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<Title>Congratulations Jordan!</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div>In March, Jordan 
    presented a poster session at the 2018 NASPA Annual Conference in 
    Philadelphia titled, "For Us By Us (F.U.B.U): The Implementation of 
    Black Student Development Centers at Predominately White Institutions" 
    and co-presented with Campus Life Staff on a session titled: "Build With
     Them, Not For Them: Students as Culture Building Partners". Through 
    NASPA, he was able to secure an internship over the summer at California
     State University, Fullerton working with ProjectRAISE, an initiative 
    that attempts to bring low income and hispanic students to pursue STEM 
    fields. He will also help their School of Natural Science and 
    Mathematics build and improve their first year programs that aim to 
    improve retainment rates of STEM students. </div></div>
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