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Jackson Beckham, Ryan Fike, Wyatt Humphrey, Judah Olson, Sayer Pescosolido, Rylan Rivera, Mikiah Southmayd, Sophia Taylor & Justin Walton

Hearing True Stories: A Bushnell University Listening Lab

What happens when we treat campus memory as both celebration and mirror? Students in HIST 210 present a Listening Lab—mini-exhibits from their podcasts-in-progress on various aspects of Bushnell University’s history. The audience will experience audio clips drawn from the podcasts along with captioned visuals that tell a story about Bushnell’s history. The stories are more complex than nostalgia—change over the years has often come from ordinary people, small decisions, and contested spaces. 

HIST 210 Telling True Stories: Podcasting Studio

Stephen Andes

Goodrich 203

1 – 3 PM

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Justin Walton

Finding Purpose in Creation

The Mayan people had a particular focus on agriculture in their lives. Maize was particularly important in everything that they did. Water was also the bloodline of the community as nothing grew without it. The story of the Popol Vuh is the Mayan creation story. After a failed attempt of creating humans, the Mayan gods were consoled by animals who advised them to use maize and water in their creation project. The first people were formed out of maize and water. The animals in this creation story are also significant as the lives of the Mayan people included all of nature, not just the crucial maize and water. While the Mayan gods couldn’t create humans out of nothing, God created the first human out of dust. In Mayan culture, the food and water give humans life, in Christianity it is God who gives us life. Just as agriculture was the focus point of the Mayan lifestyle, God is the focus point of the Christian’s life. In the Christian creation story, God created everything and needed no help. This contrasts the Mayan story in which the gods needed the help of the animals, plants, and water around them to create life.

HIST 161, World History I

Stephen Andes

P103

1 – 4 PM

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