Challenge Day

Interactive Lunchtime Session
March 13, 2008
11:30-1:30 p.m.

St. Thomas students: Ready to take the challenge?

The University of St. Thomas Challenge Day, scheduled for March 12-13, is an opportunity for students to engage in an experience through reflection, dialogue and writing to raise awareness of each person's impact on his or her community.

On March 12, student Challenge Day teams will have an opportunity to hear from one of the first people to walk through a newly opened door. Minnijean Brown-Trickey will give an inspiring talk about the ongoing challenge of diversity. Brown-Trickey will deliver the 14th annual Luann Dummer Lecture. She one of the Little Rock Nine -- nine African-American students, who on Sept. 25, 1957, under the watch of 1,200 armed soldiers and a worldwide audience, helped desegregate Little Rock (Ark.) Central High School. She will join Challenge Day participants for lunch the following day.

Challenge Day is an event that takes place over a 24-hour period and that may change your life. The event starts with dinner and speaker on Wednesday, March 12, and culminates with the lunchtime activity from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 13.

Challenge Day includes dinner, speaker, event T-shirt and lunch activity. Students are invited to register (space is limited; first come, first served) in teams of four to six people by Friday, Feb. 29.

For more information, visit the Multicultural Student Services Web site.

This event is sponsored by Multicultural Student Services, Campus and Residence Life and the Luann Dummer Center for Women.