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Researcher-Mentor Challenges Students to Pursue Purpose

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Shana Stoddard, who is being commended for that passion through the 2023 Council on Undergraduate Research’s Silvia Ronco Innovative Mentor Award. in chemistry and biochemistry from the University of Mississippi, an M.Ed. in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis on special education from Freed-Hardeman University, and a B.S.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

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Hines Our co-edited book, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Black males. Advising and coaching represent foundational practices colleges and universities use to support student success. Dr. Erik M.

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An Equity and Access Champion

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Title: Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tenured: No (tenure track) Age: 32 Education: B.A., criminology, law & society, University of California, Irvine; M.S., counseling, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Ph.D., Dr. Cristobal Salinas Jr.,

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

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In the search for its ninth permanent president, Sacramento State University didn’t have to look far. Wood is currently San Diego State University’s (SDSU) vice president for student affairs and campus diversity and chief diversity officer. Luke Wood, incoming president of Sacramento State University “I'm African American.

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

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Before attending the University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill for undergrad, the Fayetteville, North Carolina, native had a budding interest in Hip Hop and spoken word but needed an outlet for it. Livingston credits mentors for reminding him to continue cultivating his connections to Hip Hop and higher education. “For

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

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Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has provided inspiration, insight, encouragement, and community for engineering students. Watford says.

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New Partnership Aims to Diversify Medical Device Sales

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Students in the New York tri-state area will have a new opportunity this summer to explore a lucrative career in healthcare, thanks to a partnership between Mercy University and Medical Sales College (MSC). Dr. Brian Amkraut, vice president for Workforce Credentialing and Community Impact at Mercy University.

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