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It was my way of honoring the student heroes in our midst. The event was all about putting students front and center and having a lot of fun, too.
They might not wear capes or leap tall buildings in a single bound, like those in the comic books downtown at Bizarro World. These Aggie Heroes are using their talents and powers for the greater good of our university and beyond.
That afternoon I told the crowd, 鈥淵ou become an Aggie Hero through your everyday actions and words. It鈥檚 about taking a mindful approach to what you do and say for the sake of your peers, your university community and humanity at large.鈥
Shaniah Branson is an Aggie Hero in my book.
Though she鈥檚 the first in her family to attend a four-year college, Shaniah, who serves as ASUCD vice president, works hard to tend to the welfare of her student peers. She was a member of a task force I appointed to help students struggling with food insecurity.
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Shaniah is a political science and communications major on track to go to law school, where she鈥檒l build her powers in the fight for social justice and equal application of the law.
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As I looked into the Fall Welcome crowd that September afternoon, I knew that Aggie Heroes were everywhere. Rina Singh, chair of the ASUCD Ethnic and Cultural Affairs Commission, spoke passionately about the need for diversity and equity on campus.
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Our Aggie Heroes aren鈥檛 just students, either. 鈥 those from families with no college degree. Nearly 45 percent of this year鈥檚 new undergraduates are first-generation, and these faculty members 鈥 who were first-generation students themselves 鈥 have signed up to serve as mentors for these students. The faculty know the challenges of breaking ground in their families with higher education, and they鈥檙e eager to lend support.
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Chancellor Gary S. May鈥檚 monthly column appears and then in Dateline 白小姐王中王开奖结果.