The Dell Foundation awarded $2,000 to support the ACC Math & Science Academy. Now in its third year, the summer academy was founded by Dr. Donetta Goodall, vice president of academic transfer, general and developmental education, to introduce ethnic minority students to math and science in a way that promotes and encourages them to learn technical and complex concepts, and enjoy learning them.
Customized Training Account Executive Karen Duncan has joined the board of the Capital City African American Chamber of Commerce.
The Gallaudet University Alumni Association will honor Human Services Professor Nathie Marbury with its Laurent Clerc Award for outstanding social contributions by a deaf person. She will receive her award during the university’s April 21 Charter Day luncheon.
History Professor Andres Tijerina, Ph.D., was featured in the Texas Historical Commission’s March/April 2007 newsletter for his work in researching and documenting the rich, but sometimes neglected, contributions of Tejanos to Texas. In Dr. Tijerina’s words, “It’s incumbent upon us … to knock down the blinders of the past so we can have a more promising vision of the future.”
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