Attendees honor Diane Dunlap during a blanketing ceremony in the College of Education courtyard. Dunlap was a professor for 25 years who retired six years ago but came back in 2002 to help Native American students and students of color complete their graduate degrees. “Newly minted” doctor Az Carmen, right, and Shelley Dubkin-Lee organized the event, a Native American tradition, which honored and recognized the effect Dunlap has had in helping students of color achieve their academic goals. Dunlap served as Carmen and Dubkin-Lee’s adviser; both just completed their doctorate programs. In her introduction of Dunlap, Carmen said many students of color are afraid to go for graduate programs and feel lucky to have completed their bachelor’s degrees but that it was because of help from people like Dunlap that people are able to “get their foot in the door,” allowing others to follow.
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June 5, 2006
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