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DEPARTMENTS Up Front ............................... 9
An interview with UDC Dean Dr. Ben O. Latigo.
One-On-One ....................... 14
Obama’s top science advisor talks to USBE about the administra- tion’s goals for the future.
Job Horizons ..................... 60
STEM jobs are the silver lining to the dark cloud of unemployment
On Campus ........................ 63
140 characters may hold the key to your next new job.
Science News ................... 64 The important trends shaping the future of STEM education.
New in Print ...................... 67
No Child Left Behind? No way, says author Diane Ravitch.
The Next Level .................. 69 Joshua I. Smith shares his business experience and common-sense savvy.
www.blackengineer.com included:
May 1 - John Wilson, executive director, White House Initiative on HBCUs – Wilberforce University; Jim Leach, chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities – Miami-Dade College
May 7 - Roberto Rodriguez, special assistant to the president for educa- tion policy, Domestic Policy Council – University of Texas at San Antonio (College of Education and Human Development)
May 8 - Michelle Obama – University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff; Arne Duncan, education secretary – Xavier University; Charles Bolden, NASA administrator – Huston-Tillotson University; Melody Barnes, domestic policy director – Virginia Union University
May 9 - President Barack Obama – Hampton University
May 14 - William Ramos, director of intergovernmental affairs, Commerce Department – Daley College; Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana, assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education, Education Department – Texas A&M International
May 15 - Valerie Jarrett, White House senior advisor – Morgan State University; Juan Sepulveda, executive director, White House Initiative on Education Excellence for Hispanics – San Diego Mesa College
May 16 -Defense Secretary Robert Gates – Morehouse College; United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice – Spelman College
May 26 -Tino Cuellar, special assistant to the president for justice and regulatory policy, Domestic Policy Council – Rio Hondo College
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ast year, journalist DeWayne Wickham posed the following question to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs: “Did the president get any invitations to speak at any HBCUs?” Wickham’s inquiry came after the White House announced that Presi- dent Obama would speak at the University of Notre Dame and Arizona State University.
L What a difference a year makes.
Obama has cleared up any questions about how his administration values HBCUs. The president spoke at Hampton University, first lady Michelle Obama addressed the University of Arkansas. This year, 11 his- torically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and at least 13 Hispanic- serving institutions (HSIs) hosted senior-level administration officials as commencement speakers.
“The number of Obama administration people speaking at HBCU and HSI commencements is unprecedented,” Dr. John Silvanus Wilson, execu- tive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, said at a recent Education Sector policy forum on educa- tional successes at minority-serving institutions.
The 2010 Obama Administration HBCU/HSI Commencement Schedule
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