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Februrary 2016
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The Center for Multicultural Academic Excellence (CMAE) is a place where students are empowered, engaged and nurtured for success. Our vision is to build and empower an inclusive and diverse community of scholars who exemplify academic excellence and inspire positive change.
Our mission is to promote student retention and persistence for historically underrepresented and underserved populations. We develop and implement programs and services that support retention, academic excellence, and success at the UO and beyond.
Happy February! 
We hope everyone is having a strong and productive winter term! Can you believe it's already Week 7?

In this issue, we are glad to announce several great opportunities to celebrate Black History Month here on campus, including a signature event on Feb. 17th. Details can be found in the Events section below.

As always, our advisers and peer tutors are here to assist you. Stop by  the CMAE office or call us at (541) 346-3479 to see a tutor or to make an appointment with an adviser.
Let's finish this term on a positive note and get ready for a sunshine filled spring term!

TUTORING HOURS


EVENTS

Check out the Full List of Black History Month Events Here!

$5 for UO students and $7 for non-UO students. 
This year's Japan Night will feature a festival theme including performances by Duck Street Dance Club, Ahiru Daiko, Yujin Gakuen and Koto virtuoso Mitsuki Dazai-Church. We will also feature a game section in the second hour, where people can have fun making origami, headbands, and playing games with the possibility of winning prizes.
Learn the similarities and differences between Islam and Christianity. Our guest speaker, Yusha Evans a renowned Islamic scholar and was also raised in Greenville, S.C. with a very strict Methodist upbringing. He would like to discuss topics like the role of Jesuses in Islam and many more. He will also well comes question.
The African Students Association presents:

Inside Africa

Date: Saturday, February 13th
Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Location: GSH Great Room
Price: free
What: guest speakers, dance performance, West African dinner
Congratulations to the MLK Luncheon Award Winners!

Six UO faculty members recently received the Martin Luther King Jr. Award for their commitment to promoting King's legacy of nonviolence and equality on campus and in the community.


The awards were presented at lunch hosted by the  Division of Equity and Inclusion on Wednesday, Jan. 20. Two undergraduate students also received awards in an annual essay contest.

The  seventh annual event included remarks from Vice President for Equity and Inclusion Yvette Alex-Assensoh, UO President Michael Schill, Vice President for Student Life Robin Holmes and Provost Scott Coltrane, along with a performance of the black national anthem and songs from the UO Gospel Choir.

"We had a lot of really good candidates for the MLK Award this year and it was honestly really hard to decipher which ones (should be honored)," said Lauren Witherspoon, the event programming coordinator and a graduate teaching fellow in the Division of Equity and Inclusion.
Ultimately, the list was narrowed to six awardees - up from three in previous years.

To read more about the MLK luncheon click here!

Article taken from Around theO 
Written by Nathaniel Brown, Public Affairs Communications

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