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Conway-Turner: From First-Gen Student to 43-Year Career Retirement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Conway-Turner, who will retire at the end of this academic year after nine years as president of Buffalo State, has had a stellar 43-year career as a faculty member and administrator. It has been part of my focus to really engage our students in civic and community work.”

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I didn’t understand why everybody didn’t have access. And I was determined to have access,” says Williams. I made sure everyone had access, especially my Black classmates and friends,” says Williams. Tapping into access became a deliberate decision. He became what he calls “a student for everybody.” “I Dr. Dereck J.

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The Art and Science of Higher Ed Leadership

The University Innovation Alliance

Every step of the way, something pushed me to decide to go to college, to become a faculty member. Now we’re trying to measure and understand how our faculty and staff are engaged. I was a faculty member in a graduate program where I had a colleague, Karl Kuhnert , who studied leadership.