns of regulation and implications for development” on Thursday, October 5, 2006 4:00-5:30pm in 313 Bereky Hall. More...
The Dean and The College of Social Science Alumni Association would like to invite you to the 5th Annual Colllege of Social Science Homecoming Tent Tailgate on Saturday, September 30, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. until Noon. More...
Dr. Cornelia Flora Butler, Director of the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development at Iowa State University, will be giving a talk on "Socio-technical Regime and Changing Agricultural Landscape" on Tuesday, October 3 from 3:45-5:00pm in Gold Room A at the MSU Union.
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The annual Sociology Department Picnic is scheduled for 5:00pm on Friday, September 15th at the Pavilion at Patriarche Park. More...
The New Faculty Orientation will be held on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 at the Kellogg Center. More...
The New Graduate Student Orientation will take place on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 in 466 Berkey Hall. More...
Sociology Graduate Students Teaching Assistants Workshop is scheduled for Thursday, August, 24th and Friday, August 25th in 466 Berkey Hall. All new graduate students are required to attend. Current students are welcome. Khalida Zaki is the faculty coordinator for the workship.
2006 Spring and Summer Commencement
The Baccalaureate degree ceremony will be held Saturday, May 6, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. in the Breslin Center for graduating seniors in the College of Social Science. The Advanced Degree ceremony will be held on Friday, May 5, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at the Breslin Center.
For the complete commencement schedule, please visit the MSU Commencement Website
