Multicultural Alumni Partnership lauded for Distinguished Service

Vivian Lee, Jon Rider and Elena Guevara

Founded in 1993, the Multicultural Alumni Partnership (MAP) supports recruitment and mentoring of students, faculty and staff of color, and promotes diversity within the UW and the UW Alumni Association. Its awards program honors distinguished UW alumni and its many events bind together a diverse University community. The Multicultural Alumni Partnership has helped make the University and its alumni association a place where people of diverse backgrounds feel welcome and feel they can make a difference. Its annual Bridging the Gap breakfast has become a sellout and has generated more than $12,500 in scholarship money in the last two years alone. MAP also has sponsored a Diversity Summit in the Seattle area featuring President Richard L. McCormick. ¶