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Mellon Eli I m more secure

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I’m more secure of who I am and the ideas I have. I’m proud that I am able to stand by the person that I’ve become.

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Mellon Randy I want to be able

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This is something we can do, like academics, scholars, these are actual jobs that we can obtain.

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Mellon Roberta Getting through college

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Getting through college, it’s just given me this unwavering faith in myself.

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Mellon Huzaifah I don t think I was capable

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I don’t think I was capable of that much, but here I am. I persevered through.

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Mellon Mika I realized the power

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I realized the power of coming as I am into spaces and not trying to be perfect all the time.

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Mellon Ahmed The most nerve-wracking part

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Learning that the path in academia is just so fluid taught me to just have faith ... a path will open up.

Commencement Group

Mellon Reflections from the Class of 2024 final

While every student in the class of 2024 has a different story to tell, their collective undergraduate experience unfolded during an unprecedented time in human history.

Higher Learning

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Wisdom from the Class of 2024 

Artists as Catalysts

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Beyond Incarceration

A side profile of a Black poet who is wearing glasses and a hat with a feather hat pin.

Borderlands Cultures

In portrait orientation, an aerial view of a major highway running parallel to a large border wall set on a hilly landscape

Civic Engagement

A man in a brown jacket stands in front of blue bulletin board that is covered with papers and advertisements  

Evolving Higher Education

A vertical image of an Indigenous person who is sitting on a chair in front of a backdrop.

Expanding Public Knowledge

An interior room filled with audio and video equipment 

Monuments and Memory

A multicolored painted totem pole set in front of a foggy forest landscape

Multivocality

Five people stand together in a group photo. They are laughing and smiling.

Power of the Word

Five colorful neon signs hang on the wall with messages that include, "Freedom cannot wait," "Brown owned," and "America is for Dreamers."

Public Places‚ Public Stories

A group of Indigenous Maskoke people stand and sit in the wooden frame of a structure in a woods

Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 

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