CMSI Announces its 9th Cohort of ELEVATE Fellows!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Natalie Passov | natalie.passov@gse.rutgers.edu | 848-932-0728
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., April 10, 2024 – The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) will be hosting our 9th annual early-career faculty training program, ELEVATE (Enriching Learning, Enhancing Visibility & Training Educators) in Princeton, N.J. from June 12, 2024 to June 14, 2024.
Today, we're pleased to announce this year's cohort of ELEVATE Fellows:
- Katina Lang-Lindsey, Alabama A&M University
- Crystal Pérez, California State University, East Bay
- Felipe Mercado, California State University, Fresno
- Nitika Sharma, California State University, Sacramento
- DuEwa Frazier, Coppin State University
- Sonya Diaz, East Los Angeles College
- Adrian Gale, Benedict College
- Joyvina Evans, Howard University
- Marcus Harvey, Montclair State University
- Robert Robinson, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
- Leslie Ekpe, Texas A&M University-Commerce
- GoMee Park, The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley
- Victoria Kim, The University of Texas at San Antonio
- Susana Gallardo, San Jose State University
- Jasmine Yarish, University of the District of Columbia
ELEVATE is a three-day professional development opportunity created specifically to address the unique needs of early-career faculty members at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). Drawing from the expertise of CMSI and our affiliates, ELEVATE will support the ongoing learning, training, and networking of early career MSI faculty by providing workshops, opportunities to network with peers, and a platform for collaboration.
Participants will have the opportunity to further develop their skills through hands-on workshops that will cover academic writing, grant writing, teaching, mentoring, and achieving tenure. ELEVATE will further enrich fellows’ learning by providing sessions geared towards helping early-career MSI faculty navigate the professoriate and understand their identities within their institutions. Knowledge obtained from these workshops will help participants enhance the visibility of MSIs in national conversations by producing high-quality research and practice.
Join us in congratulating these scholars on their selection for ELEVATE! Read more about the 2024 ELEVATE cohort here.
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About the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions
The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) brings together researchers and practitioners from Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Asian American, Native American, and Pacific Islander Serving Institutions. CMSI’s goals include: elevating the educational contributions of MSIs; ensuring that they are a part of national conversations; bringing awareness to the vital role MSIs play in the nation’s economic development; increasing the rigorous scholarship of MSIs; connecting MSIs’ academic and administrative leadership to promote reform initiatives; and strengthening efforts to close educational achievement gaps among disadvantaged communities. The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions is part of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity and Justice (Proctor Institute) at the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. For more information about CMSI, please visit http://cmsi.gse.rutgers.edu/.
