| Cultural Enrichment |
PUB seeks to expand participants' knowledge of diverse groups of people and to improve participants' taste and refinement.
Human Diversity
Cultural night is an activity in which participants and staff explore different types of ethnic diversity. There they learn different aspects of ethnic backgrounds such as Hmong, French, Spanish, Hispanic, African, and African American. Many of the cultural presentations are done by participants, parents, peer mentors, tutors, teachers, or members of the O.U. community. The staff and students of Oakland University provide an extensive variety of exposures of ethnically diverse individuals, foods, and cultural norms. Field trip itineraries include visits to locations that reflect the local lore.
Taste and Refinement
Educational field trips include visits to museums, art institutes, theatres, upscale stores, and fine restaurants. This exposes participants to elements of culture that would not likely be a part of their everyday life. These exposures add a new dimension to their ability to negotiate the world around them.
Performing Arts
Every summer, in partnership with campus arts venues, Project participants produce a stage performance. Participants are placed by ability in drama, vocal music, or dance. The final examination for the Performing Arts Class is the annual stage performance before an audience of family, friends, school officials, and community members.
Gospelfest
Each year, the PUB Parent Association (PUBPA) sponsors a fund raiser for the PUB scholarship fund that is a cultural extravaganza! The Gospelfest presents this unique form of music, not only to PUB participants, but to the general community. Choirs, step groups, drill teams, silent sign language choirs, dramatic ensembles, and other groups come together to present a professional quality evening of cultural enrichment. To show appreciation for all of the support from the community, PUB Summer Academy participants sing the first three songs on program. It is always a new experience for Summer Academy participants to learn how to follow the lead of our volunteer choir director. The proceeds for this activity funds equal scholarships annually to graduates who enroll at OU.
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