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From Crisis to Solutions: Global Conference Charts New Course for Urban Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Charleston, vice chancellor for inclusive excellence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. There’s few professional conferences that engage scholars, researchers, practitioners, activists, community-goers that span the pipeline from K-12 through graduate professional in the academy and beyond,” he said. The issues in the U.S.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It took him awhile to connect the dots from his passion to higher education. Forging strategic partnerships Williams’s ability to connect HBCU students to graduate programs caught the attention of Emory University, where he would be recruited in 2014 as the director of Diversity, Community and Recruitment.

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Dr. Toby S. Jenkins, University of South Carolina

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jenkins has worked in higher education for 25 years serving several campuses across the country including Penn State University, Semester at Sea, George Mason University, and the University of Hawaii. Jenkins other community outreach initiatives won awards from the President of the United States and the Governor of Maryland.

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Xavier University Makes History with First HBCU Varsity Rowing Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Additional backing has come from Cooper's A Most Beautiful Thing Inclusion Fund and JL Athletics, demonstrating the rowing community's commitment to expanding access to the sport. The program is led by Dr. Elizabeth Manley, a Xavier history professor and department chair, and Chlo Jobin from NORC's community outreach team.

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Dr. Melissa Gilliam to Lead Boston University as Historic First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gilliam, a physician and higher education leader, will take on the mantle of president of Boston University, effective Jul. There she oversees all aspects of academic affairs, ranging from education to diversity and inclusion. In doing so, she will become BU’s first woman and first Black president. And it just isn’t.”