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Three weeks ago, my fellow Coptic-Egyptian friend, Weinberg freshman George Mousa, and I administered an anonymous survey to the Northwestern community via social media about Middle Eastern and North African students at the University to gather statistics before creating a petition to send to Multicultural Student Affairs. The petition urges for the creation of an MSA branch — with its own content expert and graduate student expert — dedicated to MENA students at the University. The first q...

Editor’s Note: The reporter, Jayce Carral, worked with Angelica Relente for several semesters at The Daily Evergreen. Angelica Relente remembers walking into a conference in Seattle, Washington, along with 10 other brown students from Waipahu High School in Hawaii. The people and booths all blur together, but she remembers knowing, in that moment, she was meant to be a journalist, even if she did not know why at the time.  Relente’s epiphany was further cemented by her high school journali...

Jhordin Prescott is a family-oriented woman raised by people who uplifted and motivated her to succeed in all she does. With this same driven spirit, she has worked to lift her Coug community to unknown potentials, just as her family did for her.  “I love WSU! I wanted to better it. There’s always different ways you can better things,” said Prescott, senior political science and philosophy double major. “I also wanted to make sure to be a leader in that way and advocate for students be...

Boeke named to President’s Ambassador Program BLUFFTON– Darius Boeke, Sidney, Ohio, was named to the Bluffton University’s President’s Ambassador Program. Starting in the 2021-22 academic year, Bluffton will launch the President’s Ambassador Program, a group of high-achieving students who will assist in recruiting prospective students, welcome and greet guests to campus, and engage with alumni and donors. Boeke, a freshman mathematics education major, is also a baseball student-athlet...

Share Six seniors have been recognized as Torchbearers, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s highest undergraduate honor. Since 1968, the Torchbearer statue—UT’s official symbol—has stood on campus with a plaque stating the Volunteer Creed: “One that beareth a torch shadoweth oneself to give light to others,” a physical reminder of the values that are central to UT. Each year, a group of students who have gone above and beyond in demonstrating their commitment to service, outsta...

BYU released a report saying its students of color feel ‘isolated and unsafe’ due to racism on campus A committee recommends that school leaders take immediate action to address the concerns. (Screenshot via Brigham Young University) A new report released by Brigham Young University on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, finds that students of color often “feel isolated and unsafe as a result of their experiences with racism at BYU." | Updated: 5:17 p.m. Students of color at Brigham Young U...

February 26, 2021 Donna Arnold Without a doubt, Black History Month is the busiest time of the year for Donna Arnold, the associate director and retention specialist in the Office of Multicultural Student Services. Her work on the annual celebration begins prior to the winter holiday and picks up steam when students return to school in January. Then she is on the phone with WSU staff, in meetings with student leaders, and sending emails to faculty advisors – all part of the planning for the a...

February 22, 2021 Sylvia Mendez from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs will help lead the WSU TRIO McNair Scholars Alumni Faculty Panel Discussion on Tuesday, Feb. 23 from noon to 1 p.m. on Zoom By Steve Nakata, Division of Student Affairs Washington State University and Ronald E. McNair Achievement Program graduates will talk about their journeys to becoming faculty members at institutions across the country as part of National TRIO Day Celebration. Mapuana Antonio from the Univer...

The Black Heritage Trail of N.H. presents a community dialogue ‘Claiming Our Place: Blacks in White Spaces’ Published: 2/14/2021 8:47:14 PM The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire has launched the 2021 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talk Series, a free virtual series, “Claiming Our Place: Blacks in ‘White Spaces.’ ” As a way to rethink one’s assumptions about race and place, these Sunday Tea Talks explore how African Americans navigate various “white spaces,” spaces where Black...

Reply February 9, 2021 Portsmouth, NH: The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire has launched the 2021 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talk Series, a free virtual series, Claiming Our Place: Blacks in "White Spaces." As a way to rethink ones assumptions about race and place, these six Sunday Tea Talks explore how African Americans navigate various "white spaces," spaces where Blacks and People of Color are marginalized, typically absent, or simply unexpected. Through shared stories and dialogue, pa...