Terrell L. Strayhorn, PhD
@tlstrayhorn
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NEWS🚨 I am excited to join the Department of Educational Administration & Foundations faculty in the College of Education
@IllinoisStateU
! Looking forward to working w/ colleagues to mentor & prepare incredibly talented graduate students, while scaling my research.
#GoRedbirds
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“I am so fortunate to have found an institution with the values, mission, & vision that are so important to me.” Happy to serve as Interim Vice President of Academic & Student Affairs and Professor of Urban Education
@locmagicians
!
#Destination2023
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Can we be honest? I wear my mask 😷 everywhere, everyday. I wear my mask to protect you. But I also wear my mask because TBH I’m still tryna work thru PTSD left by
#COVID19
. I just feel safer in it. Appreciate your understanding and patience…
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I’ve participated in Commencement as the Professor, as the Provost, and as the Advisor. Today, I walk as the graduate…again. Honored to be a Warrior!
#2ndMasters
#LifelongLearner
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Got a call from a superintendent a few weeks ago. “Strayhorn school’s about to start back. I really need you to come get us ready.” About to keynote the 2018 Teacher Institute in Mobile, Alabama
#GetReady
#HereOnPurpose
#BackToSchool
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@AngelJonesPhD
Incredible strength is yours. Know this: you matter. You’re (still) enough. And you belong here, just as you are. Look ahead. See that? Your best is yet to come.
#ShineOn
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Let's change the game! Put money into making colleges more affordable, accessible for ALL youth.
#collegenotprison
#OpportunityYouth
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I just published “An Open Letter to Create Closure: Why I Left Ohio State”
@Medium
READ
#ThePost
#ReclaimingMyMind
#NewYear2018
#dogoodwork
💫
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Excited to join
#PantherNation
@VAUnion1865
, advancing the university’s research agenda and leading the new
@Center4HBCUs
, in our “Quest for the Best.” Inspired by
@vuupresident
’s vision
#PantherPride
Dr. Terrell Strayhorn Appointed to Associate Provost for Research, Innovation, Graduate Education. Click here to read more:
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Next time I teach
#highered
policy, we’re spending a 👏 whole 👏 entire 👏 unit 👏 on the difference between “campus policies” and laws enforceable by governments. There’s a difference. That’s all…
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Call for Papers 🚨 Writing about fostering sense of belonging w/i or across
#hied
functional areas? Submit to our (
@royeljohnson
) special issue of
@WileyGlobal
's New Directions.
Use this simple form--just 500 words by 9/15: | Pls RT or share
#edchat
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It's NOT
#LockerRoomTalk
, it's sexual assault. It's wrong, actually illegal. Stop rationalizing, just STOP.
#NoMeansNo
#TitleIX
#Debates2016
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Don’t let someone dim your light simply because it’s shining in their eyes!
#Sprinkle
#Love
#Light
#SaturdayMorning
☀️
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I've cried 4x this morning 😢 & it's not yet 10AM. Speechless. Numb. Profoundly sad. And everytime I go "there," I hear this.
#ElectionNight
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Listen,
#senseofbelonging
is NOT just the consequence of success…it’s a (pre)condition FOR success!
#YouBelongHere
#LatB65
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Have you ever seen a warmer reception for school district superintendent?! My my...congrats to Supt Threadgill
@MobilePublicSch
#KeepShining
💫
#TheyReadyNow
🙌🏽
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Yea, Google might track my citations but it knows nothing about the admiration, inspiration and determination I share with my friends! Get you a
#squad
that rides for life… Incredible time w/
@royeljohnson
🤣
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Excited 🤩 to share my insights on cultivating a strong sense of belonging in today's
#masterclass
. We’re exploring what it truly means to feel connected and valued on campus & at work.
#belonging
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For those who need to hear it, I got a rejection notice from a journal (normalizing this sharing
#edchat
)…but OAN my barber got me right! 🔥
#KeepPushing
#TuesdayMotivaton
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OMG, I so excited 🤩 to announce my
#BelongingMatters
blog
@PsychToday
! Follow it and let's build a more connected, compassionate world together where EVERYONE knows they matter and belong:
#TuesdayVibe
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Kensley’s first dance recital was a BIG hit!!! 💃🏽🩰 She’s a complete natural…and I’m a super proud
#PawPaw
🐾
#LoveInMotion
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Thanks for ALL the check-ins. Yes, I'm safe on-campus and OK with
@CHEE_OSU
team!
#activeshooter
@OhioState
Keep us all in your prayers
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“Sense of belonging is a feeling that can’t be forced. It’s a kind morning greeting. A warm hug. Shared laughter over lunch. Knowing someone’s got your back. A silent understanding of everyone’s worth.”
🆈🅾🆄 🅱🅴🅻🅾🅽🅶 🅷🅴🆁🅴.
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Did you know? A strong 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 can significantly boost academic performance and mental health. How do you foster belonging in your community? Share your thoughts!
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"I am excited to work with President Lucas alongside
#PantherPride
nation to build upon VUU's rich history to chart a path forward in reaching new heights...that's the promise of a limitless future."
@VAUnion1865
#HBCUsMatter
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That moment when the school mascot does the Nay-Nay 💃🏽 and drops it like it’s hot 🔥 in less than 30 seconds lol 😂
#Back2School
#TheyReadyNow
#HereOnPurpose
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Today, I was keynote speaker
@RowanUniversity
for the ASCEND Conference 2018. Shared this point about belonging. Want to help students excel? Create community. Build relationships. Offer help. Chart pathways. Connect the dots.
#HowTo
#DoGoodWork
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#1
question I get about belonging: How to define it?
Look no further.
Now it comes on a hoodie! ORDER YOURS TODAY: | Support
#KreationsbyKimmie
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In today's interview session, my PhD student and I heard a participant say: "It's like when I feel a real sense of
#belonging
, I can be myself, relax, stop worrying, and breathe easier. Does that make sense?!"
We smiled and agreed. Belonging matters. Don't forget to breathe!🧘🏽♂️
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I was working until Paw Paw’s 🐾 princess came over 🥰 I am no longer working. Sorry. Not sorry 😂
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As a scholar and public speaker, I get invited to speak at 100’s of conferences a year—not bragging, just sayin’. But there’s only ONE meeting like this one! Shout out to
@ChildDefender
’s Marian Wright Edelman 👍🏽for bringing me! Now, let’s do this...
#FreedomSchools
#💛CDFFam
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Listen I was ready to teach my first day/class
@IllinoisStateU
today in a 🧢 but my barber saved me with this cut! 🔥
#FDOC
#GoRedbirds
#TraeDidIt
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Congratulations
@NorfolkStateU
on your selection of Dr. Javaune Adams-Gaston as your next President! Wishing her much success in this exciting, new role 👏🏽
@DrJ_OSU
@Norfolkstate
@HBCUDigest
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#BlackintheIvory
is serving as a reviewer for prestigious fellowships and grants, witnessing how the system benefits the already-privileged while further denying the dispossessed. To resist inequity, I wrote this. Thanks
@HigherEdJobs
who provided space for these ideas!
To level the playing field,
@tlstrayhorn
offers 5 tips for preparing a competitive dissertation fellowship:
#HigherEd
#HigherEdJobs
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Yo, I'm definitely doing this in my next keynote! It's gone be lit. 🔥 LOL You with me? 😂😳
#SuperBowl
#ladygaga
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🗣️ Woohoo!! Our Center is growing, as we add an Executive Director to the team. I’m excited to work with him in “studying and sustaining the power and presence of
#HBCUs
!” Welcome aboard
#GoPanthers
VUU proudly welcomes Dr. Roderick Smothers as the new Executive Director of our Center for the Study and Preservation of HBCUs. With his guidance and expertise, we look forward to championing the legacy and future of historically black colleges and universities.
#LoveUnion
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How many times I've said this 2 my students, advisees, colleagues & panelists? Intersectionality≠Multiple identities
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Excited to announce a course that I’m teaching this Fall 2019 at LeMoyne-Owen College! Open to all majors. Enroll in EDUC 346 today; contact your advisor. If you have questions, DM or email.
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Saw this on a pin today at
#ACPA23
: “Be a stiletto in a room full of flats!” 🙌🏽 Let it speak to you however it reaches you
#TuesdayMotivaton
#acpa100
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After keynoting a
#BlackHistoryMonth
event, speaking to student leaders, and then speaking to academic advisors and staff—that’s over 6 hours of non-stop talking—and then you board a plane and your seatmate starts with: “So what’s your story? Where you going?” 😂🤣
#KeepinItReal
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Super excited to speak 🗣️
@Harvard
about my belonging research! Yes, we can build belonging leveraging the power of
#technology
and more…
#TCIRL
#datascience
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One major finding emanating from my research affirms what
@MichelleObama
once said: "I want our young people to know that they matter, that they belong." We who work in
#highered
play a major role in fostering students' belonging on campus!
#saturdaynight
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Google Scholar tracks my citations, publications and orations. But it doesn’t count what really matters: FRIENDS who make it all possible!
Remember: Everything that can be counted may not matter & everything that matters can’t be counted.
#YouMatter
#ACPA23
💕
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Been thinking 💭 a lot about this
#MLK
quote recently!
#BlackLivesMatter
#BelongingMatters
#ResistTrumpTuesdays
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I am so remarkably grateful and honored to keynote today’s international SATISA conference in Johannesburg, South Africa!! 🇿🇦 “Pedagogies of Love”
#ISASA
I’m literally fighting back tears and all my words seem inadequate…for now, just grateful
#BelongingMatters
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"If you can't change the people around you, then change the people around you."
#OCELeadership17
@dogoodwork
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Sense of belonging matters, not just in education but in all major sectors of public life. Today, I’m happy to keynote the Ohio Fair Housing Summit, sharing about belonging, fair housing, urban planning and healthy, flourishing communities!
#FHA50
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Messages are powerful! Belonging matters. And I see 👀 it everywhere. Billboards. Flyers. Websites. Even buses
#blackmindsmatter
@dogoodwork
💫
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Standing room only for this morning’s keynote
@CollegeBoard
’s 14th Annual
#ADreamDeferred18
& HBCU Conference! It’s almost time—tackling race-based achievement gaps, urban ed, gender, belonging and so much more.
#HereOnPurpose
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Enjoyed sharing research & insights w/
@du1869
today, kicking off new academic year!
#Heres2Greatness
@HipHopPrez
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I don’t know who else needs to hear this but... 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
#ThursdayMorning
#ItsWorking
You’re thinking 🤔 “What about this?” It’s part of the process. “But, what about that?” Yep, part of the process!
#TrustTheProcess
#ThursdayThoughts
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As Provost, one of my staff members helped me tremendously when they said: “With all due respect, everything that really matters after 5pm lives in the house with me!” 🙌🏼 Words I’ll never forget…
#PassItOn
#RealTalk
All educators should normalize these statements:
✨“I don’t have the capacity to add that to my plate right now.”
✨ “Weekends are for family.”
✨ “I only respond to emails during office hours.”
Know your job description & be firm with your boundaries. Protect your mental health.
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When students FEEL a sense of belonging on/to campus, they go to class, join clubs, research w/faculty, and, yes, stay in school. By fostering sense of belonging, you’re increasing student success! Thanks
@KyCPE
for space to bring my research to practice.
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Glad to keynote
@UNCFCPI
! Shared: “It’s difficult to prepare connected learners using disconnected curricula, experiences, and pathways. We create conditions for student success when we align courses, integrate learning & use data to guide their paths!”
#PurposefulDisruption
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Guy Working in Airport: “Aww you look like a lil yellow minion…”
Me: 👀😳🥸😤…🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bhahaha! People just say anything nowadays…lol
#weak
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This question came up during our presentation today
@AERA_EdResearch
: What can same-race instructors do to help struggling Black male doctoral students? Want to invite YOU into the conversation. Leave a comment or reply ✅
#AERA2019
#AERA19
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Taking off ✈️ for Houston, excited to keynote the
@CollegeBoard
’s
#DreamDeferred
Conference! It all goes down tomorrow at 9AM CST in the
@Marriott
Marquis Houston. Keynote Title: “A Dream Deferred, but Not Denied: Equitable Access & Success for Black Students”
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Wonderful way to spend a Saturday listening to
@BarackObama
on
#ShowMeYourWalk
! He extended powerful words to
#HBCU
graduates in the
#ClassOf2020
. So proud of all the graduates...so miss President Obama 🤗
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🚨🄽🄴🅆 🄿🅄🄱🄻🄸🄲🄰🅃🄸🄾🄽🚨
“If the cure for
#cancer
,
#AIDs
, or our most pressing
#publichealth
problems is in the mind of [women] and/or racial minorit[-ies], we might never find it.” Lest we create conditions for ALL
#STEM
students to feel a sense of belonging.
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FACT: My parents still FT to “approve” my attire for the first day of school lol…
Walking in first class as ✨Professor✨
@IllinoisStateU
teaching
#GradBirds
like… Happy
#FDOC
to all!!! 💛
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🚨🚨New Pub: I'm truly excited to share this new publication on sense of belonging! Check it out
@TomLowe_
's new
@RoutledgeEd
book and let's widen the aperture on this critical ingredient for student success:
#edchat
#education
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𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭—I’m teaching social psych last night. Convo was 🔥Clock hits 7:30, so I start packing up.
𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁: “Doc, what time this class end?”
𝗠𝗲: 7:55pm
𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁: “So why you packing up, we ain’t done yet!”
𝗠𝗲: ⬇️ 😂
It’s hard work, but engagement +
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"Who's streets? Our streets!" Protest taking place right now on N High St in Columbus ✊🏾
#ASHE2016
@ASHEoffice
@CEP_ASHE
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After publishing this piece (), we’re excited about this webinar titled "Sense of Belonging for Black College Students with Disabilities" on March 16 at 2:00 ET. We’d love for you to join us!
#SenseofBelonging
#DisabledLivesMatterToo
| Likes & RTs welcome
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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🚨 Thanks to Rob Palmer,
@AlonzoFlowers
& Sosanya Jones!
𝚁𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜: 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 👇🏽👇🏽
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Hey! Writing a dissertation, thesis or scholarly project? I want to share a few thoughts. Hope it's helpful to those who receive it |
#edchat
#dissertation
#freeyourmind
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Did you see this
@chicagotribune
article? Here are 5 Things It Shows Us about
#senseofbelonging
. Please share, RT, or tag others. Working together, we can build spaces of community and belonging!
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Wouldn’t have missed it for the world, my scholar brother and friend! Your story inspires; your work transforms.
#KeepShining
#AERA23
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For decades,
#HBCUs
have been forced to “do more with less.” It’s time to position them to 𝒅𝒐 𝑴𝑶𝑹𝑬 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑴𝑶𝑹𝑬. Thanks
@HoustonChron
for sharing my voice on this issue: |
@TexasSouthern
@Center4HBCUs
#edchat
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When I complete a task like turning in 2nd ed. of my belonging book to
@RoutledgeEd
, I like to mark it DONE ✅ What do you do?
#dogoodwork
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I’m in West Africa to speak
@UniOfGambia
! After arriving, locals hugged me and said “welcome home, brother. You belong here.” 🥹 The words moved me to tears. Stay tuned! 🫶🏽
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Honored to be invited to speak
@NCState
, sharing recent insights from my sense of belonging research. Did you know that Black students who feel like they belong in college are nearly 2x more likely to "earn A's" & aspire to attend grad school? Stop by
@NCStateCED
to learn more!
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"I am excited to work with President Lucas alongside
#PantherPride
nation to build upon VUU's rich history to chart a path forward in reaching new heights...that's the promise of a limitless future."
@VAUnion1865
@JBHEdotcom
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HBCUs Matter. They produce leaders for America:
@JoyceBeatty
(Central State)
@CoriBush
(Harris-Stowe)
@staceyabrams
(Spelman), plus
@Bakari_Sellers
,
@vuupresident
&
@ReverendWarnock
(Morehouse), and the first woman
@VP
(Howard), to name just a few!
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Wow! This email signature's disclaimer says it all: 'Due to
#COVID19
, patriarchy, racism & health concerns, I am working full-time from home while helping school 2 children. So be patient & kind. If I don’t promptly reply to your email, keep trying or decide if it can wait.'
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I don’t really have the words right now. I’ll say more once the tears dry. But for now, goodbye Teddy Ruxpin 👋🏽 You’ve truly been a loyal companion, a loving best friend ❤️🩹
#DogDad4Life
#wednesdaythought
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Education has the power to free minds, create change. That's how we help our students--emancipatory pedagogy and praxis that liberates the genius within them! Grateful to have shared this at
#NCORE2018
. More to come
#WakandaForever
#DoGoodWork
#HereOnPurpose
#CriticallyConscious
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After some
#realtalk
about education and the power of ALL school personnel to create belonging, we went to church ⛪...🙌🏽
#AcademicRevival
#DoGoodWork
Had a great time at the
@MobilePublicSch
Teacher Institute this morning! BIG thank you to
@tlstrayhorn
for your inspiration! I hope all teachers will draw out the light that is within every student they teach.
#DoGoodWork
#HereOnPurpose
#MurphyProud
@ThreadgillMCPSS
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Help me spread this! LISTEN 🚨 Belonging is NOT just social. When gauging SENSE of belonging, ppl THINK, check FEELING, take ACTION… It’s a complex concept that cuts across functional domains 👇🏽
#BelongingMatters
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“...a merit-based immigration” policy?! 🤔 That grants access only to those deemed worthy by a privileged few who blindly rely on unfair metrics, undefined rules that masquerade as objective? 🤦🏽♂️ No thanks 🙅🏽♂️
#DemocracyMatters
#SOTU
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Today I'm reminded: "When they go low, we go high" Appreciate the timeless
#wednesdaywisdom
of former
#FLOTUS
@MichelleObama
#TruthTriumphs
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Words can hardly express my gratitude—THANK YOU President Kress for inviting me to keynote your amazing kick-off Fall Convocation! 🏆
#belongingmatters
#NOVANighthawks
#Back2School
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It’s been a busy, non-stop week. Didn’t want to miss the chance to wish all my Alpha brothers a Happy Founder’s Day! ‘06 🖤💛
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"The prerequisite for writing is having something to say." -Langston Hughes 📚
@dogoodwork
#TLStalks
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...did I say that?!! lol...j/k, yes it’s a matter of fact.
#BelongingMatters
#KeepCaring
"You can spend all the money in the world on swag, and cool buildings and high rankings, but if students don't feel you care, they will leave."
@FLCollegeAccess
#mtnconference
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Is it just me or anybody else love seeing university banners at airports? Just landed
@NorfolkAirport
and met by this impact statement for
@_HamptonU
👍🏽
#goodwork
#HBCU
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Enjoyed reading this
@DiverseIssues
article by
@CenterForMSIs
@SincerelyDrJae
about
#HBCUs
: Totally agree w/idea about alumni chapter recruitment goals. That's not just 160 for
@CheyneyUniv
or 25% of fall class--it's another $2.56M in revenue per year!!
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On
#WalkOutWednesday
, know this: Race matters, even in higher education! In terms of access, achievement, graduation, enrollment, retention, persistence, promotion, tenure, wages & the list goes on.
#RaceMatters
#WednesdayWisdom
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Woohoo!! 80% of educators AGREE that
#senseofbelonging
is important for student success. Now what are we doing to help them find it?
@edweek
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THEM: “You came a few years ago but we need you back. We need your evidence, expertise, enthusiasm, excitement & energy”
ME: “That’s a whole lotta E’s” 🤣
THEN: 🏃🏽♂️🏃🏽♂️✈️ ✈️👇🏽👇🏽
#HereOnPurpose
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Over the years, I’ve had my share of heated 🔥 discussions w/policymakers & the public about the impact of college on students. Does college really matter? What value does it add? Here’s an answer! Thanks
@ANRockenbach
,
@MattJMayhewPhD
&
@IDEALSresearch
—this is
#goodwork
👏🏽
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