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ARHU Dean's Lecture Series with Peter Sagal

ARHU Dean Stephanie Shonekan sits down with the host of NPR's “Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!” for a timely and essential conversation.

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Art, Arts for All, English, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

NextNOW Fest 2025

Check out this year's lineup and schedule.

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College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

A New Spin on an Enduring Protest Album

ARHU dean’s new book examines messages of Fela Kuti.

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College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The Journey from The Clarice to Casting Hollywood’s Stars

From campus productions to Hulu’s biggest series, Lindsey Kasabian ’03 reflects on trusting her instincts and building a career in casting.

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Whatever your interests and aspirations, ARHU is committed to providing the knowledge, skills and opportunities all our students need to write their own stories and chart their own paths.

"In ARHU, you’re learning about how people interact with the world and each other. My goal is to build things that people are going to use. Just technology knowledge can only go so far. You have to understand how people are going to use them to be truly successful."

Ozzie Fallick '14, Software Engineer, Google
Linguistics

"Cross-cultural communication is one of the most important skills that I learned at ARHU, and I use it to engage and inform the community in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean about our events, exchanges and any other information that supports our key policy priorities in the region. ARHU gave me the tools to understand why in diplomacy, it’s as much about what you say as how you say it."

Krystle Norman '08, Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
Spanish and Portuguese

"I had always loved art, but I never knew you could make a career out of it until I studied abroad in Rome. There, I took a full course load of art courses and learned all about the factors of being an art professional. It was life-changing. Now I feel lucky that I’m doing something that I’m so passionate about."

Laura Sheridan Raiffe '09, Regional Account Manager, Christie's Fine Arts
Art History and Archaeology

"One of the most important things I got out of my ARHU experience is my ability to parse arguments, think critically and see multiple sides of an issue. Being in law school, it’s important to do that—it’s a skill I use every day. Not a class goes by, not a case gets read that this skill doesn’t come into play."

AJ Clayborne '13, Student, Harvard Law School
English

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🏃‍♀️🏃🏿 Don't wait... tell your friends, family and NPR-loving neighbors! Peter Sagal, host of "Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!", is coming to UMD on Sept. 26—and tickets are FREE! Join us for the first event in the 2025-26 College of Arts and Humanities Dean's Lecture Series. Experience a timely and essential conversation about "Humor, Hope, and the Humanities" between the quick-witted host of NPR's weekly news quiz show @waitwaitnpr and ethnomusicologist and Dean @stephshonekan. 🎟 See link in bio to get your free tickets. This event is made possible by the College of Arts and Humanities and @umdartsforall.
Welcome back, ARHU Terps! 🐢 We hope you had a restful summer and are so glad you’re back on campus. Check out this video to learn more about ARHU Dean Stephanie Shonekan @stephshonekan and some exciting things happening this semester. We can’t wait! Tickets available at the link in bio.
Starting this Sunday, Kai Dambach ’13 will compete in the 25th World Transplant Games, a weeklong event featuring 2,500 organ transplant recipients and donors competing in 17 sports, in Dresden, Germany. With the goal of raising awareness of lifesaving transplantation, Dambach, who’s had three kidney transplants, will take the field and court for his fourth Games in basketball, squash, shot put, discus, ball throw and pétanque, a bocce-like game. Dambach, who studied broadcast journalism and Germanic studies, said, “Every single one of those people who’s competing out there, they’re not supposed to be alive today…The miracles of modern medicine are just profound, and we’re living proof of that. It’s a beautiful thing that we all come together, and we can share in the gift of life.” To cheer Dambach on, visit @2025worldtransplantgames and read the full Maryland Today story at the link in our bio.

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