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Sheila Edwards Lange Named Interim President at Seattle Central College
June 30, 2015
Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange, ’00, ’06, UW vice president for minority affairs and vice provost for diversity since 2007, has accepted a position as interim president of Seattle Central College, the Seattle College District announced on June 29.
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No Longer Invisible: Nandita Vishwanath
June 24, 2015
I have always associated "home" as a place that is filled with love ones. Because of this, my "home" moves all around the world. I find home in Shimoga and Hyderabad, India - where I spent many summers with my extended family.
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MESA Featured in Washington Business Magazine
June 16, 2015
OMA&D’s Washington MESA (Math Engineering Science Achievement) excels at building pathways to college and careers in STEM fields for female and underrepresented minority students in grades K-12 and community college. The program was featured in the Spring 2015 issues of Washington Business Magazine.
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No Longer Invisible: Lanna Lee
June 16, 2015
"I come from a Southeast Asian background with the unique religion of Islam. I am blessed to come from the background as I do because it has provided me the understanding of diversity."
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No Longer Invisible: Daniele Meñez
June 12, 2015
"My parents were both overseas Filipino migrant workers (OFWs) who met while working abroad as waitstaff at the Dai Ichi Hotel in Saipan. Although I was born in Saipan, my sister was born in the Philippines."
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No Longer Invisible: Shwe Zin
June 11, 2015
"My eldest sister was born 4 months after the 1988 uprising in Burma. Not long after she was born, my father fled across the border to Thailand, along with the many students involved in the uprising."
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OMA&D’s Ross Braine Named 2015 UW Distinguished Staff Award Recipient
June 8, 2015
Iisaaksiichaa Ross Braine, director of wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ - Intellectual House and the UW Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity’s tribal liaison, will be honored as one of five Distinguished Staff Award recipients at the UW’s 45th annual Awards of Excellence Ceremony on Thur., June 11, at 3:30 p.m., in Meany Hall Auditorium.
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No Longer Invisible: Johnny Le
June 5, 2015
"I come from a family that believes in showing vs saying. As a kid, I always found it hard that my parents never told me they "loved" me or praise me for my efforts like I saw my friend's parents do."
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No Longer Invisible: Ly Huynh
June 3, 2015
"My father's family immigrated after the Vietnam War. My paternal grandfather was a south Vietnamese military police officer and his family was specifically targeted after the war."
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No Longer Invisible: Nicki McClung
June 1, 2015
"One of the strongest aspects of Japanese culture is the family aspect. Even when my family came to North America there was always such an emphasis on family."