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Seed Investments Fund 15 Research Collaborations Between Virginia Tech and Minority-Serving Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This effort is one of several seed investment programs by Virginia Tech’s Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS).to to bolster research on campus. Since launching in 2016, the program has grown, with its list of partner schools expanding and new Virginia Tech departments taking part.

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How Universities Can Support Undocumented Students as Federal Policies Continue to Threaten Them

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2019, Oglethorpe partnered with TheDream.US , a national scholarship program that helps provide access to a college education for immigrant youth who came to the country at a young age without documentation. The future of DACA itself is uncertain as the program bounces through the courts again. Show support.

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Asian American Mental Health: Heritage and Roots

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The topic of mental health has been overlooked and brushed off within the Asian American community. Mental health tends to be a taboo topic within the community. They’ve been through so much so in comparison to them, there’s nothing for me to complain about,” is what we tell ourselves as we try to brush off our struggles.

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Life support: How colleges are guiding students beyond campus life

University Business

Student support programs are increasingly filling up college and university “To-Do” lists to ensure undergraduates are in the best position to thrive during their studies. AU alumni who participated in the SOPHIA program were so thankful for the opportunity that they were eager to give back to the next generation of students.

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CAPD Info session at MIT’s CPW for Family & Supporters 2024

CAPD

During Campus Preview Weekend 2024’s Parent Programming, members of the CAPD staff shared information with parents and supporters. As soon as students arrive on campus, they can begin booking appointments with anyone on our Career Advising team. Many students also come to campus with no prior resume. It depends.

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College cancels classes for career, advising expo

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Breen Center for Career and Professional Development and the office of the provost organized the event, creating a day off in the academic calendar for this inaugural expo. Workshops covered topics like wellness, intercultural workplace competency, awkward human resources interactions, careers in athletics and illegal interview questions.

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University holds Holocaust remembrance event despite Jewish protests

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“You would think that if you’re going to have a Holocaust program, that the community that the Holocaust most directly affected would be represented on that committee,” said Jeffrey Kurtz-Lendner, rabbi of the local Harrisonburg, Va., ” She said, “It is a very delicate topic in Holocaust programming.”

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