Since August of 2020, a group of dedicated student researchers, under the guidance of Dr. Christopher Wilkins, associate professor and chair of the department of history at William Jewell College, has been researching the history of slavery in relationship to Jewell. The research group that the students and Wilkins created,…
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Senior Athlete Feature: Connor Morehouse
Connor Morehouse, senior data science and math major, began his career at William Jewell College as a physics and math major. He began as a pitcher on the Jewell baseball team but quickly changed to catcher – a position he did before he came to college. Morehouse has been playing…
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Slavery, Memory, and Justice Project uncovers details about Dr. William Jewell’s slaveholding past
Since August of 2020, a group of dedicated student researchers, under the guidance of Dr. Christopher Wilkins, associate professor and chair of the department of history at William Jewell College, has been researching the history of slavery in relationship to Jewell. The research group that the students and Wilkins created,…
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Jewell’s Slavery, Memory, and Justice Project uncovers, illuminates Alexander Doniphan’s pro-slavery stances and ties
Since August of 2020, a group of dedicated student researchers, under the guidance of Dr. Christopher Wilkins, associate professor and chair of the history department at William Jewell College, has been researching the history of slavery in relation to Jewell. The research group that the students and Wilkins created –…
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New research uncovers ties between Jewell and slavery
Since August of 2020, a group of dedicated student researchers, under the guidance of Dr. Christopher Wilkins, associate professor and chair of the department of history at William Jewell College, has been researching the history of slavery in relationship to Jewell. The research group that the students and Wilkins created,…
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EJ Wood brings all-natural candles and more activism to the Liberty area
Cotton core wicks, high-quality fragrance oils, no parabens and plenty of activism. That’s the recipe EJ Wood uses for his candles. Wood started making candles as a 20 year-old college student. When he sold out of his first batch of candles at a local craft show, Wood decided to drop…
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A Love Letter to Soup
When cold weather comes, there are many recipes that bring comfort and respite from the frigid Midwest winter and annual polar vortexes. Chicken and dumplings, pot pie, lasagna, chicken paprikash and tamales are all popular cold-weather comfort foods. But none of them compare to my favorite thing to cook up…
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Slavery, Memory, and Justice course seeks to investigate Jewell’s past
Dr. Christopher Wilkins – associate professor of history at William Jewell College – is teaching a class on Jewell’s history with slavery this semester. While the school prides itself on being a radically inclusive and accessible environment for students today, it was a different sort of institution in the past.…
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Featured Pastime: Cooking
I have loved to cook since I was young. My mom, grandma and I make the stuffing together every year for Thanksgiving. My dad and I have watched Food Network for as long as I can remember and subsequently tried to recreate the recipes. My grandma and I made cookies…
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