Melissa Moskowitz ’14

Melissa Moskowitz is a freshman planning to major in political science and minor in women’s and gender studies. Her passion for politics has led her to become the founder and director of the International Student Strategy Center, a student-run foreign policy think tank, as well as the National Vice President of the High School Young Democrats, the co-director of the High School Students for Barack Obama and the president of the Union College Democrats.

Nonviolence activist talks civil rights, SNCC

By Melissa Moskowitz in World | February 23, 2012 | Views: 97

Civil rights activist, professor and minister Dr. Bernard Lafayette Jr. spoke at the Nott Memorial Monday at 6 p.m. to discuss his experiences in the Civil Rights movement as a Freedom Rider, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizer and participant …→

Section World | Issue February 23, 2012 | Tagged civil rights, Martin Luther King, SNCC | 1 Response

Le Ly Hayslip to come to campus

By Melissa Moskowitz in World | February 2, 2012 | Views: 64

On Monday, Feb. 6, Union will host Le Ly Hayslip, a Vietnam War survivor and activist who is working to repair relations between Vietnamese and Americans. In 1988, Le Ly Hayslip founded the East Meets West Foundation, a humanitarian organization …→

Section World | Issue February 2, 2012 | Tagged Vietnam War | Leave a response

12. Politicize our education.

By Melissa Moskowitz in Special Editions | Idea Issue 2011 | Views: 22

In 2014, Union College will prepare to graduate its current freshman class of 560 students, a class ultimately comprised of lawyers, philosophers, doctors, engineers, artists and countless other young professionals. They will also be preparing to graduate 560 young citizens. …→

Section Special Editions | Issue Idea Issue 2011 | Leave a response

Tariq Ali, noted British Pakistani writer, activist, historian and political scientist, spoke in the Nott on Monday as the final part of the Minerva lecture series on oil.

Tariq Ali visits the U: British-Pakistani intellectual marks second-to-last speaker of Minerva lecture series on oil

By Melissa Moskowitz in World | May 19, 2011 | Views: 149

The college was truly fortunate to have writer, activist, historian and political scientist Tariq Ali speak this Monday as the final lecturer of the Minerva lecture series on oil. Ali has written prolifically on the Middle East and war crimes …→

Section World | Issue May 19, 2011 | 2 Responses

Victory Day on the U

By Melissa Moskowitz in World | May 12, 2011 | Views: 42

Every seat was full Monday night at Hale House when Europa House, the Russian and Eastern European Culture Club and the Russian Department of Modern Languages threw a celebration in honor of Russian Victory Day in Europe. The events guests …→

Section World | Issue May 12, 2011 | Tagged Europa House, Professor Berk, Red Army. WWII, Victory Day | Leave a response

Takaaki Morikawa, a survivor of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima, eats and talks with students last Wednesday.

Hiroshima survivor visits campus

By Melissa Moskowitz in World | May 12, 2011 | Views: 128

Last Wednesday evening, Takaaki Morikawa, a survivor of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima, spoke at an event sponsored by Campus Action. A member of the Never Again campaign to ban nuclear weapons, Morikawa’s message was simple: an end to the …→

Section World | Issue May 12, 2011 | Tagged Hiroshima, Japan, nuclear attack, U.S. foreign policy | Leave a response