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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.

Native Americans

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.

Protecting Voters’ Rights

The NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund unveiled a new nonpartisan voter awareness program, Prepared to Vote, to help reveal and address voting barriers in the upcoming November elections such as: voter ID requirements, voter purges, faulty voter rolls, poorly trained election officials and felon disenfranchisement statutes.

On DiverseEducation.com

VOICES OF DIVERSITY: Tune in to DiverseEducation.com and listen to Diverse’s featured champions of diversity Dr. Roy Jones of the Call Me Mister program and Sarita Brown of Excelencia in Education as they each explain the relevance of their organization’s work and the impact they are making in their spheres of influence.

10 Diversity Champions II

Introducing the “Champions of Diversity” in the Academic Kickoff issue proved a timely reminder of the mission of Diverse during the lead-up to the 25th anniversary of Cox, Matthews and Associates, the founder of the former Black Issues in Higher Education and publisher of Diverse.

Diverse Calendar

Sept. 17-20 National Black MBA Association 30th Annual Conference & Exposition “Catalyst for Change” Convention Center Washington, D.C. Web: www.nbmbaa.org

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