I centered my capstone work on the Reclaim, Rename movement. After the Minnesota Student Association proposed a resolution to rename four buildings on campus (Coffman Memorial Union, Middlebrook Hall, Coffey Hall, and Nicholson Hall), a Task Force of students and faculty was created to start delving into the history of the university and the individuals for whom the buildings were named. You can read the Task Force's report here. 

The report was met with mixed reactions. At a meeting in the Spring of 2019, some Board of Regents members accused faculty members of misrepresenting the facts and called for further investigation. While this was not an unexpected outcome, many faculty and students felt that the Board of Regents response was unwarranted and combative. Through my capstone work, a group of fellow students and I worked to keep the conversation alive.