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Focusing on Mental Health Challenges Facing Community College Students

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We also provide workshops in the classrooms,” he added. For example, we’ll do a test anxiety workshop or how to manage stress in college. We also do stand alone workshops and invite students to attend.” “We provide individual counseling with our mental health clinicians,” said Wander. Our services are offered free on site. “We

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UNCF Announces UNITE 2025 Summit, Offers Complimentary Registration to All HBCUs and PBIs

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Building on 2024's record-breaking attendance, the summit will include an opening gala, pre-summit workshops on institutional transformation, and sessions covering endowment growth, AI, and industry collaboration. These institutions are vital engines of opportunity, resilience and innovation," said UNCF President and CEO Dr.

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Lumina Convening Focuses on the Power of HBCUs

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HBCU24: Collectively Advancing the Power of HBCUs" kicked off in New Orleans on Tuesday with a variety of workshops and panel discussions that ranged in topics including an examination of HBCUs as catalysts for economic prosperity, to supporting and serving adult learners at HBCUs.

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Report Highlights Key Challenges and Support Needs for Early Career Faculty at MSIs

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said Gasman, who added that e ach year the program actively recruits new applicants to participate in a cohort model where they take part in workshops and networking events designed to assist MSI faculty in their careers. "The fact that 70% of the 167 fellows have now earned tenure is really heartwarming for our team.”

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The Importance of Immigrant-Origin Students to Two Campuses, Higher Education, and the USA

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We support the principles and ideals underlying the purpose of higher education and the missions of our institutions that make the case for immigration and supporting immigrant-origin students.

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A Scholar’s Fight for Community Power - Dr. Jonathan D. Gomez

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For example, he founded and facilitates the Culture Counts Reading Series, a bi-weekly poetry reading, writing and discussion workshop featuring works by San Jos poets. In addition to those activities, he hosts nine monthly workshops for faculty participants and presents a showcase of faculty work for the larger campus.

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How Colleges Across the Nation are Honoring the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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s legacy through the Martin Luther King Day symposium, an academic credit workshop where both students can earn academic or continuing education credits for their participation in the event.The course is offered at no additional cost, regardless of a students credit load. The college now commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s