CMSI Announces its 10th Cohort of ELEVATE Fellows!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Jacinda Nembhard | jacinda.nembhard@gse.rutgers.edu
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., March 19, 2025 – The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) will be hosting our 10th annual early-career faculty training program, ELEVATE (Enriching Learning, Enhancing Visibility & Training Educators) in Princeton, N.J. from June 10th to June 13th, 2025.
Today, we're pleased to announce this year's cohort of ELEVATE Fellows:
- Kerry D. Brackett,
- Miles College Guillermo Ortega, Texas Tech University
- Cynthia Estrada, California State University Channel Islands
- Keith Rivero, Florida A&M University
- Olasunkanmi Kehinde, Elizabeth City State University
- Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza, California Lutheran University
- Yvanne Joseph, Medgar Evers College, CUNY
- Linda Lara Jacobo, San Diego State University Imperial Valley
- Mui Vuong, California State University, Fresno
- Rashana Vikara Lydner, Georgia State University
- Yanira Madrigal-García, California State University, Sacramento
- Katherine Trevino, St. Edward's University
- Vanessa Martin Jones, Morgan State University
- Yeng Yang, Hartnell College
- Jessica Burghart, Haskell Indian Nations University
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!
