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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S. Dr. Lynn Mahoney “We have been tracking the effectiveness of numerous programs, including peer mentoring and learning communities as well as student progress to graduation,” says SFSU president Dr. Lynn Mahoney.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Hall was an undergraduate at Bowie State University (2007–12), an HBCU in Maryland, it was a “resource desert” for LGBTQ students. The Point Foundation was founded in 2001 and most of its early applicants were gay males whose parents refused to pay for college after they came out. The opposite is true for Leyva. “As

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Boldly Future Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The nurturing she received as a student motivated her to pursue a career in science and fueled her desire to return to the university in 2007 and give the same to students. Although Williams is not on the main campus, he still serves as a mentor and advisor to undergraduate and graduate students, high schoolers, and post-doctoral scholars.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We have a wonderful program called Pathways, where we do outreach to middle schools, high schools and community colleges, providing application clinics and parent academies,” says Dr. Leroy M. During the summer 2023, LBCC case-managed 1,756 Latino direct matriculants from application to registration. “In

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From Humble Beginnings to Leading Higher Education Advocacy: My Journey

COE

It was, in fact, this pursuit of assembling the perfect Ivy League college application that sparked my passion for service and introduced me to what would become my calling. Thanks to a fortuitous introduction by a partner in the firm’s Education Practice Group , I joined COE in 2007 as its director of congressional affairs.

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How I’m Powered by Orange

Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

It was the only grad program that I submitted an application to. Concentrating on a single application made my process extremely focused. Larry has been a mentor to me ever since that moment. I spent 2006 to 2007 working as a higher education technology consultant. I was going to get into grad school at Oregon State.