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City Schools Hold Special Summer Commencement

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Approximately 150 students from across the San Bernardino City Unified School District are expected to graduate during a special July 29, 7 p.m., commencement ceremony at San Bernardino Valley College’s Greek Theatre.

The commencement celebrates not only the students’ success, but also the District’s efforts to change potential dropouts into high school graduates.
To earn a high school diploma, District students must pass the state-mandated California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) and earn a total of 230 high school credits in designated subjects.

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UC Names Diversity Advisory Council

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University of California President Mark G. Yudof recently named 17 members of his Advisory Council on Campus Climate, Culture and Inclusion, which will work closely with a UC Board of Regents committee to address challenges in enhancing and sustaining a tolerant, inclusive environment on each of the university's 10 campuses.

The Advisory Council includes the presidents of the California NAACP and Skirball Cultural Center, the director of religious affairs for the Islamic Center of Southern California, a veteran civil rights activist now with the Four Freedoms Fund, the director of the Latino Center for Medical Education and Research, the legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights and the chair of the systemwide UC Academic Senate's University Committee on Affirmative Action and Diversity. The other 10 affiliated members named come from UC's 10 campuses and include student representatives. Read more...

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High Number of Minority Graduates

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California State University, Long Beach Ranked 6th in the Nation in Awarding Bachelor's Degrees to Minority Students

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) has been ranked sixth in the nation in conferring bachelor’s degrees to minority students.

Diverse Issues in Higher Education recently released its annual list of the “Top 100 Degree Producers,” a list of the best minority degree-awarding institutions of higher education in the United States.  It is the only national report that showcases U.S. colleges’ and universities’ success in awarding degrees to African-American, Latino, Asian-American and Native-American students.

CSULB’s overall ranking was based on U.S. Department of Education data from the 2008-09 academic year (the most current data available), and the Top 100 rankings were published in the magazine’s June issue.

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Obama Greets Students

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President Barack Obama talks with kids from the Children's Miracle Network in the East Room of the White House, June 9, 2010.
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Temple Missionary Scholarship Banquet

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Temple Missionary Baptist Church held its annual scholarship banquet last Sunday at Shandin Hills Golf Club to recognize its young members moving forward into higher learning. Students are shown with Pastor Ray Turner. They keynote speaker was Larry Culberson of the San Bernardino Unified School District.
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