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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. The students usually report back to us where they are employed.

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Should 25 Years Feel Like Forever or Only Yesterday?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One of the college’s most notable alumni who was then serving on its Board of Trustees, indeed one of the most accomplished civil rights attorneys and activists our nation has ever produced, championed my hiring. Side by side with her daughter, she now leads a nonprofit organization in Forest, Mississippi, promoting the legacy of her parents.

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In Memoriam

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Berkeley-based nonprofit organization promotes social equity through education, using a cradle-to-career reach across four distinct demographic groups. A Ford Foundation Fellow at Harvard University, she was the first African American elected to the Hall of Distinguished Alumni. Gavin Newsom.