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THE MAGAZINE OF THE UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENTS
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

PRESIDENT
Letter from the Chair
Ronald Mason, Jr., J.D.
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EDITOR-AT-LARGE
By the Numbers
5 Evola C. Bates
Chief of Staff, Ofice of the President

6 Student Writers
MANAGING EDITOR
John Gordon, Jr.
Director of Communications
7 Alumni’s Work

CO-EDITOR/WRITER
8 Comic Book Shines Light on Dianne Hayes
Civil Rights Movement
Hayes & Associates Media Services

CONTRIBUTORS
10 Board of Trustees
Christopher Anglim, University Archivist
Jonetta Rose Barras, Freelance Writer

Community College
Susan Bodiker, Freelance Writer
16 Denise Slaughter, Assistant to the Provost
– Reclaiming the American Dream Adrienne Washington, Freelance Writer
– Eric Zedalis, Sports Information Director
Inspiring Students through
International Exchange
DESIGN

THOR Design Studio
20 Commencement 2015 www.thor.design

Life Lessons for Success LEAD PHOTOGRAPHER
By John Gordon, Jr.
42 Traditions
TEP Photography
UDC Founders’ Day
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS
24 Faculty
By Dianne Hayes
Iwan Bagas
Dr. Mohamad Sepheri Melvin Bogard
60 Advancement
Jay Morrow
By Staff Writer
Tyler McCoy Rogers
Barrington C. Scott
28 A Tribute
66 Alumni Afairs Leslie Malone
Portia Wiggins
Floretta Dukes McKenzie Leading By Example
By Susan Bodiker
By Jonetta Rose Barras
PRINTING
Westland Printers
UDC’s Land- Grant Mission
68 Faculty and Staf Notes
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The University of the District of Columbia is
Homeland Security
70 Class Notes
the only public university in the nation’s capital
33 and the only urban land-grant institution in
the United States. The University supports
UDC Research, Training 72 UDC Foundation a broad mission of education, research
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and Service Portfolio Tops Gil Scott Scholarship and community service across all member
By Charlotte Fox
colleges and schools, which include the
$21 Million
Community College, College of Agriculture,
Urban Sustainability and Environmental
74 In Memoriam
Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, School
37 The Authors of Business and Public Administration, School
of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the
76 Athletics
40 Accreditations
David A. Clarke School of Law.

78 Arts
www.facebook.com/UofDC
The Arts are Alive at UDC
@udc_edu

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WWW.UDC.EDU