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2009 Summer Scholar Identity Institute winds up

Posted 6/17/2009

Vanderbilt's drive to close the achievement gap between young black males and other students continued the first two weeks of June when students gathered on campus to shore up good habits at the Summer Scholar Identity Institute.

The students were high-achieving young black males from the Metro Nashville School system.

Activities included physical exercise, advice on diet and sleep habits and some observations on the negative portrayals of black men in the media. The project was developed by Gilman Whiting, assistant professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and Human and Organizational Development, and Donna Ford, the Betts Chair of Education and Human Development and a professor of education at the Peabody College of Education.

Contact: Jim Patterson, (615) 322-NEWS
jim.patterson@vanderbilt.edu

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