Author: tyeh60@washington.edu

Cohort 2 student Jordan Crawford was recently selected for the Accenture Student Consultant of the Year Award. This award is presented to an undergraduate or MBA student who has demonstrated exceptional skills, leadership ability, and commitment to inclusion and diversity through their work with the Center. He will be recognized at the UW Impact Awards on December 3. For more information, visit https://foster.uw.edu/centers/consulting-and-business-development-center/cbdc-25th-anniversary-celebration/impact-awards/

BI student Dalton Owens and graduate research team member Christian Love were recently selected as UWAA Homecoming Scholars for 2020, and received a $2000 scholarship. To read more about their accomplishments, visit the Meet the Scholars webpage.

Four years after our first cohort began their journey at UW in 2016, we are so pleased to announce that we have our first group of graduates! Our yearbook is available to view at this site.

Auston Jimmicum grew up in Neah Bay and is part of the Makah Tribe. When he was in 2^nd grade, Alternative Spring break visited his elementary school. That was the first time he had met college students. Fast forward to 2019, Jimmicum is now a senior majoring in law, justice and societies and minoring in American Indian studies. When he first arrived at UW, he felt like he didn’t belong. His involvement in Brotherhood Initiative, Pipeline Project and the Carlson Center’s Undergraduate Community-Based Internships have helped him find and value his own voice.

Learn more: https://www.washington.edu/uaa/2019/11/25/i-climb-up-the-ladder/

Originally published March 8, 2019:

A pilot program at the University of Washington is finding ways to better support black and brown male students, who often find the campus isolating and unsupportive, and who graduate at lower rates. Read the full story here:

https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/do-i-belong-here-uws-brotherhood-initiative-wants-to-improve-support-men-of-color/

The benefits of study abroad are well documented, from increased confidence to an expanded worldview — and college students who study abroad are more likely to do better in school and graduate on time.  But that experience is often unattainable for a particular group of students: men of color. Of the more than 300,000 U.S. undergraduates who study abroad each year, an overwhelming majority are white women.  For students at the University of Washington, the Brotherhood Initiative wants to help level the field.

Read the full story

Dr. Joe Lott to deliver 2017 Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture on Friday, April 7. RSVP by March 30.  Click here for full details about the event.

Dr. Ismael Fajardo, Research Associate with the Brotherhood Initiative, is highlighted in the Yakima Herald.  Click here to view the full story.

The Brotherhood Initiative at the University of Washington Looks to Boost Graduation Rates

https://www.washington.edu/wholeu/2016/06/17/faculty-friday-joe-lott/