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  • Message from the Vice President and Vice Provost – Winter 2013

    January 7, 2013

    Happy New Year to our alumni and friends! Winter quarter is just underway and it offers a great opportunity to connect with you. We are pleased to share the most recent OMA&D news and keep you informed about what is happening on campus as we turn the corner into 2013. The beginning of the New Year marks a significant milestone…

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  • Join the Husky Alumni Recruitment Team

    January 3, 2013

    HART Pic

    Attention alumni! Looking for a way to give back? OMA&D’s Husky Alumni Recruitment Team (HART) is seeking volunteers to assist with outreach efforts for prospective UW students from underrepresented backgrounds. By becoming a HART volunteer, alumni have the opportunity to help the UW recruit a diverse student population, as well as provide a service for the larger community by sharing…

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  • Native Educators Gather for Listening Session

    January 3, 2013

    Listening Session

    The Office of Minority Affairs (OMA&D), in collaboration with the Foster School of Business, hosted a Tribal Educators Listening Session at PACCAR Hall, Nov. 30.

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  • EOP Alums Team Up As Editor, Artist for Book Series

    December 19, 2012

    matamai

    UW alumni and former Educational Opportunity Program students David Ga ‘oupu Palaita, ’03, and Toka Valu, ’09, are co-founders of a series of anthologies, the second of which – entitled “Matamai2: Intersecting Knowledge Across the Diaspora” – was published in September. The series features compilations of poems, short stories, songs and works of art by college students in Pacific studies…

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  • UW Community Celebrates Kwanzaa

    December 19, 2012

    Kwanzaa

    The Black Student Commission, Black Student Union and the Kelly Cultural Center came together to host the UW’s annual Kwanzaa celebration at Kane Hall on Dec. 5. View the event through photos taken by Emile Pitre.

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  • Kelly Cultural Center Hosts Community Luncheons

    November 30, 2012

    Luncheons

    In conjunction with OMA&D’s annual Welcome Daze event, the Kelly Cultural Center hosts a series of luncheons in the fall to provide opportunities for freshmen and transfer students to build community with other students, faculty and staff. Each gathering was held at the newly renovated Husky Union Building beginning with the African American Community luncheon on Oct. 2. Those that…

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  • Fomban Using NIH-Funded Fellowship to Improve Cancer Diagnoses

    November 28, 2012

    Nuvala Fomban

    Nuvala Fomban grew up in the African country of Cameroon where infectious diseases and cancer affect a disproportionate amount of the population. Today he is a fourth-year Ph.D. student studying bioengineering at the UW with a goal of improving how these diseases, especially cancer, are diagnosed and monitored. In recognition of his work so far, Fomban was awarded a 2012…

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  • MCAC Call for Nominations

    November 19, 2012

    President Young with Sheila Edwards Lange

    University of Washington President Michael K. Young is seeking individuals to serve on the President’s Minority Community Advisory Committee (MCAC). The MCAC is a 15-member committee whose mission is to advise and assist the UW President concerning ways to attract and retain students, faculty, and staff of color and strengthen the connections of those individuals, and of the University itself,…

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  • OMA&D to Host Tribal Educators Listening Session

    November 18, 2012

    Tribal Educators Session

    The Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity (OMA&D), in collaboration with the Foster School of Business, will host a Tribal Educators Listening Session, Fri., Nov. 30, from 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. at Paccar Hall. At this event, Native educators will be engaged in a conversation about how the UW can strengthen its recruitment and retention of Native students. Information…

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  • OMA&D to Host Tribal Educators Listening Session

    November 18, 2012

    Tribal Educators Session

    The Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity (OMA&D), in collaboration with the Foster School of Business, will host a Tribal Educators Listening Session, Fri., Nov. 30, from 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. at Paccar Hall. At this event, Native educators will be engaged in a conversation about how the UW can strengthen its recruitment and retention of Native students. Information…

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