FSCJ Hosts Events Highlighting “The Bosnia List” Human Rights Issues

Last week, Open Campus/Deerwood Center unveiled the puzzle room adventure, Bosnia Escape, which will be available until March 30. The Escape Room is a gamified learning experience in which participants work together to complete all activities and “escape” the room before running out of time.

Drawing upon knowledge of “The Bosnia List” is essential to “escaping” before time is up. No more than 10 people are permitted to play the room at any given time. As the clock ticks, participants will need to collaborate and think critically to find clues, decipher codes and solve challenges related to the book’s themes. Other historical and literary content will also bring “The Bosnia List” to life.

You can attend the Escape Room by reservation only, and can sign up by clicking here. You can also contact the Open Campus/Deerwood Center Campus Resource Center at (904) 997-2628 or crc@fscj.edu to reserve a place. Faculty are encouraged to schedule class visits in advance, and individuals can sign up to attend any of the open sessions listed below.

In addition to the Escape Room, the eighth annual FSCJ Author Series learning community engages approximately 2,000 students Collegewide around "The Bosnia List." On March 31, Kent and South campuses will host two free lectures highlighting Kenan Trebincevic's memoir, which has been hailed as “a mesmerizing story of survival and healing.”

In the memoir, Trebincevic outlines his family’s troubled journey from their home in the former Yugoslavia. When the writer was just 12 years old, his family faced betrayal by close friends in their struggle to escape being killed in the ethnic cleansing of Muslims. As an adult, Trebincevic gets the chance to seek revenge and gain closure, as he is reluctantly drawn back to his homeland when his aging father longs to return.

The artwork of FSCJ students will also be showcased during the Human Rights Poster Exhibition at Open Campus/Deerwood Center. The exhibition is a visual journey through all themes related to human rights and suffering when rights are violated.Students were asked to use their artistic abilities to raise important questions on issues raised in “The Bosnia List” or other human rights topics that are confronting our society. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to visit the exhibition at The Gallery until April 29.

For more information on the exhibit, contact Katherine Martin at (904) 997-2639 or katherine.martin@fscj.edu.