Lesley Logan, inspired by her mother Janet Elizabeth Anderson, who graduated from California State University-Dominguez Hills, has launched a scholarship to honor her mom’s legacy.
In school, math was not my favorite subject but I do understand the importance of numbers. I want to share with you some numbers associated with the great city of Los Angeles.
. Michael Drake, M.D. has just been appointed by the UC Regents to be the next president of the University of California system. His appointment will be effective August 1 of this year. Drake will become the first African American head of the UC system in its 152-year history. That’s a lot of glass to break in that ceiling, but the shattering of that threshold has reverberated throughout the higher education community, and certainly here in California. I want to join the chorus and shout with joy, even as I bear witness to similar Black excellence continuing to shine in California, and other parts of the nation as well.