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Marie Hardin

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Bellisario College of Communications at Pennsylvania State University since 2014 and has been a member of the Penn State faculty since 2003, was announced as the 10th president of Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. A first-generation college student, Hardin earned a Ph.D. Hardin will begin work at Quinnipiac on July 1.

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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

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Williams was raised Catholic and attended private institutions—he was often the only Black student in his class, or one of the few. He became what he calls “a student for everybody.” “I His first ambition after college was to make money, and he entered the corporate world and earned his MBA from Fontbonne University.

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Princeton African American Studies Chair Dr. Eddie Glaude to Step Down

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As a student, as a scholar, as a Black student, as an FLI [first-generation, low-income] student, it was everything that I needed for it to be,” said Kiara Gilbert, who had Glaude as her junior paper and senior thesis adviser. “I In 2014, Diverse named Glaude an Emerging Scholar. Nell Painter. “As

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University of Maryland Reckons with the Past

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The project is already giving voice to the Greenleaf family, enslaved on Eversfield plantation, which is now home to the Xfinity Center, a hub for student activity and UMD’s basketball arena. Students know that there’s no way an institution this old has no ties to slavery,” said Hughes-Watkins. “I Hughes-Watkins agreed.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

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Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Fox Transitions From 20-Year Transformational Career

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She said the institution is very proud of its social mobility ranking and its commitment to Pell recipients and first-generation college students. Faculty should be committed to teaching the diverse student body. “I Clinical rotations for the upper students were being cancelled because hospitals couldn’t accommodate them.

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The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success

The University Innovation Alliance

The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) operates as a multi-campus laboratory for student success innovation. Leveraging strong data-driven tools to help advisors guide students. Completion grants are an emerging form of student aid.