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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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Incoming transfer students can enroll in courses early to guarantee that they have access to coursework. Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students.

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An Equity and Access Champion

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educational leadership & policy analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison Career mentors: Dr. Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Dr. Alberta M. Another is “Culturally Responsive Mentoring: a Psychosociocultural Perspective on Sustaining Students of Color Career Aspirations in STEM,” which she is co-authoring.

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A Blueprint for College Students’ Sense of Belonging

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Its satisfaction leads to positive gains such as happiness, elation, wellbeing , achievement, and optimal functioning (Strayhorn, 2019, p. When campuses take proactive steps to ensure that students have access to what they need, they open up possibilities for them to become who they are or aspire to be in terms of learning and development.

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BMCC Grad Looks to Make Restaurants More Accessible

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On a Friday night in 2019, Gesy Duran prepared to dine at an Italian restaurant with her wife. Gesy Duran poses with her invention to solve wheelchair access issues when dining out. It’s accessible for me,” she said. She was excited for the special occasion. I didn’t do anything besides that. "How And I cried.

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Applying ‘Freedom Summer’ Lessons to an Overlooked Student Population

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In 2019, following the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Scholarship Breakfast in Miami, I observed attendees gathering around one of the honorees, actor Danny Glover. However, my attention was drawn to the man accompanying him, Bob Moses, who went largely unrecognized by many.

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Examples of Excelencia

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Approximately 80% of the students who access EAP are Latino. As you work with people closely, you know that you’re making a difference,” says Michael Heim, director of CAMP and of WSU’s Migrant Education Student Access & Support. Faculty members must attend four required workshops to be mentors with the program. “To

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Futuristic Scholar Looks to Change the World

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communication, University of Southern California Career mentors: Dr. Rudy P. Enabling critical research and technological access can be the key to sovereignty for communities of color. Tenured: No Age: 40 Education: B.A., public & private sector organizations, Brown University; M.A., Guevarra, Jr., I didn’t come in as a scholar.