Rutgers Graduate Becomes University's First Marshall Scholar

[Tango Two]

Atehortúa today became the first Rutgers University graduate to win the prestigious Marshall Scholarship. He was one of only 46 people in the United States awarded the postgraduate scholarship out of a pool of more than 1,000 applicants. The newest class of Marshall Scholars is the second-largest in the program's 66-year history and among the most diverse.


https://news.rutgers.edu/rutgers-graduate-becomes-universitys-first-marshall-scholar/20191209

 

[Rutgers56]

Extremely impressive. Proud to share our school with this young man.

 

[srru86]

Very imperssive indeed

 

[ashokan]

Nothing positively impressive here actually. Just more SJW, neo-Marxist claptrap. Rule #1 is many (if not most) awards these days go to the more radical friendly. Rhodes awards? Forget them.

This kid likes art history and his fav scholar is Walter Mignolo who is anti-colonial, anti-west, anti borders etc etc. Really we are saturated in this stuff, and its turning people into anti-social kooks ruining academics at most colleges (gender studies crews among the worst offenders).


"Atehortua says, his plan is to become an academic art historian. He already knows where he wants to go – Duke University. He’s particularly drawn to the work of Walter Mignolo, the Argentine social critic and exponent of “decolonial aesthetics,” who is a professor at Duke."

https://arthistory.rutgers.edu/acad...uate/prospective-students/574-diego-atehortua


Interview with Walter Mignolo

THE PROSPECT OF HARMONY AND THE DECOLONIAL VIEW OF THE WORLD

What follows is a lengthy interview conducted in English by Weihua. It was published in Marxism and Reality, 4, Beijing, July 2012, pp. 110-120. What follows is the final English version.