MCAC Honors Outgoing President Mark Emmert

The University of Washington President’s Minority Community Advisory Committee (MCAC) honored and bid farewell to outgoing President Mark Emmert at its Sept. 21 meeting in the Regent’s Room in Gerberding Hall. Committee members offered words of praise and well wishes to Emmert, who is departing UW on Oct. 1 to become the president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). MCAC chair Larry Gossett presented Emmert with a framed certificate of appreciation. Read more

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Sep

29

OMA&D Fall 2010 E-news

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The latest issue of the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity’s E-news is available now. This edition features alumni news and recognitions, new and recently tenured faculty members, and an update on the House of Knowledge longhouse construction project. Read more

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Sep

28

OMA&D Awarded Two Student Support Services Grants

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The University of Washington Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity (OMA&D) was recently awarded a pair of grants from the U.S. Department of Education to support low-income and first-generation college students, Vice President for Minority Affairs and Vice Provost for Diversity Sheila Edwards Lange announced Tuesday. Read more

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Sep

27

Spokane Teacher Presented MESA’s 2010 Mona Bailey Leadership Award

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Jamie Smith of Sacajawea Middle School and the Spokane MESA Center was the recipient of the 2010 Mona Bailey Teacher Leadership Award. The award, sponsored by Washington MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement), was presented to Smith by Bailey at the MESA Board of Directors Luncheon on Sat., Sept. 11, at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratories in Richland, Wash. Read more