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  <title><![CDATA[White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans Back to School Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (S.T.E.A.M.) Tour]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>Please join moderator David Johns, head of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, for a panel discussion with student leaders and university officials. Part of a nation-wide listening tour, this event is designed to understand best practices for overcoming challenges and barriers to providing educational excellence to underrepresented minority students.</p><p>Johns will lead panelists in a conversation to share insights and experiences, then open it up to audience members to generate questions and discussion.</p><p>This event is free and open to the public. No RSVP is required; however, seating is limited.</p><p><strong>Participants</strong></p><ul><li><strong>David Johns</strong> (Moderator), Executive Director, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans</li><li><strong>Kamau Bobb</strong>, Program Director, Computer &amp; Information Science &amp; Engineering, National Science Foundation</li><li><strong>Rick Clark</strong>, Director of Georgia Tech Undergraduate Admissions</li><li><strong>S. Gordon Moore, Jr.</strong>, Executive Director of Student Diversity &amp; Inclusion, Georgia Tech Office of Institute Diversity</li><li><strong>Donna Whiting</strong>, Associate Director of Teacher Education Partnerships, Georgia Tech Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC)</li><li><strong>Undergraduate student panelists</strong> to be announced</li></ul>]]></body>
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