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NCAA Adds Women's Wrestling as Championship Sport, First Tournament Set for 2026

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It will fulfill so many little girls' dreams, including mine." "This means so much to women's wrestling and to women's sports in general," said Kennedy Blades, a University of Iowa wrestler and 2024 Olympic silver medalist. Since I was a little girl, I dreamed about being an NCAA national wrestling champion.

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Renowned UC Berkeley Sociology Professor Killed in Oakland Hit-and-Run

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His research took him across the globe, from copper mines in Zambia to machine shops in Chicago and Hungary, and industrial facilities in post-Soviet Russia. Burawoy's academic journey at UC Berkeley began in 1976, and over the next 47 years, he would become one of the institution's most influential scholars.

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A Poetic Path to Social Change - Thomas Kneeland

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In that moment, she had become the bolt of fire she once spoke of in her poem Fascination from the collection, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day and in that moment, my body poured out words in a way that isnt mine. There is something to be said about what our ancestors leave behind when they take their final breaths, Kneeland continued.

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A Poetic Path to Social Change - Thomas Kneeland

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In that moment, she had become the bolt of fire she once spoke of in her poem Fascination from the collection, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day and in that moment, my body poured out words in a way that isnt mine. There is something to be said about what our ancestors leave behind when they take their final breaths, Kneeland continued.

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Dr. Nancy Lynne Westfield, Wabash College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Westfields latest book is entitled Glimpses of Me and Mine: a Creative Biography (Wipf and Stock, 2023). She hosts a podcast entitled Dialogue on Teaching - the Wabash Centers on-air series of conversations with thought leaders in higher education and theological education.

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Report: Multiple Aspects of Higher Ed Can Benefit from AI Use

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The playbook claims that AI can help support and improve three facets of higher education: organizational effectiveness, teaching and learning, and the student experience.

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Howard University’s Undergraduate Library to be Renamed in Honor of President Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This honor is not solely mine; it is a reflection of the unwavering commitment and tireless efforts of the faculty, staff, students, alumni, and supporters who have made our University a place of distinction.

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