Campus Community Connections – February 2026
Highlighting Opportunities and News from our Campus Partners
Black History Month at 100: Reclaiming the Legacy of Dr. Carter G. Woodson’s Black History Month and the War Over Historical Erasure
- February 3: “In the Legacy of Black History: The Revolutionary Praxis of Malcolm X.: Dr. Richard Benson, Professor, University of Pittsburgh
- February 5: Global Black Studies Inaugural Undergraduate Student Research Conference: “A Century of Struggle, Scholarship, and Survival: Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?”
- February 10: “The ‘Mis-Education’ of 2026: Modern Erasure and Woodson’s Warning.” Dr. Alicia Fontnette, Director of the National Council for Black Studies and Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, University of Delaware
- February 17: “When the Witness Becomes the Record: on ‘Bombingham’ and the Record of Racial Terror in Birmingham, Alabama.” Mr. Dale Long, Survivor of the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Alabama
- February 19: “Commemoration or Confrontation? Interrogating if Black History Month Needs a Makeover”
All events held in Apodaca Science Building, Room 123 @ 2:00 pm.
From the Center for Community Engagement & Service Learning (CCESL)
SLC/CEC Faculty Roundtable
February 18, 2026 (Wednesday) | 3:30 – 4:30 pm Hunter Library 156 (CFC Conference Room)
For All Interested Faculty: Come discuss service-learning and community experience courses with WCU faculty Dr. Brian Byrd (School of Health Sciences) and Dr. Patricia Bricker (School of Teaching and Learning). This roundtable conversation will feature opportunities to hear about their experiences, to learn about the designation process (coming March 2nd!), and provide an open forum to exchange ideas. Questions? Contact CCESL Director Joy Mischley (jmischley@wcu.edu). A Zoom option is available for those not able to attend in-person (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81328274742)
Community-Engaged Courses: Upcoming Deadline
The Service-Learning Course (SLC) and Community Experience Course (CEC) designation process for Fall/Summer 2026 courses is currently underway. The initial designation process involves the faculty member completing a brief (~9 min) form. Please refer to the CCESL website for more information or contact Joy Mischley, Director (jmischley@wcu.edu). If you submitted your course during one of the deadlines last year, you do not need to repeat the process this year. Instead, CCESL will contact you individually about completing a brief renewal.
Deadline: Monday, March 2, 2026, for Summer & Fall 2026 courses
