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THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ALUMNI MAGAZINE

Multicultural Alumni Partnership

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAA Distinguished Service Award

Organization and History: Founded in 1993, the Multicultural Alumni Partnership (MAP) supports recruitment and mentoring of students, faculty and staff of color, and promotes diversity within the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Alumni Association. Its awards program honors distinguished Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ alumni and its many events bind together a diverse University community.

Former MAP chairs include, from left, Vivian Lee, Jon Rider and Ellan Guevara.

Achievement: 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 has also sponsored a Diversity Summit featuring President Richard L. McCormick in the Seattle area.

Quote: "It is important to find large and small opportunities to promote diversity in the University. Whether it be a 400 person breakfast, a community forum with 60 attendees, a committee meeting with 10 people or a one on one discussion encouraging students of color to attend the University of Washington, the MAP committee has been working it all. They have made a real difference in raising the level of the diversity conversation, and I suspect they will continue to keep the conversation front and center."--Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Alumni Association President Cory Carlson

Other Public Service Awards

Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award

Outstanding Public Service Award

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Recognition Award

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