Professor Seibler Receives MLK Drum Major for Justice Award

On January 31, Dr. Kay Siebler was recognized for her work with Missouri Western Students by the Center for Multicultural Education with an MLK Drum Major for Justice Award. According to the CME,

 

The MLK Drum Major for Justice Award is for citizens who live ordinary lives but do extraordinary acts of service with reliability and commitment. The award is presented annually to one student, one Missouri Western employee, and one member of the St. Joseph community who are committed to social justice and multicultural education and service. 

Director of Developmental Writing Dawn Terrick, a previous winner of this award, introduced Kay by saying that Dr. Siebler "is a passionate and relentless voice for the voiceless and the work she does in the classroom proves this.  Her students read authors from different races, cultures, sexual orientations and, in these readings and class discussions, students grapple with topics of history, education, abuse, gender and sexuality, body image, feminism, racism, homophobia, classism, poverty and mass incarceration.  Dr. Siebler’s syllabi state, “Think before you write,” and this is what drives her; she encourages and guides her students to think critically about the world and its injustices and then to act on those injustices just like she."

The banquet featured student dance, spoken word poetry, and song. Dr. Vartabedian was honored with a special award in recognition of his work in social justice on campus.

According to some reliable reports, there were THREE kinds of pie for dessert.

Kay Siebler and Dawn Terrick