Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

They shared a common spirit in their separate spheres: to advance people of color through mentoring and teaching. Wherever we went, Orlando knew how to engage people’s hearts through his own scholarship and research, from my shy niece to the President of a powerful university. Mentoring means impact. He honored human beings.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

At The University of Rhode Island’s (URI) Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, much of Treviño Peña’s scholarship involves listening to and studying people. Treviño Peña, an assistant professor in the department, describes herself as a human geographer, ethnographer, and social scientist.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

But her scholarship focuses on those stars she can barely see. Aspiring to become a researcher and science communicator, Ealy is driven to understand humanity and science’s place in the world as it is. Jordan Ealy counts herself among the stargazers who delight in watching specks of light twinkle against the darkness of outer space.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Since 2019, Moore Wealth has gifted over $30,000 in scholarships. Erika Moore Title: Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida Age: 31 Education: B.S., biomedical engineering, The Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

in human development from The Pennsylvania State University. SCSC initiative builds on Sloan’s University Centers for Exemplary Mentoring (UCEM) program, now concluding. million implementation grants from Sloan, which include scholarship funds for students in participating departments.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Government/Political Science, Bowie State University; MPA, Management and Public Policy, Bowie State University; Graduate Certificate, Project Management, Bowie State University Mentors: Rev. It was mentors and elders in the church that encouraged me to pursue higher education in the first place. Dr. Lewis M. Zion Church; Rev.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Steele describes going to conferences with few sessions centering on Black women and having trouble finding mentors. “We But all of that changed in 2022, when Steele saw a listing for a job at the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education and Human Development. To simply pursue it because it’s on-trend is irresponsible.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

University of Maryland Career mentors: Claudia Coen, Irby Lovette, John Hermanson, and Dan Riskin, all at Cornell University; Brock Fenton, Western University; Jerry Wilkinson, University of Maryland; Rachel Page, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Damien Farine Jr., Cornell University; M.S., University of Western Ontario; and Ph.D.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

counselor education & supervision, The Ohio State University Career mentors: Dr. James L. Although she has reached such heights in her scholarship, she began her college journey with little information or direction about academia, in part because she lacked counseling in high school. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Leslie Hall, director of the HBCU Program at the Human Rights Campaign — the largest LGBTQ lobbying organization in the U.S. A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% of non-LGBTQ people. About 45.5% of LGBTQ people reported hearing slurs, and 10.3%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Have access to mentors and role models who can help them succeed. It also means having people who can help them connect with opportunities and resources and developing mentoring relationships with other Black faculty, inside or outside their field of study. It also means having Black role models who can show them what is possible.

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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. “How

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen. Those freshmen remained bonded and, in time, became mentors. by mentoring girls and young women to keep going in engineering. Watford says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 12, 2023

It was mentors and elders in the church that encouraged me to pursue higher education in the first place. As I made my way through higher education, I started to realize that it was my professors and other administrators that became mentors and examples for me. “I was raised in the A.M.E. Zion Church,” Turner said. “It

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2023

Lee said that she has been blessed with amazing mentors. Stepping into a scholarship void In graduate school, realizing there were virtually no books on Asian American theater history, she began interviewing Asian American theater artists around the U.S. It makes us see the humanity in each other.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

There is a dual admission program with the Armour College of Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), which provides scholarships. There is tutoring and mentoring, and Espiritu designed a model in which second-year students mentor first-year students. Latino faculty at UTA closely mentor the students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Theater doesn’t belong to any particular culture — it belongs to the human impulse to tell stories.” Dr. Miriam Wallace, professor of English and gender studies at New College, said Villada’s scholarship is helping New College grow. That comes directly from me being a Latinx artist,” said Villada. Luckett and Dr. Tia M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

In an era when so many faculty and young scholars are trying to just focus on their scholarship or focus on writing the book, Everrett is that rare individual who can bring it all together.” Smith Title: Associate Professor of Higher Education; Provost Faculty Fellow, University of Cincinnati Age: 39 Education: B.S.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

biology, Bennett College; MPH, health behavior and health education, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; and Doctor of Science, society, human development and health, Harvard University Career mentors: Dr. Ana V. Diez Roux, Drexel University; Dr. Felton James Earls, Harvard University; Dr. Sherman A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

Among the programs are accounting, business administration, health administration and services, finance, human resources, and marketing. For example, the MBA programs offer 11 emphasis areas, including cybersecurity, health administration, data analytics and human resources. UMGC was recently designated a Minority Serving Institution.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

No matter what happens, keep pushing towards greatness.Career mentors: Dr. Trina Shanks (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Dr. Rogerio M. She became the first in her family to attend college, struggling through first-generation woes like the unfamiliarity with FAFSA, scholarships, or even how to pay for her attendance.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 15, 2025

University of California, Irvine (Civil and Environmental Engineering) Career mentors: Dr. Stephen Mattingly, UTA; Dr. Melanie Sattler, UTA Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Stay resilient and persistent. Title: Associate Professor Tenured: Yes Age: 40 Education: B.S Aim for steady progress.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

mathematics, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute Career mentors: Dr. Rafael H. Lopez Valdez’s focus on the human element started when he was a visiting scholar in Switzerland during the 2014-15 academic year. applied mathematics, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico; M.S.,

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Timely MD

AUGUST 29, 2024

He led a wide range of student groups, from the Student Government Association to the Multicultural Mentoring Program to Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Making mistakes comes with being human, but when you’re a college student, you don’t always have the life experience to know that yet.” I was this golden child,” Curtis said. “For

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Scholarship America

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

To help fill that gap, colleges, communities and scholarship providers are in a unique position to step in. Finally, scholarship providers are in a unique position to help students develop peer networks among their fellow recipients. Helping students who don’t know what they don’t know.

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Close the Gap Foundation

AUGUST 4, 2021

Close the Gap’s Social Impact Fellowship is a three-month summer program for low-income 11th and 12th graders to find mentors, grow their confidence, and give back. Students grow through structured mentorship, project-based learning, and social impact scholarships. He never considered a career in human resources.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

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

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

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. This scholarship focuses on historical understandings of how race and gender influenced the creation of the current Black man in collegiate identity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Additional mentorship efforts can include pairing students with mentors of the same sex, race, or ethnicity who regularly meet with to provide support/guidance and modeling. Ford is Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University Emeka Obinnakwelu Jr., Dr. Tanya J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

These concerns are not new; Tinto’s (1993) and Tracey and Sedlacek’s (1984) groundbreaking studies and theoretical scholarship remain relevant today. Partner with community members, especially Black men, to serve as mentors and role models in the college-going and transition process. Fletcher Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

higher education & student affairs, Ohio State University; M.LHR, human resource management, Ohio State University; and Ph.D., One of his biggest achievements yet in his scholarship is being recognized and honored for his book on college student sex work. psychology, Ohio State University; M.A.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2025

No matter what happens, keep pushing towards greatness.Career mentors: Dr. Trina Shanks (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Dr. Rogerio M. She became the first in her family to attend college, struggling through first-generation woes like the unfamiliarity with FAFSA, scholarships, or even how to pay for her attendance.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

As higher education continues to shift and change, scholars who study the field convened in Minneapolis last week to share their scholarship and to strategize about best practices, particularly aimed at making colleges and universities more equitable and diverse.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

He was more than his president but a mentor and friend, so much so that he delivered the eulogy at King’s funeral. The university’s statement could have applied to almost anything, saying that it “is committed to free and open scholarship and the freedom to debate ideas and principles without interference.”

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