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Himeno Yamane '22

Student Snapshot: Himeno Yamane ’22

As a first-generation student, Himeno Yamane ’22 didn’t know quite what to expect at college. With time and support, this Posse Scholar got to know herself better and made Dickinson her own.

Anh Kat Pham

Student Snapshot: Anh "Kat" Pham '21

Learn more about Kat Pham ’21 and how her Dickinson experience helped prepare her for the prestigious Erasmus Mundus quantitative economics master’s program she'll enter after graduation.

Minutes after the 2021 Women of Color Summit ended, student-organizers and co-advisors met online to discuss the challenging and successful event.

Zooming Past Challenges: Students Present Virtual Women of Color Summit

During a year fraught with challenge, students present a boundary-pushing Women of Color Summit.

Alan Farfan Canales '23

Student Snapshot: Allan Farfan Canales ’23

Allan Farfan Canales ‘23 has written screenplays and short stories and created a mixtape about his first year at Dickinson.

Sagun Sharma '21

Student Snapshot: Sagun Sharma ’21

The best thing about Sagun Sharma '21’s time at Dickinson? “Being able to meet and engage with so many different, amazing people from all around the world.”

Christian Perry

New PSC Director Hits the Ground Running

Two years after establishing Dickinson's ACE Peer Mentor program, Christian Perry taps deep community ties as head of the Popel Shaw Center for Race & Ethnicity.

Displaying the hand symbols of their historically Black Greek organizations are: Dickinson leaders George Stroud (far left), Bronte Burleigh-Jones (center) and Kendall Isaac (far right) and Alan Paynter P'24.

'Divine Nine' Members Find Hope, Meaning in Kamala Harris' Inauguration

Three Dickinson leaders are Divine Nine members, along with Vice President Kamala Harris. For them, Inauguration Day brought an extra measure of excitement and pride.

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United for Justice: Dickinson Joins Liberal Arts College Alliance for Racial Equity, Leadership

Deepening its commitment to racial justice, Dickinson joins alliance of liberal-arts colleges helping to build more just and equitable campuses and societies.

George Stroud

Responding to Racial Injustice

Dickinson is taking steps to increase its commitment to diversity and inclusion throughout all areas of the institution.

Hands in a huddle.

New Group Provides Peer Mentors for Athletes of Color at Dickinson College

Launched in September, the student-led Athletes of Color Coalition will provide support and mentorship for Dickinson students of color who are part of a Red Devils team.

Log into EngageD to access Zoom links for Dickinson's 2020 Building Campus Inclusion Week, Sept. 14-18.

Toward Building a More Inclusive Community

Dickinson's Building Campus Inclusion Week events bring students, faculty and staff together to further the college's ongoing work of building a more inclusive campus community.

members of the sorority

Dickinson’s Upsilon Delta Honored for Work in the Community

The college's chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority takes runner-up among 63 regional chapters for its service work efforts.

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‘We stand in support of international students.’ Dickinson College Responds to Reversal of Student-Visa Policy

The federal government rescinds a policy that threatened international students’ access to U.S. higher education days after Dickinson joined in the fight against it.

Amer Ahmed

Nationally Recognized Inclusion, Equity Expert Joins Dickinson College Community

Dickinson welcomes a noted social-justice expert to the campus community.

Vincent Stephens, contributing faculty in music and director of Dickinson College's Popel Shaw Center. Photo by Carl Socolow '77.

10 Questions with Vincent Stephens

Vincent Stephens, music faculty and Popel Shaw Center director, discusses his acclaimed book, Rocking the Closet: How Little Richard, Johnnie Ray, Liberace, and Johnny Mathis Queered Pop Music.

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