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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Those lectures became a fundamental first step into his career in higher education, and in 2008, he became special assistant to the director of the TRIO programs at GSU, a series of federally funded programs that assist low-income, first-generation, or otherwise minoritized students attend and graduate college.

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Health Equity, Working to Identify Effective Policy Interventions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since 2009, she’s been engaged in research relating to health services and health equity, she said. “My I want to influence people, especially international students and scholars, and really help and support them, lift them up to help them pursue their dreams.” She has spent the better part of 14 years in this field.

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flow and linking, it’s a set up

Patter by Pat Thomson

Grammarly has offered a cloud-based writing assistant since 2009 that has come to be widely used within universities, proving particularly popular with international students writing in a second language. It offers suggestions about grammar, syntax, style and tone which contribute to more effective written communication.