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Philadelphia, Pa., February 4, 2019 — This week, the Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) will host the second annual Cross Institutional Conference for its HSI Pathways to the Professoriate program. The four-day conference will bring together 60 Fellows from two cohorts of the program and include interactive sessions that have been crafted to help Fellows in the program better understand the path to the professoriate.  

Philadelphia, PA., December 14, 2018 – Two HBCUs, Morgan State University and Grambling State University, will be amongst the participants in a study on the new student enrollment resurgence of Black students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) sponsored by the Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI).

Philadelphia, Pa., November 9, 2018— Three alumni of the prestigious Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship (FDGF) program are presenting at the CIEE Annual Conference on Study Abroad taking place this week in Barcelona.
 

Philadelphia, Pa., November 7, 2018— Today in Barcelona, Spain the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) and the Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) will host the fourth annual Presidential Leadership Workshop, a one-day executive level workshop designed for university presidents from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) looking to expand study abroad opportunities for their students. 

Philadelphia, Pa., October 29, 2018 — The Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) is proud to announce that they will be co-sponsoring a study exploring the cause for the recent uptick in the enrollment of Black students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Philadelphia, Pa., October 8, 2018 — This weekend, the Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) will host a Mid-Program Convening for their MSI Aspiring Leaders program in Chicago, IL. The three-day event will take place from Friday, October 12 to Sunday, October 14 and will focus on cohort-building and addressing the distinct challenges associated with being a president of a Minority Serving Institution (MSI).

Philadelphia, Pa., October 1, 2018—In partnership with ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, Democracy Works, Institute for Democracy and Higher Education, Young Invincibles, Students Learn Students Vote, and the Campus Vote Project, the Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) has published a new report that takes a detailed look at the programs and practices that Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) are employing to engage their students in voting.

Philadelphia, Pa., September 14, 2018— The Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) is proud to announce that it has received $50,000 in donations from Intel, HP, Apple, Pinterest, and Samsung to further support their MSI Aspiring Leaders program.
 

Philadelphia, Pa., September 11, 2018—The Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI), in partnership with an award-winning recruitment marketing platform, The Whether, has launched the Mary Ellen Pleasant Entrepreneur (MEPE) Fellowship. The fellowship aims to increase future entrepreneurs from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and is part of a $775,000 “Innovations in Career Advising” grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Philadelphia, Pa., August 13, 2018—The Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) has published a new guide to help students at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) better understand the doctoral admissions process.