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12/22/11 – Jeff Ruland Has UDC Basketball Rolling Again
12/21/11 – Educator creates puzzles to help boosts kids’ vocabulary
12/16/11 – Announcement of UDC Mini-Grant Awards Fall 2011
12/15/11 – UDC Professor Wins Awards at Globecom 2011
12/10/11 – Washington, Race and Public Higher Education
12/8/11 – Message from President Sessoms Regarding VA Tech
11/29/11 – Conference to Focus on Race in Public Higher Ed
11/23/11 – Outstanding Faculty and Exceptional Students Promoted in New UDC Transit and Radio Campaign
11/21/11 – UDC Creates Environmental S.W.A.T. Team
11/14/11 – UDC CAT receives award
11/8/11 – Veterans Day Program
11/3/11 – President Allen Sessoms Appointed to NCAA Division II President’s Council
11/2/11 – Verizon Makes Generous Scholarship Donation
9/30/11 – Efficiency Initiative: New Adjunct/Student Worker Policy
9/29/11 – UDC at Congressional Events of 2011
9/29/11 – Efficiency Initiative: In-house Marketing at the Community College
9/28/11 – UDC Sustainability Tours covered by NRDC’s blog
9/27/11 – Efficiency Initiative: New IT Power-Saving Policy
9/22/11 – UDC to begin a partnership in sustainability with Liberia
9/20/11 – UDC Back to School Barbecue 2011
9/19/11 – Join the University of the District of Columbia as it Celebrates Green Week @ UDC
9/12/11 – Capitol Hill Embraces UDC Students
8/31/11 – Efficiency Initiative: Online Course Guide
8/31/11 – Gaithersburg resident learns firsthand the value of hands-on learning
8/26/11 – University of the District of Columbia goes off the grid.
8/26/11 – UDC Closing Saturday, 8/27 at noon due to Hurricane
8/25/11 – Scheduling of postponed meeting concerning establishment of UDC Community-Campus Task Force
8/25/11 – The University of the District of Columbia Hosts Campus Sustainability Tours
8/21/11 – Civil Rights legends to pay tribute to Dr. King by focusing on the next battle: Meaningful Education
8/19/11 – University Issues Updated RFO for PR Harris (incl. Appendix)
8/19/11 – UDC Men’s Soccer Announces 2011 Schedule
8/18/11 – UDC’s Office of International Programs & Exchange Hosts Chinese Delegation
8/18/11 – UDC Takes Major Step in Ambitious Transformation – Dr. Ken Bain Selected As New UDC Provost
8/17/11 – Parking Rates Memo
8/16/11 – University Issues RFO for PR Harris (incl. Appendix)
8/12/11 – New Parking Procedures at Van Ness Campus wef 8/18/11
8/8/11 – UDC’s Initiative on Equity, Civic Engagement & Community Leadership Banquet
8/2/11 – New Address for Finance
7/27/11 – UDC to Study Monument Proposal for African-American Military Hero
7/21/11 – Heat Conditions on Van Ness Campus for July 21, 2011
7/18/11 – Council Approves Seven New UDC Trustees
6/29/11 – Commission Approves First-Ever UDC Master Plan
6/24/11 – Successful Launch of the UDC Farmers’ Market
6/23/11 – Become a Master Watershed Steward in the National Capital Region! – UDC is hosting a sustainability related academy this fall.
6/22/11 – UDC Head Track Coach, Alton McKenzie, Among Elite Volunteers at the Adidas Grandprix
6/21/11 – Payment process for University Motor Coach Services
6/21/11 – UDC Sustainability Initiative is Recognized By Peers and Leaders
6/21/11 – Trustee Nominees Tour UDC
6/20/11 – Initiative on Civic Engagement & Equity: Summer Internship Grant Program Awardees 2011
6/20/11 – 2010 UDC Annual Report
6/18/11 – UDC Farmers’ Market Begins Third Season
6/15/11 – UDC President Urges Full Funding of ‘Perkins Loan’ Program
6/14/11 – UDC Farmers’ Market Grand Opening Weekend Celebration
6/3/11 – Dean of Learning Resources and Information Technology
5/11/11 – UDC Hires Rienzo as Associate Athletic Director
5/10/11 – Members of Congress Show Their Support for UDC
5/4/11 – UDC: Institution in Transition (CUMU – Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities)
4/26/11 – UDC’s Search for Provost is Underway
4/18/11 – National Search for UDC Deans is Underway
4/18/11 – Improved Campus Waste Management Plan
4/14/11 – UDC Receives Calvin Jones BIG BAND Jazz Festival Proclamation
4/12/11 – Letter to Washington Post Editor re Fed. Shutdown
4/12/11 – Dr. Sessoms Answers to Residence and Travel
4/11/11 – UDC President hosts Cherry Blossom Event
4/7/11 – Federal Government Shutdown Implications
4/6/11 – UDC Receives Seed Grant for Ethiopian Partnership
3/29/11 – Dean Broderick Interview on Pacifica Radio
3/28/11 – Dr. Sessoms addresses DC Chamber of Commerce’s “Power Lunch”
3/28/11 – UDC Joins ECC in Div II Athletics
3/23/11 – Vice President Biden Announces Plan To Enlist Nation’s Governors for College Completion Campaign
3/18/11 – UDC President Deserves a Fair Shake (Washington Post – Editorial)
3/16/11 – Norton Working With UDC to Provide Free Tax Preparation for D.C. Residents Until April
3/11/11 – Sessoms on WAMU – Friday 3/11 – Politics Program
3/11/11 – UDC’s CAUSES Host’s the Inaugural International Urban Sustainability Summit
3/11/11 – Message on Japan From Dr. Sessoms
3/9/11 – Moving Forward: A Message to the University Community
3/8/11 – Weigh Allen Sessoms’s travel bills against what he has done for UDC
3/7/11 – Academic Senate Letter
3/7/11 – Letter to the community from the Provost
3/6/11 – President of UDC feels heat for travel spending
3/4/11 – UDC competes in Home Depot ” RETOOL YOUR SCHOOL” Program
3/4/11 – Academic Program Review: Results & Recommendations (Preliminary)
3/2/11 – UDC president responds to criticism of trips, expenses
3/1/11 – Dr. Sessoms’ Community Letter: Fox 5 Travel Expense Report
2/25/11 – UDC is called “The Comeback College.”
2/16/11 – UDC Founders’ Day 2011
2/14/11 – Congressman Jason Altmire Speaks at UDC
2/14/11 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Visits UDC
2/13/11 – UDC basketball coach Jeff Ruland gets another shot at redemption
2/12/11 – Far from his home in Egypt, UDC basketball player Ziad Ashmawy tries to stay positive
2/9/11 – UDC Athletes “Play for a Cure ” Come and Support the Fight Against Breast Cancer!
2/7/11 – UDC hosts Chinese students from High-School attached to Harbin Institute of Technology
2/3/11 – Dr. Allen Sessoms on News Channel 8
1/28/11 – UDC Winter Commencement
1/25/11 – President Sessoms featured speaker at APLU event
1/20/11 – UDC Students Participate in American Idol Viewing Party
1/19/11 – UDC Celebrates 160 Years of Public Higher Education in Washington
1/17/11 – UDC Honors Martin Luther King, Jr (Interactive PDF – See Page 7)
1/16/11 – OAS Secretary General Receives King Legacy Award for International Service
1/7/11 –WTTG Personality Gwen Tolbart to Deliver Winter Commencement Address
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