The College of Wooster is a private liberal arts college in Wooster, Ohio. Founded in 1866 by the Presbyterian Church as the University of Wooster, it has been officially non-sectarian since 1969 when ownership ties with the Presbyterian Church was ended. From its creation, the college has been a co-educational institution. It enrolls about 2,000 students and is a member of The Five Colleges of Ohio, Great Lakes Colleges Association, and the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities.
Long-term research at Waka's City temple (Structure M13-1) demonstrates it was an important locale for ritual commemoration by local people as well as those from afar. Extensive and diversely constituted deposits throughout the building's surface demonstrate it was venerated publicly by non-elites throughout Waka's final occupations and gradual abandonment. Recent re-examinations of these materials confirm that they appear consistent with material assemblages from Waka's domestic contexts. We can now also complement early insights that the building was important for Waka's wider citizenry with deeper understanding of its earlier political significance and function; namely, that it formed a major component of the site's political and ritual landscape for centuries, including playing a key role during the Early Classic Teotihuacan-Maya Entrada. Today the building's fronting plaza continues as the locus for various pre-excavation ceremonies. Together, this paints a picture of a monumental center that remained vividly remembered for its political and ritual importance for centuries. In the context of the unifying theme of ruination studies and Indigenous perspectives on such landscapes, we consider this building to be an example of how landscapes remain animate and how memory is itself an animating force that sustains meaning and situates action. Investigaciones a largo plazo en el templo principal del centro urbano de Waka' (Estructura M13-1) demuestran que fue un lugar importante tanto para la gente local como para la m & aacute;s lejana en relaci & oacute;n con la conmemoraci & oacute;n ritual del mismo. Los dep & oacute;sitos extensivos recuperados en todas las superficies del edificio corresponden a ofrendas diversas, demostrando que el templo fue venerado en p & uacute;blico por gente no perteneciente a la elite a trav & eacute;s de sus ocupaciones finales by durante las & uacute;ltimas ocupaciones y el abandono gradual de Waka'. Recientemente se han vuelto a examinar los materiales y dichas investigaciones confirman que parecen coincidir con los conjuntos de materiales recuperados en los contextos dom & eacute;sticos de Waka'. Ahora, tambi & eacute;n podemos complementar este entendimiento de sus fases finales con una mejor comprensi & oacute;n de su significado y funci & oacute;n en el Cl & aacute;sico Temprano y que form & oacute; gran parte del paisaje pol & iacute;tico y ritual de Waka' por siglos, incluyendo un papel significativo en los cambios pol & iacute;ticos provocados por las interacciones entre los mayas y los teotihuacanos, proceso conocido como la Entrada. Hoy, la plaza en frente de esta estructura sigue siendo un local de ceremonias previas a las excavaciones anuales. Todo esto nos habla de un centro monumental que sigui & oacute; siendo recordado vivamente por su importancia pol & iacute;tica y ritual por siglos. En el contexto del tema de los estudios de ruina y de las perspectivas ind & iacute;genas en dichos paisajes sagrados, consideramos que este edificio es un ejemplo de c & oacute;mo los paisajes permanecen animados y c & oacute;mo la memoria en s & iacute; es una fuerza que anima y sostiene el significado y la acci & oacute;n.
Affinity groups and counterspaces at predominantly white institutions provide cultural affirmation and support for Black undergraduates' academic and psychosocial outcomes. Substantial evidence suggests that academic persistence for Black women within these contexts is often linked to religion and spirituality (R/S). To date, no study has explored Black undergraduate women's perceptions of R/S resources at selective liberal arts colleges (SLACs). The ethnically and religiously diverse sample consisted of 21 women of African descent (12 seniors, 9 juniors; 57% Christian) attending 16 institutions in the United States. Using semi-structured interview data, thematic analyses yielded five themes: religious campus climate, institutional resources, increasing religious inclusivity, commitment to religious awareness, and supportive relationships. Black women exhorted institutions to facilitate R/S inclusivity, campus-wide awareness and tolerance, and culturally affirming religious counterspaces. Each narrative elucidated actionable changes for institutions to support Black women's R/S thriving and underscored targeted recommendations for developing collectively sustainable and beneficial R/S climates.
The climate crisis is increasingly contributing to a mental health crisis. Policy and practice inadequately account for the mental health costs of climate change and the mental health benefits of climate action. The climate and mental health field is expanding rapidly but unevenly. Connecting Climate Minds (CCM), a global initiative, aimed to develop a guiding vision to ensure investment in and implementation of future research aligns with lived experience needs and appropriately informs policies. CCM convened 1184 contributors with diverse expertise across 126 countries, through 21 online and in-person dialogues. Their insights produced a Global Research and Action Agenda for climate change and mental health. This paper outlines the 53 research priorities structured into four high-level themes (impacts, risks and vulnerable groups; pathways and mechanisms; mental health benefits and risks of climate action; mental health interventions). It also outlines how to implement research and translate evidence to action.
