Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The University of Dayton (UDayton) will launch a fellowship program to provide paid internships, mentoring, and professional development to underrepresented students from the Dayton region. These two initiatives will be housed in the Fitz Center for Leadership in Community. The fellows program will begin Fall 2023.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

“If we train mentors to know about the resources on campus, know about housing, life, and other offices, then they can give that information to their mentees. Vanessa Ford, senior university director at the Mentor Collective, said peer mentorship works. “It Vanessa Ford, senior university director at the Mentor Collective.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

s leading producer of Black STEM graduates; received record research and sponsored programs contracts and grants; and produced a $2.4 For more than three decades, he’s been a friend, a mentor and an inspiration to students and colleagues across the UNC System. .; become America’s largest HBCU; developed into the U.S.’s

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

He is also director of the Mentoring@Purdue program and director of Cornell University’s Thomas Wyatt Turner Fellowship Program. Levon Esters Esters is currently the associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion and faculty affairs for Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute and professor of agricultural sciences education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

López — the daughter of immigrants — says the land-grant university was a promising choice, given its scholars and proximity to the U.S.-Mexico But even before she began teaching at the collegiate level in 2016, López taught and mentored youth. Mexico border and her scholarly work on immigration. “As I'm a first-generation student.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2024

architecture, Columbia University Career mentors: Dr. Mabel Wilson, Columbia University; Danielle Smoller, Columbia University; Dr. Hazel Edwards, Howard University; Bradford Grant, Howard University; and Rashida Ng, University of Pennsylvania Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Your work matters. “Her

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The Sloan Foundation has launched a portfolio of grants that are creating and widening pathways from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to doctoral degree programs, which tend to be at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). Espinosa said this exposes students at MSIs to research opportunities and mentoring.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

Additionally, more than four dozen faculty will be V-FIRST mentors. Securing this momentous multimillion dollar grant from the NIH allows us to create enhanced opportunities for individuals from underrepresented groups who have been historically absent from the STEM workforce,” Raver said. American Indian, and 0.1% Pacific Islander.

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MAY 1, 2024

One Million Degrees offers coaching, mentoring, and financial and professional guidance. Another critical component of advising is helping students envision and achieve their career goals.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

geography, Oregon State University Career mentors: Dr. Leslie Duram, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Dr. Larry Becker, Oregon State University; Dr. Joan Gross, Oregon State University; Dr. Shireen Hyrapiet, Houston Community College; Dr. It could even — worst case scenario — actually pose even more detrimental impacts on them.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

political science, Binghamton University Career mentors: Dr. David L. Riley, dean of Arts and Sciences at URI, says Mark has contributed much to the campus community and points to the recent $250,000 Knowledge for Freedom Grant that he and Dr. Catherine John, chair of Africana Studies, received from the Teagle Foundation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 28, 2023

Timothy Alvarez’s life is a living example of the importance of mentors in higher education. As a result, the college received a Title V grant, $3.5 million over five years, that enabled the school to focus on mentoring, professional development for faculty and undergraduate research. As he prepares to retire Aug.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

million in grants for projects to shape career pathways for students. The grant money will fund the project for one year, but it will continue afterwards due to additional funding from industry partners, including the BioCom California Institute. Nearly one-third of Cal State Fullerton’s students are first-gen.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 9, 2023

I didn’t really have a lot of mentors growing up who were in higher ed or had any idea what research was. MCT Scholars receive mentoring and professional development, as well as a stipend. I never thought it was possible for someone like me.” Cerano and Evans are MCT Scholars, part of a new program from the Dr. Melvin C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

This eventually led to applying for and receiving a grant to develop programming for LGBTQ+ students at Guttman. In addition to scholarships and grants, there are now workshops and conferences that reflect current needs and issues. With many faculty and staff remaining closeted, there is also a lack of role models or mentors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2024

political science, Binghamton University Career mentors: Dr. David L. Riley, dean of Arts and Sciences at URI, says Mark has contributed much to the campus community and points to the recent $250,000 Knowledge for Freedom Grant that he and Dr. Catherine John, chair of Africana Studies, received from the Teagle Foundation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

Institutions that receive HSI designation are then eligible to apply for various federal grants in support of their programming. Sam Houston’s academic success center offers one-on-one tutoring and mentoring. The grant funding is a great opportunity, but the mission and the culture haven’t changed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

educational research and policy analysis (higher education), North Carolina State University Career mentors: Dr. Audrey “AJ” Jaeger, North Carolina State University; Dr. Jori Hall, University of Georgia; Dr. Tony Cawthon, Clemson University; Dr. Donald “DJ” Mitchell Jr., sociology and political science, Elon University; M.Ed.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Chan School of Public Health Career mentors: Catherine Klapperich, Boston University; Adriana Velazquez Berumen, World Health Organization; and Erin Kobetz, University of Miami Words of encouragement/wisdom: Be very intentional about what you choose to take on and how you choose to spend your time. global health, Harvard T.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). There is tutoring and mentoring, and Espiritu designed a model in which second-year students mentor first-year students. This continues after graduation when students attending four-year institutions mentor second-year EPW students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

counselor education & supervision, The Ohio State University Career mentors: Dr. James L. Currently, she is leading a three-year project supported by a $1 million grant from the U.S. middle school math & social studies education, University of Missouri, Columbia; M.Ed., Moore, III, The Ohio State University; Dr. Donna Y.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

The cautionary advice dispatched by his mentors when Dr. José Vargas-Muñiz was a college student dented his confidence and, on several occasions, tripped him up. A number of them mentor budding scientists of color at a time when the scientific sphere remains overwhelmingly white and male. of the population. “One

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

Commodore said being hyper-visible also means that Black faculty members find themselves mentoring students of color outside of their department because there are no other faculty of color with whom students can identify and seek mentorship. I know how quickly that can shift back, and I don’t think you can take it for granted.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The program, which will eventually expand to include six scholars, will give fellows financial support for their research and teaching, as well as mentoring, networking, and community over a six-year term. According to the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, only 10.1% of STEM faculty are from minoritized backgrounds.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Although women publish less than men, they do more of the sort of necessary work that isn’t respected by promotion boards, like mentoring and service activities. Since 2001, the foundation has given over $270 million in advance grants to institutions and nonprofit groups in 41 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

To get a sense of what freedom dreaming looks like in action, consider a recent visit Mims made to a middle school in Richmond, Virginia, as part of “Freedom Dreaming and Dreamkeeping with Black Girls,” a course she developed for Black middle school girls with a small grant from NYU. “I English and psychology, University of Virginia; M.A.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whether it’s a dissertation, a program, a grant, whatever it is. Nathaniel Currie Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Clark Atlanta University Age: 40 Education: B.S., I think too many times we lose our voice, and that’s the opposite of what needs to occur.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 11, 2023

Department of Education is stepping up with $368 million in new grant funding to aid teacher retention and recruitment and improve diversity. For that reason it’s encouraging to see that a key provision of the bill would double the amount of annual grants that help prospective educators pay for college.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

As a sophomore, he was matched with a mentor from the University of Texas Long School of Medicine , who invited him to work with him on a project researching teen mental health. Jake learned about writing grant proposals to support the research, and the team received a $5,000 grant. The field took notice of the research project.

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MARCH 11, 2024

In addition to its proposed increase for TRIO, the Administration also requested a $10 million increase for GEAR UP and a $750 increase in the maximum Pell Grant for a potential award of up to $8,145. Both Federal Work-Study and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants received level funding. Department of Education here.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2024

Washington’s expertise is sought after and granted across religious, government, corporate, and educational settings. As he contemplates retiring after 40 years in higher education, he acknowledges the scores of mentors who led him on his path, and the mentees he hopes will carry the baton into the future.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

mathematics, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute Career mentors: Dr. Rafael H. He is the primary investigator on a National Science Foundation disciplinary grant of nearly $250,000. master’s, and undergraduate students at CSU, and he mentors graduate students in Mexico.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

They focus on experiential learning in New York City, mentoring and research support for students. Byrne is intent on increasing Macaulay’s already high graduation rate of approximately 80%, which continues to rise even as the number of Pell Grant recipients has risen. The racial gap in graduation rates is minimal.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

Shelley says when comparing participants in the Pathfinders program who are Pell Grant recipients with Pell Grant recipients at the college who don’t participate, there is 10% to 11% higher retention among those who access the MRC. Men taking part in Pathfinders speak with kids at Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Cleveland.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Are these mentors and students doing any classes or modules or anything additional?” All 11 colleges that participated in the MMSI elected to continue their use of the platform after the grant that funded the project expired. When we’re talking about retention for students of color, there have to be more than just check-ins,” he said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

applied behavior analysis, Institute of Applied Behavioral Sciences, Endicott College; and postdoctoral fellow, Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Career mentors: Dr. Caio Miguel, California State University, Sacramento, and Dr. Michael F. psychology, California State University, Sacramento; M.A.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

degree-granting institutions. Ferst noted that the CSI graduate students from Sub-Saharan Africa place a priority on ensuring that they have a student network and a faculty mentor network, which he said is a slight shift from previous international students. Dr. Suzanne T.

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