The 天美影视传媒 and TheDream.US announced a new partnership this week that will provide scholarships to qualified undocumented students who graduate from two-year colleges and transfer to the UW.
Author: Erin Rowley
天美影视传媒 English professor Shawn Wong, who has designed and led numerous study abroad classes over the last 18 years, will address the importance of academic travel when he presents the UW Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity鈥檚 (OMA&D) 11th annual Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture on Thursday, April 16. His lecture titled 鈥淭ourist to Traveler: The Transforming Experience of Study Abroad鈥� will take place at the聽Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center聽at 6 p.m., preceded by a reception…
Colleen Fukui-Sketchley, diversity affairs director for Nordstrom, has been named the 2015 recipient of the 天美影视传媒 Charles E. Odegaard Award. Established in 1973, the Odegaard award honors individuals whose leadership in the community exemplifies the former UW president鈥檚 work on behalf of diversity. It is the only university- and community-selected award, and is regarded as the highest achievement in diversity at the UW. The award will be presented at the 45th annual EOP Celebration, F锚te and Honors event…
In her lecture 鈥淎re We There Yet? The Four Directions in Native American Higher Education,鈥� Metoyer will talk about the historic development of Native Americans in higher education.
Denny Hurtado, former chair of the Skokomish Tribe and retired director of Indian Education for the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, is the 2014 recipient of the 天美影视传媒 Charles E. Odegaard Award.
A public, groundbreaking ceremony for the 天美影视传媒 Native American longhouse-style facility, W菨色菨b蕯altx史 (Intellectual House), will take place Friday, Oct. 25, 3-5:30 p.m.
A long-time student-led effort to pass a diversity course requirement for all 天美影视传媒 undergraduates has come to fruition.
Amanda Lock Swarr, a UW associate professor in gender, women and sexuality studies, will deliver the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity’s ninth annual Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture on Thurs., April 18.
Rogelio Riojas, president and chief executive officer for Sea Mar Community Health Centers, is the 2013 recipient of the Charles E. Odegaard Award.
The 天美影视传媒’s Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity will celebrate the grand opening of the newly renovated Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center with a pair of events Jan. 10-11.