UCI Hosts 50 HBCU Undergraduates in a Range of Disciplines
UC Irvine Office of Inclusive Excellence (OIE) partnered with faculty across campus to welcome 50 undergraduate students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) to campus for a summer research experience. Supported by OIE and the Graduate Division, the students attended a welcome event where they had the opportunity to meet faculty, staff and fellows students as well as community members.
The groups of students, some of whom were funded by the UC-HBCU initiative, worked in Nursing, the Merage School of Business, the Summer Institute in Neuroscience, ACES and BRIGHT, and the School of Medicine. Dr. Tonya Bradford, who ran the Merage School’s UC-HBCU initiative summarized, “I see this program as planting many seeds of possibility that will not only shape the students' future but also enrich the inclusive excellence intentions and efforts for the academic community at large by elevating inclusivity.” UC-HBCU Initiative applications are due annually in March.
Summer 2024 students from ten HBCUs:
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
North Carolina Central University