Malgoubri promotes multilingual learning in native Burkina Faso
Inoussa Malgoubri, a doctoral candidate in teaching, learning and teacher education and Fulbright scholar from Burkina Faso, wants to connect the home lives of multilingual learners with their classroom experience. Malgoubri recently received a fellowship from the West African Research Association to continue his work in this field. Considering the needs of these students can not only improve educational outcomes, but make them feel more motivated in a world that is becoming increasingly multilingual.
Read more about how Malgoubri is exploring the role that language and culture play in education.
Bertacini’s handbag design collection debuts at exhibition
Rafael Bertacini, a master’s student in the Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, created a collection of six artistic handbags that is on display at Gwendolyn Newkirk Human Sciences Building this summer. Influenced by his queerness and neurodivergent perspective, Bertacini’s creative works have been marked by his fascination with the material essence of objects. This culminated in his Master of Arts project with the handbags exploring artistic meanings and symbolic functions, weaving a narrative that encapsulates his experiences as a queer man.
Read more about the exhibition, “Beyond Boundaries: Handbags as Narrative of Divergent-Self and Identity,” which explores various aspects of fashion, identity, and symbols.