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Bonds to Faculty Help Keep Latinos in STEM Majors

Latino students who major in math, sciences, and technology have a better academic performance if they also have strong relationships with the faculty, according to a recent study from the University of Southern California.

Woman’s Mission: Keep Hispanic Youths in School

Maria Gonzalez spends Friday evenings in a church basement, surrounded by 30 teens chattering in a mix of English and Spanish, because she has assigned herself a mission: to improve graduation rates and college attendance of Torrington and Winsted’s Hispanic youth.

UA Interpreter-Training Center Earns Grant to Grow Program

An interpreter-training program at the University of Arizona center has won a highly selective U.S. Department of Education grant that will allow it to develop an online curriculum for schools around the nation.

UC Santa Barbara to Honor Poet and Children’s Advocate

The University of California at Santa Barbara has announced that Pat Mora, a poet and author, will receive the 2008 Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature at the Santa Barbara Book & Author Festival on Saturday, September 27.

Castro’s Daughter to Speak at SIU-Carbondale

Alina Fernandez, daughter of former Cuban President Fidel Castro, is scheduled to speak Sept. 29 at Southern Illinois University’s student center as part of Latino Heritage Month. (National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 – Oct. 15.)

Nebraska Calls Summit on Latino Education

The Nebraska Department of Education and the state Mexican-American Commission have announced the fifth annual Hispanic/Latino Education Summit to be held Oct 6.

Perspectives: Obama’s Election to Undercut Affirmative Action? Not a Chance

The title for this article was selected in response to this writer’s initial and continued uneasiness in relationship to the question posed by the title of a Diverse Online article of July 2, 2008, “Might Obama’s Success Undercut Affirmative Action?”

Study: Ph.D. Completion Rates Vary By Gender, Race

International students, men and Whites complete their Ph.D. requirements faster than domestic, women and minority students, according to a Council of Graduate Schools study being released today.

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Elders Work to Save Kenai’s First Language

Elders of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe have been teaching students from around the state their language as a way of preserving it.

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Famed Artist Teaches Shell Carving at Muscogee

Dan Townsend, an internationally known Native American artist, recently spent a month at the College of the Muscogee Nation on Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology’s campus sharing the art of shell carving, the OSU-Okmulgee announced.

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Tribal College Expanding Campus

United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck is officially marking the start of a campus expansion with a ceremony Friday at a 135-acre tract of land immediately south of the current campus.

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Getting to Know Dr. Kofi Lomotey

While Dr. Kofi Lomotey has held appointments at predominately White institutions, he understands the critically important roles that historically Black colleges and universities play in educating Black students.

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