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Dr. Xochitl Shuru has been a professor of Spanish in the Department of Foreign Language for two decades. Shuru received her doctorate from the University of New Mexico. Shuru teaches the Spanish capstone, SPAN-440W, which is an elective for the AAAS…

Dr. Edward Onaci.jpg
A picture of Dr. Edward Onaci (History professor and AAAS professor).

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From the 2004 Ruby yearbook, Cafe Nia was an event held to celebrate and remember ancestors and black history. Cafe Nia is an event where primarily students of color at Ursinus College come together for a meal and host speakers and performances.…

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This is the one hundred fifth page of a scrapbook assembled and presented to Eleanor Snell by her student athletes on the occasion of Snell’s retirement testimonial dinner in May, 1970.

This page features a photograph of Eleanor Snell with members…

SnellPortraitPresentation.jpg
This 1970 black and white photograph shows the portrait presentation at a testimonial dinner for Ursinus College coach Eleanor Frost Snell. The event was held at a Holiday Inn in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Visible in the photo are Jen Price…

student concerns.pdf
Three typed pages listing "concerns of current minority students" followed by suggestions for the following year. While exact date of creation and author are unclear, the sources were found in Richard P. Richter's 1988-1990 Minorities files, giving…

minority faculty bank.pdf
This is a series of primary sources documenting the college's joining of The Chronicle of Higher Education's Minority Faculty Vita Bank, and related documents explaining and describing exactly what that means. The first document is a one-page letter…

Flamer proposal FULL.pdf
This is a compilation of primary sources all related to Jenneen Flamer's 1989 proposals for minority recruitment and retention. Jenneen Flamer was the Admission Counselor and Minority Student Adviser at Ursinus College in 1989. The first page is a…

UC Seeks Diversity handout.pdf
This "Ursinus Seeks Diversity" brochure, distributed in 1989, contains a collection of lists and information which are specifically marketed towards students from diverse backgrounds (as stated on the second page: "For Students From Diverse…

AAAS book holdings.pdf
This is a one-page memo and one-page attachment from President Richard Richter to Yvette Dennis and Audrey Wade on April 2nd of 1990 regarding the college's library holdings in African-American Studies and plans to increase these holdings. The letter…
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