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2024 Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture Recap
November 12, 2024
Who is Counted and Why A recap of our 2024 Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture, featuring Dr. Sara Curran’s presentation Past, Present and Future Demographic Diversity in the U.S. and Washington On October 17, 2024, UW community members and students attended OMA&D’s annual Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture, led by Dr. Sara Curran. Dr. Curran presented Past, Present,…
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Photos from the 2024 Annual Celebration Gala
May 29, 2024
Navigating the Photo Gallery When you click on a photo, it will open in a full screen image. To return to the gallery, click the back arrow in your browser’s navigation bar. Step and Repeat Photos taken by Nate Gowdy. For publication or reuse of these photos outside of the University of Washington, please contact Nate Gowdy for permission. Reception…
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Thank you! 2023 Celebration Event Recap
June 6, 2023
With help from OMA&D supporters, we raised over $370,000 for OMA&D and EOP scholarships! On Wednesday, May 17, 2023, the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity and the Friends of the Educational Opportunity Program Board of Trustees hosted 550 people in the University of Washington Husky Union Ballroom for a wonderful evening of music, dancing, dining and celebrating together in…
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2022 Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture Featuring Dr. Ali Mokdad
November 8, 2022
The 2022 Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture was held on Thursday, October 20, 2022. The evening began with a reception for Dr. Mokdad at the stunning Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center (Kelly ECC) with delicious appetizers and community socialization. Attendees gathered at high-top cocktail tables and chatted together until the crowd moved across the street to Alder Hall…
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Prime Minister of Tonga Visits the UW
October 13, 2022
Siaosi Sovaleni, the Prime Minister of Tonga addressed the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, 2022. He spoke to world leaders about the global problems of the climate crisis and emphasized that rising seas and stronger ocean storms are not just troubling to the people of Polynesia, but it is catastrophic to their way of life. Before his speech…
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TRIO Programs Upward Bound and STEMsub Team Up to Support Washington Students
June 13, 2022
By Helen Chyz | Academic Advisor | UW Math Science Upward Bound (STEMsub) 69 high school seniors from the University of Washington Upward Bound (UB) and Math Science Upward Bound (STEMsub) programs will be attending the UW Seattle campus this fall, and they have already had the chance to meet to their future advisors in UW Student Support Services (SSS).…
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University of Washington Attends NCORE – 2022
June 12, 2022
From May 31 through June 5, 2022, the 34th Annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE) convened again for an in-person conference in Portland, Oregon. The UW was well represented in attendance with 84 students, faculty, staff and alumni coming from all three UW campuses registered to attend. Among the day-long pre-conference institutes, and hundreds of…
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Celebration is Back! Highlights from the 2022 Celebration Gala
June 1, 2022
A Message from VP Rickey Hall Thank you for supporting our annual gala, Celebration, presented by the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity and the Friends of the Educational Opportunity Program Board! We are grateful to our community of supporters who came together in person and virtually last week to honor Frank Irigon as the Charles E. Odegaard award recipient…
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Second Annual Gabriel E. Gallardo Research, Student Leadership and Advocacy Symposium Recap
May 1, 2022
Story collaboration between OMA&D Communications and McNair/EIP program staff. Preparing students for research and graduate school is a priority that spans across OMA&D Student Success programs. UW OMA&D students affiliated with the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) and TRIO-Student Support Services (SSS) are introduced to research, graduate, and professional school paths during their first year at UW. And three OMA&D…
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Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center 50th Anniversary and Commemoration
March 10, 2022
On March 3, 2022, the Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center celebrated their 50th Anniversary and Commemoration with community members, alumni, and staff. The evening was a delight for those in attendance. For many, this was the first in-person event they have attended since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March on 2020. As guests arrived they were greeted…