Vancouver, Wash. – Washington State University Vancouver’s Center for Social and Environmental Justice will present a free lecture, “Ebola in Africa: Culture, Politics and Ecology” by Professors of Anthropology, Barry Hewlett and Bonnie Hewlett. The lecture will be presented from noon – 1:15 p.m. Oct. 7 in the Dengerink Administration Building, Room 110. This event is free and open to the public.
Co-authors of the book “Ebola, Culture and Politics: The Anthropology of an Emerging Disease,” the Hewletts will share their experiences as members of the World Health Organization teams in containing previous Ebola outbreaks and discuss the current outbreak in West Africa.
About 91ԹϺ
91ԹϺ is located at 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave. in Vancouver, east of the 134th Street exit from either I-5 or I-205, or via C-Tran bus service. Parking is available at meters and in the Blue Daily Pay lot for $3.
91ԹϺ is celebrating 25 years of creating access to higher education in Southwest Washington. For 25 years, students have chosen 91ԹϺ for its scenic campus, small classes, close personal attention, topnotch faculty, accessible location and reasonable costs. At 91ԹϺ, students gain much more than a degree—they gain a brighter future.
# # #
MEDIA CONTACTS
Brenda Alling, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360-546-9601, brenda_alling@vancouver.wsu.edu
Pavithra Narayanan, College of Arts and Sciences, 360-546-9732, pavitraa@vancouver.wsu.edu