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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Vernon Dunn, director of The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering at the National Academy of Engineers, first met Williams at one of the summer programs Williams ran at Xavier. Dunn says he speaks with Williams daily, seeking advice on managing people, navigating spaces, and how to best lead his program of young engineers.

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

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Delivering: Designing a website, Learn page and final presentation to communicate findings from the consultations, brainstorming sessions and prototypes for the course. Vanessa Ombura Vanessa Ombura is a third year Civil Engineering undergraduate student and a University of Edinburgh MasterCard Foundation scholar.

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Texas A&M’s Student Leadership Development Programs: People Support What They Help Create

The Change Leader, Inc.

This years event was under the direction of Dalton Harris, a senior computer science and engineering major. He was responsible for managing a $150,000 budget and a core team of 12 students who oversaw student recruitment, community outreach, operations (fundraising), and program (development of the event).