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HEALTHBEAT A clinician who looks like me
The face of America, and the people who seek health care every day at clinics, hospitals, urgent care centers and emergency rooms, is becoming ever more diverse. But you'd never know it by looking at ...
Posted on 5/1/13 at 4:10 PM
OH LOOK! A SHINY THING Picking Up the Diversity Gauntlet
Talking about race in Dungeons & Dragons is a tricky thing. First of all, you've got a whole range of fictional races--elves, half-demons, part-angels, dwarves and gnomes--to choose from. And the...
Posted on 6/6/12 at 11:00 AM
STAFF BLOG BEYOND THE PAGE What a great problem to have
In no way am I complaining. But I'm bored. And it's only 1 p.m. With the way things work at the Daily Globe, I was awarded a day off today. (Yes, it's kind of like winning the lottery) Because I w...
Posted on 5/24/12 at 1:04 PM
STAFF BLOG TALES FROM THE CHIEF A diverse history
Each week since September, this newspaper has published in its Tuesday edition a story in an ongoing Our Diverse Community: Inform, Educate, Unite series. We have received an overwhelmingly positive...
Posted on 2/8/12 at 10:36 PM
CAPITOL CHATTER Dayton Cabinet diverse, but GOP senators question some commissioners
Gov. Mark Daytons Cabinet may be the most diverse in Minnesota history, but it still is dominated by white males. It also may be one of the least partisan, but Senate Republicans who must confirm com...
Posted on 2/27/11 at 6:30 AM
South Dakota native: Even rural, primarily white areas will see changes
Worthington cited as community that has seen transformation of its populationMITCHELL, S.D. — While America is diversifying at an increasing rate, South Dakota remains one of the least diverse places in the country and is only beginning to be touched by immigration, according to a Mitchell native who studies demographics and their sociological implications.
By Tom Lawrence, Forum News Service , January 24, 2013
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Profesora de español: Le Lucht's career evolves with changes in the local community
WORTHINGTON — When Le Lucht began teaching Spanish in the Worthington school district in the early 1970s, there were few people of Latino heritage living in the community. Beginning in junior high, she taught her students basic conversational phrases such as “Hola,” “Como esta?” and “Como se llama?”
June 23, 2012
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Minnesota considered home for native of Bolivia
Hugo Velarde shares time in Worthington, South AmericaWORTHINGTON — Hugo Velarde grew up in the poorest country of South America and lost his father before he began medical school, but he didn’t let either one of those obstacles get in the way of his dream to become a surgeon
By Julie Buntjer , June 04, 2012
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Diversity draws Philippino doctor to town
Peraltas enjoys Asian stories, Lake Okabena WORTHINGTON — When Dr. Raphael and Michele Peralta moved to Worthington six months ago with their 21-month-old daughter, Robyn, they did so not just because of a job offer, but because Worthington offered the diversity they were hoping to find.
By Julie Buntjer , January 30, 2012
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From Liberia to the land of plenty
Tim Larmouth shares his tale of coming to AmericaWORTHINGTON — America is a land of plenty, according to Tim Larmouth. He’s been in the United States since 2007 after emigrating from his homeland of Liberia at the age of 37.
October 10, 2011
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From Germany to Worthington
Area woman spent childhood in HeimersheimWORTHINGTON — Johanna Elanore Schumann arrived in Worthington in 1964, after spending two years in California, and before that, years of her youth in Germany.
September 15, 2011
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Festival researched for upcoming exhibit
Pair from Minnesota Historical Society examines our community’s diversity
WORTHINGTON — There’s only so much education that comes from reading books and research papers. When it comes down to it, the best lessons are the first-hand experiences of being “where it all comes together.”
By Julie Buntjer , July 11, 2010
Color project teaches students about diversity
Area students learn about differences in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. DayBREWSTER — Worthington High School student Tony Singsaath holds a black piece of construction paper up to Apoman Abella’s face. “Is she the same color as the paper?” he asks the preschool class at Brewster Elementary School.
January 19, 2010
Editorial: Race, and beer
Maybe what Worthington needs is a large-scale “beer summit.”
By Daily Globe , July 31, 2009
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Students learn lessons in diversity
Dakota Wesleyan class pays visit to Worthington
WORTHINGTON — When Gloria Leonard, a professor of education at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, S.D., saw the quickly changing demographics around her, she decided her students needed more hands-on learning.
May 09, 2009
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