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  • Suquamish Tribe Chairman Leonard Forsman to Receive Charles E. Odegaard Award

    January 9, 2024

    The University of Washington Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity has announced Suquamish Tribe Chairman and UW Regent, the Honorable Leonard Forsman ’87, as the next recipient of the Charles E. Odegaard Award. As a long-time advocate for Native rights and civil rights, and the first American Indian appointed to the University of Washington Board of Regents, Forsman will receive…

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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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  • 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…

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  • Harrells, Student Scholars Honored at 47th Annual Celebration

    May 31, 2017

    Celebration featured image - Starla Sampaco with President Ana Mari Cauce

    UW Regent Joanne Harrell, ’76, ’79, and Seattle City Council President Bruce Harrell, ’79, ’84, received the Odegaard Award and several outstanding student scholarship recipients were recognized at the 47th annual Celebration, May 16.

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  • Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture

    February 14, 2013

    April 18, 2013

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  • 2013 Tribal Leadership Summit

    February 14, 2013

    April 19, 2013

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  • EOP Celebration, Fête and Honors

    February 14, 2013

    May 16, 2013

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