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LA TIMES | UC President Janet Napolitano on Trump immigration crackdown
University of California President Janet Napolitanoblasted the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown on Wednesday, calling it a step backward that would make communities less safe. Napolitano, who served as U.S. Homeland Security secretary under President Obama, said the vast expansion of deportation priorities announced by the White House this week would not work in the long run. “The new guidance essentially makes all undocumented immigrants in the United States priorities for enforcement,” she said in a statement given to The Times. “When everyone is a priority, there are essentially no priorities — and my experience as secretary of Homeland Security and governor of Arizona…
UC-HBCU Initiative Call and Faculty Forum
Dear Colleagues, A forum to provide application guidance and tips on the University of California-Historically Black Colleges and Universities (UC-HBCU) Initiative has been rescheduled to 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at Humanities Instructional Building 137. RSVP using the link HERE. Faculty and staff who are interested to submit applications by the March 15 deadline for the 2017 system-wide competition are invited to attend this free event. Light refreshments will be served. A Faculty Applicant Webinar that provides key program is available here. This informal forum will be conversational to address questions and to provide insights from Principal Investigators…
Office of Inclusive Excellence Welcomes Dr. Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth as the Executive Director
Dear Campus Community, I am delighted to welcome Dr. Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth as the new Executive Director of the Office of Inclusive Excellence (OIE). She joins a team of experienced faculty leaders and dedicated career staff who together mount a suite of programs to build and sustain a campus community where all expect equity, support diversity and practice inclusion. Dr. Bonous-Hammarth will play a critical role in advancing UCI’s aspiration to be a national leader and global model of inclusive excellence. As executive director, Dr. Bonous-Hammarth will provide day-to-day office management, oversee program assessment and evaluation, strengthen collaboration with academic units…