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Students decorate sugar skulls Thursday in the Liberal Arts Center.

Gallery: Día de los Muertos honors the lives of those who have passed

November 6, 2024

Hispanic student organizations held a Día de los Muertos celebration Thursday in the Liberal Arts Center. The event included face painting, sugar skulls to decorate and paper flower creation stations...

PANAS members and PANAS Connection attendees smile for a photo at the PANAS Connection event Thursday in Carter Hall. (Photo by Anthony Rawley)

PANAS hosts event to celebrate Panama’s history

Anthony Rawley, Staff Writer November 16, 2022

The Panamanian Association hosted PANAS Connection Thursday to celebrate Panama’s National Month and to crown the 2022-2023 University East and University West Panamanian queens.  PANAS selected...

Taegan Garner, SGA president, and Adrianna Garcia, administrative vice president for the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion committee for SGA, smile in front of their SGA table. The table was set up at the Latinx Heritage Festival to welcome students with stickers. (Photo by Alyssa DeWig)

SGA EDI committee hosts campus’s first Latinx Heritage Festival

Alyssa DeWig, News Editor September 28, 2022

Walking up to The Quad Wednesday evening, you could feel the cool 65 degree Fahrenheit breeze across your face. The smell of chips and salsa wafts towards your nose. A group of friends and strangers laugh...

Cherry Bomb, Christian Ruth, wins Mr. Southern 2022 Feb. 24, 2022, in the Performance Center.

Gallery: Snapshots of ’21-’22

Shelby Clark and Ian Young April 21, 2022

Photos by Shield Staff

Nathan Payne,  the program coordinator for Center for Campus Life, passes out SpringFest 2020 T-shirts at SpringFest 2021.

SpringFest to return with events as COVID-19 protocols change

Ian Young, Staff Writer March 23, 2022

SpringFest is back with food, concerts and events for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The three-day event is scheduled from April 6 - 8, 2022, and is bringing back past SpringFest...

International Club, Panamanian Association and Spanish Club joined together to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month with a kickball tournament Sept. 28, 2021. National Hispanic Hertiage Month, Sept. 15 - Oct.  15, was enacted as an official month of observance Aug. 17, 1988.

Students celebrate their heritage through student organizations

Casey Clark, Chief Copy Editor October 21, 2021

Editor's Note: This article was originally published Oct. 14, 2021, in the print issue "Falling for Student Organizations."  International Club, Panamanian Association, Gamma Phi Omega International...

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