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More than 600 students from high-risk backgrounds in the Dominican Republic will get a chance to attend college with a support system modeled after Office of Diversity and Inclusion's (ODI) flagship programs under a $12 million investment recently announced by the island government.

Grabbing headlines in the Dominican Republic was news from the Minister of Higher Education Franklin Garcia that an unprecedented $644 million in Dominican pesos will be spent helping students from vulnerable groups succeed at a trio of local colleges.

A priceless collection of Black art collected over the past 40 years and displayed within the Frank W. Hale Black Cultural Center will forever be known as the Lawrence K. Williamson Jr. Black Fine Art Collection.

Be better than good.

That four-word mantra—passed down from strict but loving Bermudian parents—has been the north star guiding the essential work done by Rose Wilson-Hill on behalf of diversity and inclusion efforts at The Ohio State University over the past half century.

A living link to the origins of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Wilson-Hill—who retired as the director of administration special projects on January 1—came to the university in 1971 alongside Dr. Frank Hale, an iconic figure who had landed a new position as associate dean of The Graduate School.