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Patrick G. Awuah Jr., president of Ashesi University in Ghana, traveled from Africa to the United States to receive an award that recognizes entrepreneurs who are leaders in their industry and who exemplify the values of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ.

Apply today for the Thomas Barnett Breaking Down Barriers Scholarship awareded to a member of the campus community.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas "came out" as an undocumented immigrant three years ago and shared his story with an ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ audience on Feb. 22 during the Intersect: Diversity & Leadership Conference.

Glenda Phillips Hightower visited the university on Thursday and spent part of her day talking with current students about her struggles and triumphs in 1963 as ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's first full-time African-American student.

Join the fireside chat in the McBride Gathering Space of the Numen Lumen Pavilion about ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's efforts to create an inclusive campus and disrupt bias and hate in our community. 

The Winter Term course "Disarming Injustice: Nonviolence and the Civil Rights Movement" included visits to the 16th Street Baptist Church and the National Voting Rights Museum.

The 4:30-5:30 p.m. program on Thursday is sponsored by the Multicultural Center and open to the community.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Black History Month Steering Committee is recognizing physical plant workers, program assistants, and faculty & administrative staff members in a series of College Coffee presentations throughout February.

The associate professor of English and coordinator of the university's African & African-American Studies program led participants in a session titled "Whose Intercultural Learning? Study Abroad, Research and Scholarship: Creating Opportunities for Faculty, Staff and Students."

The essay, "Wye Diversity Matters," is part of a collection from 18 of the more than 1,000 participants who attended the faculty seminars since 1983.