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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

CANCUN—What started off in 2014 as a simple idea, has blossomed into a major convening, drawing more than 700 educators from K-12 school districts and colleges and universities together to strategize and share best practices on how to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing urban schools around the globe. State University.

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Dr. Toby S. Jenkins, University of South Carolina

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

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Williams’s parents had met during their time at Southern and A&M College, a historically Black college and university (HBCU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His first ambition after college was to make money, and he entered the corporate world and earned his MBA from Fontbonne University. Everyone didn’t feel that way.”

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Josephine O. Ibironke

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As a founding faculty member of University of Pikeville’s Kentucky College of Optometry (KYCO), Ibironke co-developed the college’s didactic and clinical pediatric optometry curriculum and created its Leadership in Healthcare course sequence, all while serving as an advisor to students. Josephine O. Ibironke Josephine O.

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Community Counts, Female Sport Scholar of the Year

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Jaida Ross Throughout her time at the University of Oregon (UO), 2025 Arthur Ashe Jr. She wore the university’s colors, green and yellow, attended UO soccer games and watched UO football. The university felt like home, making it the perfect place to spend her collegiate career. Ross grew up in Oregon as a Ducks fan.

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Community Counts, Female Sport Scholar of the Year

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jaida Ross Throughout her time at the University of Oregon (UO), 2025 Arthur Ashe Jr. She wore the university’s colors, green and yellow, attended UO soccer games and watched UO football. The university felt like home, making it the perfect place to spend her collegiate career. Ross grew up in Oregon as a Ducks fan.

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Xavier University Makes History with First HBCU Varsity Rowing Program

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Xavier University of Louisiana will make history in fall 2025 by becoming the first historically Black college or university (HBCU) to offer a varsity-level co-ed rowing program. The program is led by Dr. Elizabeth Manley, a Xavier history professor and department chair, and Chlo Jobin from NORC's community outreach team.