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NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade Gifts $3M for Literacy, Scholarships

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Marquette University alumnus and NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade has committed to a $3 million gift to extend the Tragil Wade-Johnson Summer Reading Program and establish the Wade Scholars as well as support a new men’s basketball practice facility in a future expansion of the Athletic and Human Performance Research Center.

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Leveraging Materials Engineering to Improve Human Health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

a nonprofit organization focused on empowering historically excluded groups with financial literacy. Since 2019, Moore Wealth has gifted over $30,000 in scholarships. She has partnered with FOSSI, or the Future of STEM Scholars Initiative, to give financial literacy workshops to FOSSI scholars.

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OER23 part one: Higher Education for Good

Catherine Cronin

In our introductory chapter, we as editors sought to identify principles of good in higher education based on the depth and breadth of work across the book, as well as the wealth of global scholarship and experience on which it is based.

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Completion Grants: Innovative Financial Aid for Today's Students

The University Innovation Alliance

Renick explained that Georgia State was enrolling more Pell eligible students who needed to work, which extended their completion time beyond the four years allowed by the state scholarship program: "We had perfectly qualified seniors walking away from the university close to the finish line.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D.,

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Some of the topics include literacy and math, advising Black male engineering majors, socio-emotional development, leadership, community college experiences, Black male veterans, athletes in P-12 and higher education, and the recruitment and retention of Black males in educator preparation programs. Dr. Donna Y. Dr. Edward C. Fletcher, Jr.

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Dr. Ruth Simmons Awarded National Humanities Medal

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ruth Simmons—the prominent education leader who was the first African American to lead an Ivy League institution—was among 18 other individuals who was honored on Monday with a National Humanities Medal at the White House. Lowe (Navajo). “I The 2022 and 2023 National Medals of Arts were also presented at the same ceremony.