CUE provides seed grants to innovative, socially engaged projects that improve conditions and the quality of life for communities of color. CUE projects leverage the expertise of faculty, the passion of student scholars, and the experiences of community partners. They increase awareness on issues impacting communities of color that are often rendered invisible in mainstream media and help communities inform policy changes and design or implement solutions.
The Community-University Empowerment projects, which leverage the expertise of faculty, the passion of student scholars, and the experiences of community partners, increase awareness on issues impacting communities of color that are often rendered invisible in mainstream media and help communities inform policy changes and design or implement solutions.
In addition to empowering communities in relevant and meaningful ways, the Community-University Empowerment projects enable faculty to apply their research and develop case studies for teaching and provide student scholars with opportunities to practice their critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
College of Ethnic Studies Funding Initiatives
Scholarships
Scholarships provide much-needed support to students to defray the cost of attending University.
Queer Ethnic
Studies Initiative
The Initiative is part of the College’s strategic plan to mobilize faculty expertise, support graduate student scholarship, and investigate the creation of a major on queers of color.
Metro College
Success Program
The Metro Program supports first-generation, low-income, and/or historically underrepresented students at the University.
Asian American
Research Initiative (AARI)
AARI conducts community-based research and activities to empower our communities.
Dean Amy Sueyoshi On the Power of the Ethnic Studies
We recently sat down with Dean Sueyoshi to learn about her perspectives on leading the College of Ethnic Studies in a rapidly changing world that is markedly different from that of the 1968 strikers whose 6-month walkout and protest led to the establishment of the college.