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HLI Fireside Chat Series Connects Students to OMA&D 50th Anniversary
March 8, 2018
This 2018 winter quarter series, “Lighting the Way,” featured five influential alumni who were impacted by OMA&D programs or served as champions of diversity, equity and inclusion during their time at the UW.
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The Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez to Receive UW’s 2018 Odegaard Award
March 2, 2018
A student activist during the movement for civil rights on campus in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, Judge Martinez turned his desire to create change into a distinguished judicial career that has spanned almost three decades.
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Professor James A. Banks to Present 14th Annual Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture
January 30, 2018
UW Professor James A. Banks, known widely as “the father of multicultural education,” will present OMA&D's 14th annual Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture, Fri., April 13, in Kane Hall Room 220.
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UW, TheDream.US announce new scholarship partnership to benefit undocumented students
January 19, 2018
The UW and TheDream.US announced a new partnership this week that will provide scholarships to qualified undocumented students who graduate from two-year colleges and transfer to UW Seattle.
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Happy New Year from OMA&D!
January 3, 2018
The past calendar year was filled with some memorable moments. We now look ahead to 2018 – a year that marks the 50th anniversary of the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity.
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OMA&D Receives $36.6 Million in New Grants and Renewals
December 22, 2017
In 2017, OMA&D received six new grants and grant renewals from the U.S. Department of Education to deepen its support for low-income, first-generation and underrepresented students both on campus and throughout the state.
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UW to Participate in National First-Generation College Celebration on November 8
November 5, 2017
To recognize the celebration and demonstrate their presence to students, faculty and staff on all three UW campuses who were first-generation college students have been invited to wear “I Am First-Generation” buttons.
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OMA&D Scholarship Support, Instructional Center Open Doors for Cabantan
November 1, 2017
Thanks scholarships and services provided by the Instructional Center, Dorothy Cabantan finds the support and community to pursue her dream career in health care.
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OMA&D Announces Second Round of Diversity and Inclusion Seed Grants
October 25, 2017
Proposals are now being accepted for grants intended to support the work of administrative and academic units across the UW's tri-campus community that advance the goals of the Diversity Blueprint.
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The Jardines: Inspired to Support Student Success
October 20, 2017
After experiencing the impact that OMA&D support programs have on the lives of students, Linda and Dan Jardine are bequesting 50 percent of their estate to wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ - Intellectual House.