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From Small-Town Roots to National Honor: SC Native Receives State's Highest Award

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Moore is also the assistant director of the Directorate for STEM Education at the National Science Foundation. billion and nearly 200 employees, he helps to leads the largest federal entity dedicated to funding educational research. His work on diversifying the STEM fields has won him international accolades.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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The Village is located near campus and provides wraparound services including case management, counseling and tutoring. The Village at Cerritos College is California’s first community college housing project exclusively for homeless students. years, compared to the collegewide average of 5.2

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Driving Global Economic Success Through Diversity and Prosperity in STEM Education

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Multiple academic studies have demonstrated that encouraging children to pursue a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) career gives them a distinct business advantage later in life. Unfortunately, STEM education is currently facing challenges that could affect the success of skilled students around the globe.

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Black Men’s Mental Health Addressed During Black Men’s Research Institute Symposium

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More III, Assistant Director for STEM Education for the National Science Foundation and Professor of Urban Education and Executive Director, Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male at The Ohio State University who gave the response for the address.

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Pride in the Halls

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Even if he wanted to go to the counseling center, there weren’t counselors competent to discuss issues related to his coming out process. Leyva’s research examines how interlocking systems of power, including racism and cisheteropatriarcy, impact classroom teaching and student support in undergraduate mathematics and STEM education.