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A Stronger STEM: UNLV Researchers Team Up to Improve Retention, Graduation Rates in Civil Engineering

November 5, 2020 sarah Jonas CIVIL ENGINEERING, covid 19, COVID-19, Engineering, First Generation, First Generation College Students, Graduation Initiative, Graduation Rates, Higher Education, Hispanic-Serving Institution, National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation grant, stem, STEM and diversity, STEM careers, Stem Education

UNLV researchers are teaming up to help civil engineering students stay in school and graduate. The project, supported by a $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant, will strengthen curriculum, build community among students, and help faculty implement culturally responsive teaching practices.

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UCI launches Black Thriving Initiative

August 25, 2020 sarah Jonas Alumni, Black, Diversity, First Generation, Minorities, Underrepresented, upward mobility

Irvine, Calif., Aug. 25, 2020 — Changing the culture, leveraging the mission and engaging communities are the key components of a far-reaching new initiative at the University of California, Irvine to create a campus culture in which Black people thrive. The initiative recognizes and responds to systemic anti-Blackness as an existential threat to the mission of the university and calls on all members of the campus community to confront anti-Blackness.

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California State University Center to Close Achievements Gaps to Open at Cal State Long Beach

May 4, 2020 sarah Jonas California, Equity, First Generation, First Generation College Students, Graduation, Higher Ed, Higher Education, Student Success

The California State University (CSU) announced today that California State University, Long Beach has been selected as the host site for the CSU Center to Close Achievement Gaps (CCAG). The center, set to open this spring, will focus on identifying and refining proven strategies to eliminate equity gaps at all levels of education and will share training, tools and evidence-based best practices with colleges of education across the CSU and education partners across California.

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Stacey Nicholas donates $5 million to UCI in support of diversity and inclusiveness

February 10, 2020 sarah Jonas American Dream, Campaign, Diversity, Donors, Engineering, First Generation, Gifts, Minorities, Philanthropy, stem, students

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 10, 2020 — A $5 million gift from UCI Foundation trustee Stacey Nicholas will endow and rename a program serving both The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and the Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences – the UCI Office of Access & Inclusion – that supports the recruitment, retention and graduation of students from historically excluded populations who are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math.