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This article acknowledges the difficulties for Admission to initiate inclusion of black women on Ursinus College campus. In 1968, Ursinus and its students speculate how to outreach for black women to provide inclusion and diversity on campus.

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On May 23, 1968, Linda Richtmyre writes in The Ursinus Weekly
illustrating the necessity to actively acknowledge and the act of seeking after "the prospect of inclusion of any Negro girls in the next freshman class." There were difficulties seeking…

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An article discussing the USGA meeting regarding discrimination, hate crimes, and bigotry at Ursinus and how students can change diversity and inclusion.

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Institute for Inclusion and Equity launch caps week of programming at Ursinus College. It was noted in the article of the reflection of interdisciplinary research on campus related to inclusivity and equity needing to identify and openly discuss…

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Staff writer, Nipun Suri, wrote “Black History Celebrated Across Ursinus Campus” on February 22, 2000, from the Ursinus student newspaper, The Grizzly. Paulette Patton was key in planning and creating cultural and artistic events designed to…

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Richard Richter memos the Senior Staff about his recent hiring of two black faculty members and a recruitment counselor in the Admissions Office for their plans to create the Bridge Program. This memo exhibits the progress being made on a strategic…

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An interview with Nathaniel DuPree on his experience as a black student at Ursinus.

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The article was a student-conducted interview between Richard Whaley, the interviewer and creator of the article, and Nathaniel Dupree, a black political science major at the time. In this interview, the two discuss Nathaniel's general happiness on…

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This article poses an argument on why it is significant to raise the conversation of race in CIE and especially crucial to those who are uncomfortable or afraid by the deeper understanding of race at Ursinus College.

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The news announcement of the creation of Chi Rho Psi, the 9th fraternity on campus in 1992, with an emphasis on ethnic diversity.
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