Ulice Payne to Give Keynote Address
Released:
4/08/04
Marquette University's Counseling and Educational Psychology
Graduate Student Organization is hosting its 4 th Annual
Diversity Gala in the Alumni Memorial Union
on Friday, April 16 at 7 p.m. Ulice
Payne, Jr., will be the Diversity Gala's keynote speaker.
Payne has been a member of Marquette University's Board of Trustees
since 1998. He currently is the president of Addison-Clifton L.L.C.,
an international compliance and corporate governance advisory
services company. Payne is an alumnus of both the College of Business
Administration (1978) and Marquette University Law School (1982).
Throughout the year, the Counseling and Educational Psychology
Graduate Student Organization raises money to award 3 scholarships
to graduate students who have demonstrated a commitment to promoting
diversity on campus and in the community. Scholarship applicants
submit essays about the efforts to celebrate diversity, barriers
to diversity and strategies to address those barriers. According
to Dr. Todd Campbell, assistant professor in the School of Education
, this scholarship shows that the university's “commitment to
diversity is translated into deeds.”
In addition to Ulice Payne's keynote address, the student-coordinated
event will include a silent auction, performances by Marquette
University 's Gospel Choir and Three Da Hard Way , a
local Milwaukee singing group. Hors d'oeuvres will be served.
Tickets for the event are $20 in advance and $25 at the door
per person or $100 for a table of 8. For more information on tickets
please contact Ana Garcia at Ana.Garcia@Marquette.edu
.
The Counseling and Educational Psychology Graduate Student Organization
is a student-run organization comprised of graduate students who
are committed to both the promotion and celebration of diversity
on Marquette University 's campus and the greater community.
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