Harvard University Makes History

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8.</p><p id="a022">Her appointment was definitely confirmation that Harvard is living up to its proclamation of diversity and inclusion. She has reassured her constituents that Harvard is a community comprised of a large and diverse team and all are united with their commitment to academic excellence and leadership along with its associated values.</p><p id="8850">Her goal will be to continue to foster a path to excellence with academic freedom, harnessing the power of new ideas, supporting the people who pursue new ideas, maintaining an open mind, and embracing new generations while seeing the world through their eyes.</p><p id="3af1"><b>In conclusion</b>, Gay is honored to encourage others who see her position as a testament that they belong to Harvard and for others beyond Harvard’s gates to see Harvard with a renewed perspective with the possibility of it being their future academic home.</p><p id="d54b">For additional reads:</p><div id="473d" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/first-black-female-major-general-brigadier-lorna-mahlock-1e09cc1dd415"> <div> <div> <h2>First Black Female Major General Brigadier, Lorna Mahlock</h2> <div><h3>How the Marine Corps made history.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize

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Harvard University Makes History

A story about a person of color leading Harvard University after 400 years.

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Claudine Gay, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences made history and became the first person of color and the second woman to be named the president of the school. She has taught for the last 16 years in government and African and African American Studies. Also, she served as the Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. From 2015 to 2018, she was the Dean of Social Science.

As a veteran at Harvard and has served in various prestigious capacities, the Harvard Corporation, the University’s principal governing board with the consent of the University’s Board of Overseers, Gay was elected to the presidency and will start her presidency on July 1, 2023.

Gay was born to Haitian immigrants and their path paved her pursuits in the academic world. They arrived here with little to no money but work hard and put themselves through college while raising a family. They had high standards for education and believed it opened the doors to opportunities. Following in her parent’s footsteps, Gay obtained her B.A. at Stanford University and her Ph.D. at Harvard in 1998.

Her appointment was definitely confirmation that Harvard is living up to its proclamation of diversity and inclusion. She has reassured her constituents that Harvard is a community comprised of a large and diverse team and all are united with their commitment to academic excellence and leadership along with its associated values.

Her goal will be to continue to foster a path to excellence with academic freedom, harnessing the power of new ideas, supporting the people who pursue new ideas, maintaining an open mind, and embracing new generations while seeing the world through their eyes.

In conclusion, Gay is honored to encourage others who see her position as a testament that they belong to Harvard and for others beyond Harvard’s gates to see Harvard with a renewed perspective with the possibility of it being their future academic home.

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