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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As his reputation grew, Williams was recruited by Northwestern University, where he served as assistant dean of diversity and inclusion between 2017 and 2021, and then until 2022 as the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion lead of Northwestern’s Public Health Program.

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Benefits of Integrating Service-Learning With Other High-Impact Practices

The Scholarly Teacher

What’s Worked: Two Examples Environmental Justice Project In Chattanooga, Tennessee, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Southside Chattanooga Lead Superfund Site extends across 8 neighborhoods just south of the university’s campus (Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], 2017. 2017, October 20). Photo by Robert Lathrop.

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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

University Business

The private nursing school will officially welcome its fifth president on May 6, according to school communications. His last academic appointment was at Mercy from 2017 to 2020 as the vice president of academic affairs. In her last year as president, Ward looks forward to ramping up community outreach efforts.

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Co-created learning and teaching through the lens of the development of a University-wide course

Teaching Matters Online Learning

I was therefore keen to play a role in developing another online, interdisciplinary course based on my experiences and interests (for example, as is shared in this video that showcases part of the senate talk on research led-learning in May 2017), in addition to the numerous skills and networks I would gain and contribute to.