Umoja Welcomes New Executive Director
Nzingha Dugas named Umoja Community Education Foundation Statewide Executive Director Seasoned program executive manager brings leadership skills to Executive Director role
Angelo Hopson, a transfer student from San Bernardino Valley College, was honored at the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Gala in Washington, D.C. on October 29, 2018. Hopson received an all-expenses-paid trip to attend the event. He is currently a junior at Clark-Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the recipient of many scholarships that he applied for based on the additional financial assistance that he received from Elaine Moore and Educational Student Tours, plus guidance from Kathy Kafela and Daniele Smith.
By Neal Morton, Seattle Times staff reporter
Four years ago, a group of faculty and staff members at Highline College took an exploratory trip to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Their mission: Find some way to help more black students earn enough college credit each school year and lower the rate at which they enter remedial classes — which they would pay for at full cost but earn no credit.
Umoja actively serves and promotes student success for all students through a curriculum and pedagogy responsive to the legacy of the African and African American Diasporas.
