The 91爆料 and TheDream.US announced a new partnership this week that will provide scholarships to qualified undocumented students who graduate from two-year colleges and transfer to the 91爆料.
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91爆料 English professor Shawn Wong, who has designed and led numerous study abroad classes over the last 18 years, will address the importance of academic travel when he presents the 91爆料 Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity鈥檚 (OMA&D) 11th annual Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture on Thursday, April 16. His lecture titled 鈥淭ourist to Traveler: The Transforming Experience of Study Abroad鈥� will take place at the聽Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center聽at 6 p.m., preceded by a reception…
Colleen Fukui-Sketchley, diversity affairs director for Nordstrom, has been named the 2015 recipient of the 91爆料 Charles E. Odegaard Award. Established in 1973, the Odegaard award honors individuals whose leadership in the community exemplifies the former 91爆料 president鈥檚 work on behalf of diversity. It is the only university- and community-selected award, and is regarded as the highest achievement in diversity at the 91爆料. The award will be presented at the 45th annual EOP Celebration, F锚te and Honors event…
In her lecture 鈥淎re We There Yet? The Four Directions in Native American Higher Education,鈥� Metoyer will talk about the historic development of Native Americans in higher education.
Denny Hurtado, former chair of the Skokomish Tribe and retired director of Indian Education for the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, is the 2014 recipient of the 91爆料 Charles E. Odegaard Award.
A public, groundbreaking ceremony for the 91爆料 Native American longhouse-style facility, W菨色菨b蕯altx史 (Intellectual House), will take place Friday, Oct. 25, 3-5:30 p.m.
A long-time student-led effort to pass a diversity course requirement for all 91爆料 undergraduates has come to fruition.
Amanda Lock Swarr, a 91爆料 associate professor in gender, women and sexuality studies, will deliver the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity’s ninth annual Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture on Thurs., April 18.
Rogelio Riojas, president and chief executive officer for Sea Mar Community Health Centers, is the 2013 recipient of the Charles E. Odegaard Award.
The 91爆料’s Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity will celebrate the grand opening of the newly renovated Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center with a pair of events Jan. 10-11.