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  • Frank Builds Community Through Art Exhibits

    March 28, 2013

    Priya Frank with David Ryder

    In her day job, Priya Frank, ’04, ’11, supports access and opportunity for underrepresented, low-income and first-generation students through her fundraising work with the OMA&D Advancement team. In her “offâ€� hours, she is busy fostering her other passion – building community through the arts. Frank is artistic director at LUCID in Seattle’s University District, where she curates a series of…

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  • Schmitz Honored at BSU Legacy Soiree

    March 28, 2013

    Betty eNews

    Betty Schmitz, OMA&D director of the Center for Curriculum Transformation, was among the honored guests at the Black Student Union (BSU) Legacy Soirée held Feb. 23, at the Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center. Schmitz was presented the Staff Member of the Year award by BSU and the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Student Diversity Coalition (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµSDC) in recognition of her “ongoing commitment to…

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  • Amanda Swarr to Present 9th Annual Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture

    March 23, 2013

    Amanda Swarr

    Amanda Lock Swarr, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ associate professor in Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies, will deliver the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity’s ninth annual Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture on Thurs., April 18. A reception will be held at 5 p.m. at the Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center followed by the lecture at 6:30 p.m. in the Alder Hall Commons Auditorium.

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  • Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and Regional Organizations to Participate in Yakima Valley Science & Engineering Festival

    March 22, 2013

    Congressman Chaka Fattah Meets With GEAR UP Students

    The Pacific Science Center, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center are just a few of the regional organizations slated to join several Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ programs at the second annual Yakima Valley Science and Engineering Festival, to be held at the Yakima Convention Center, March 26-27. The event, sponsored Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ GEAR UP (Gaining Early…

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  • Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and Regional Organizations to Participate in Yakima Valley Science & Engineering Festival

    March 22, 2013

    Congressman Chaka Fattah Meets With GEAR UP Students

    The Pacific Science Center, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center are just a few of the regional organizations slated to join several Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ programs at the second annual Yakima Valley Science and Engineering Festival, to be held at the Yakima Convention Center, March 26-27. The event, sponsored Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ GEAR UP (Gaining Early…

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  • OMA&D Programs Host Workshop at Neah Bay High School

    March 20, 2013

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    The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ GEAR UP Educator Development Initiative (EDI) partnered with OMA&D Recruitment and Outreach, OMA&D Tribal Relations and the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ College of Education to host a day-long workshop for middle and high school teachers at Neah Bay High School in Neah Bay, Wash., Feb. 27. The workshop, “Preparing GEAR UP Students for Rigor & Academic Success,â€� provided information to educators…

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  • OMA&D Programs Host Workshop at Neah Bay High School

    March 20, 2013

    Neah Bay sign

    The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ GEAR UP Educator Development Initiative (EDI) partnered with OMA&D Recruitment and Outreach, OMA&D Tribal Relations and the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ College of Education to host a day-long workshop for middle and high school teachers at Neah Bay High School in Neah Bay, Wash., Feb. 27. The workshop, “Preparing GEAR UP Students for Rigor & Academic Success,â€� provided information to educators…

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  • Talent Search Students Honored at Champions of Diversity Awards Ceremony

    February 27, 2013

    Talent Search Students

    Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Educational Talent Search participants Zulen Pantoja-Ortega, Austin Schuetzel and Melina Soto were among the high school students honored at the 2012 Champions of Diversity Awards Ceremony at Skagit Valley College in Mount Vernon, Wash., Dec. 5. The awards ceremony is designed to honor students, from grades nine through 12, from Skagit, San Juan and Island County high…

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  • Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ GEAR UP Program Celebrates New Building in Toppenish

    February 25, 2013

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    Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) hosted an open house for its new office building on the campus of Heritage University in Toppenish, Wash., Feb. 15. Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ vice president for minority affairs and vice provost for diversity, was joined by staff members from the Office of Minority Affairs and…

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  • New Kelly ECC Featured on Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ360

    February 16, 2013

    Kelly ECC

    The newly renovated Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center is featured in the February episode of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ360. The segment includes an inside look at the center and the grand opening reception. View Video.

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