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NEW @ DDCE
Heman Sweatt Symposium Events Held January-May at The University of Texas at Austin
The 25th anniversary of the Heman Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights at The University of Texas at Austin will be celebrated with a four-part speaker series that includes an evening with the Sweatt family and a special ceremony that honors the first admitted African American students as integration pioneers and others who embody the life and legacy of Heman Sweatt.
The annual symposium is coordinated by staff, faculty and students in the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement and is co-sponsored by colleges, schools and other administrative offices campus-wide. It honors the legacy of Heman Sweatt, the first African American student admitted to The University of Texas School of Law, and commemorates the ruling in Sweatt v. Painter that brought an end to segregation at public colleges and universities. |
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EVENT SPOTLIGHT
Gary Lavergne, Sweatt Family: First events in Sweatt Symposium Scheduled for Jan. 27
The 25th Heman Sweatt Symposium gets underway Thursday, Jan. 27, with Gary Lavergne, author of Before Brown: Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall and the Long Road to Justice. Lavergne is the first speaker in a lecture series scheduled monthly until May, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Sweatt Symposium. He will be awarded the Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History from the Texas State Historical Association at the Association's annual meeting in March. |
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EVENT SPOTLIGHT
When I Rise film screening Scheduled for Feb. 3 at the LBJ Auditorium
Join us for a film screening of When I Rise, the uplifting story of Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted University of Texas music student who finds herself at the epicenter of racial controversy, struggling against the odds and ultimately ascending to the heights of international opera. The film is a production of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History and was directed by Mat Hames, produced by James Moll and Michael Rosen, executive produced by Don Carleton, and made possible in part by AT&T. |
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EVENT Spotlight
Texas Center for Education Policy Conference “Leading the Nation: A Texas Retrospective on Educational Reform" to be held February 9
The Texas Center for Education Policy and its partners are excited to announce the speakers for the upcoming annual state conference “Leading the Nation: A Texas Retrospective on Educational Reform” to be held February 9, 2011, at the Austin Hilton downtown, 9am – 4pm.
The Honorable Paul Sadler, Former Chair, Committee on Public Education, Texas House of Representatives, will deliver the luncheon keynote. He will be followed by David Hinojosa, Esq., of Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, who will discuss the condition of education for English language learners in the state of Texas. |
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PROGRAM Spotlight
UT Outreach - San Antonio Students Show Longhorn Pride
On November 12, 2010, UT Outreach–San Antonio students participated in College 101, a one-day program that provided students with undergraduate-led workshops on topics that included financial aid and college life. Students learned much about the university including the Longhorn fight song from their hosts, the Hispanic Business Student Association. |
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OTHER NEWS
Dr. Vincent Named to Campus Compact Advisory Council
Dr. Gregory J. Vincent, vice president for diversity and community engagement, now serves on the 21-person advisory council for Texas Campus Compact, hosted by The University of Texas System. The board of directors for the Compact was also announced and includes Dr. Stephen B. Kinslow, president of Austin Community College, and Dr. George C. Wright, president of Prairie View A&M University. The Compact promotes service learning and civic engagement on college campuses and in communities.
Read more on the Campus Compact Web site. |
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OTHER NEWS
Event on Campus Kicked Off the 18th Annual MLK Day Community March
Students, faculty, staff and community members gathered near the statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on The University of Texas at Austin campus at 9 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 17, for the 18th Annual MLK Day Community March. Speakers at the UT site included President Bill Powers; Congressman Lloyd Doggett; Representative Dawnna Dukes; Dr. Edmund T. Gordon, head of the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies; Student Government President Scott Parks; Lisa Byrd, director of the ProArts Collective; and Dr. Gregory J. Vincent, vice president for Diversity and Community Engagement.
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OTHER NEWS
Blogging with a Purpose: Changing the World of Education
The University of Texas Elementary School (UTES) teachers are now blogging in order to share the school’s best practices with educators worldwide, thanks to a grant awarded by State Farm to create an "Educator Resources" Web page. |
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IMPACT REPORT |
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Justin Driver: Leveraging the Diversity of Thought at UT Law School
Richard L. Reddick: Determining the role of UT African American Faculty in the Community
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Why Heman Sweatt Is So Important
