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Melvin C. Terrell Scholars Dive into Research

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Vanessa Cerano, a master’s candidate in educational leadership at the California State University, Fullerton College of Education Vanessa Cerano was always curious about academic research, but she, like Evans, never saw herself actually doing any. “I I was able to complete proposals that upper administrators complete.

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Integrating Community Engagement into her Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Her career as a teacher and an administrator spans middle school, high school, and now higher education. But even before she began teaching at the collegiate level in 2016, López taught and mentored youth. I'm a first-generation student. Dr. Ruth M. And I'm a product of a lot of outreach work.

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Dr. Donovan Livingston Returns Home, Merging His Hip Hop Self with His College Advisor Self

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Livingston studied history as an undergraduate and volunteered frequently in Durham and Chapel Hill, which introduced him to the world of college advising and supporting first-generation college students. in educational leadership and cultural foundations from UNC Greensboro.

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Dr. J. Luke Wood to Become President of Sacramento State University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I'm a former foster child, and I'm a student who struggled with food insecurities and housing insecurities, and I'm a first-generation college student, but I went to Sac State and it was an environment where I had mentors and people who supported me, and programs and services that I benefited from,” Wood said in an interview with Diverse.