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UCLA Alumni Couple Pledges $10 Million to Ethnic Studies Centers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two UCLA alumni have pledged $10 million over a five-year period to their alma mater. The two have made several other gifts to UCLA over the years, leading to a 2001 scholarship fund in their name, as well as an endowed director’s chair for IAC’s Asian American Studies Center.

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USC will reinstate alumni status to 1,600+ graduates. Why was it ever revoked?

University Business

In 2021, a former student from USC tried making a purchase on USC’s online bookstore, considering alumni who buy through its website were provided a competitive discount on Apple products for one week of the year. Auerbach in a statement, he was, in fact, not a member of the USC Alumni Association (USCAA).

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Famous Graduates of Liberal Arts Colleges

Great College Advice

NOTABLE ALUMNI of ALBION COLLEGE, Albion, MI Rick Smith, ’68, Former editor-in-chief of Newsweek Stanley Kresge–founder of Kmart Cedric Dempsey–former Executive Director of the NCAA NOTABLE ALUMNI of ALLEGHENY COLLEGE, Meadville, PA Clarence Darrow – noted American lawyer in the Scopes Monkey Trials. Former U.S.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It was sponsored by five academic departments and funded by the LGBTQ alumni group GALA, a separate nonprofit entity formed by LGBTQ alumni. In 2022, the university finally launched an official LGBTQ alumni affinity group, ARC. Dacey says that network hasn’t yet been seriously cultivated for LGBTQ students and alumni.

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Deion Sanders Leaves Jackson State for Colorado

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a result of [Sanders's] presence, a lot of things were excavated that were long time concerns of HBCU college-goers, community, alumni, and sports fans," said Davis. They last won a conference championship in 2001, and they ended this season 1-11. Sanders's contract with CU is equal to $29.5 asked Ortega.

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Driving While Black

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million settlement for the young men in 2001, but not before the New Jersey state police was forced to undergo federal oversight including ongoing monitoring of its practices with the goal of eliminating racial profiling across the state. Ultimately, the late civil rights attorney, Johnnie Cochran, successfully secured a $12.95

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12 Groundbreaking Asian Columbians You Should Know

Student Housing Works

From the arts, to engineering, to medical sciences, and every industry in between, our university’s contributions to society would not be the same without these impressive alumni, faculty, staff, and students. Presidential Medal in 2001. The list of Columbians with Asian heritage who have made an impact on the world is vast.