Many students—myself included—find it tremendously difficult to balance academic success with personal fulfillment. As an undergraduate student steamrolling toward graduate school, I have found it increasingly challenging to manage both my academic life and personal…
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Celebrating Our Historically Black Colleges and Universities
For nearly 200 years, Historically Black Colleges and Universities—affectionally known as “HBCUs”—have led the way to ensure Black students are able to receive a quality college education. This was initiated at a time when Black…
From Changing Camera Lenses to Changing Careers
One of the biggest questions we get as children is, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I always had an answer for the adults who asked me, but I never truly…
Launching DEI Initiatives on Campus as a Black Man in CSD
February 23, 2020: A trio of three White men in two vehicles pursued, shot, and killed Ahmaud Arbery—an unarmed Black man who was jogging near his home in Brunswick, Georgia. March 11, 2020: The World…
