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2021 Keeper of the Dream Scholarship winners to be honored

Nine exceptional students will be recognized for academic excellence, engagement and service

Diversity, scholarships, Keeper of the Dream

icon of a calendarJanuary 11, 2021

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Oakland University will honor its 2021 Keeper of the Dream Scholarship winners in a virtual tribute set for 11: 30 a.m. on Monday, January 18, 2021.

This year’s event will be broadcast via YouTube and a link will be posted on the OU website homepage just prior to the event.

Students to be honored this year include:

Adriana Colin-Diaz
Sophomore, History with Secondary Education and a Social Studies concentration and an Admissions Ambassador in the Undergraduate Admissions Office

Maryam Nissan
Senior, Human Resource Development Major and a Peer Mentor in the Center for Multicultural Initiatives

LaCaya Smith
Senior, Elementary Education-Early Childhood Development, and a Student Assistant in the Center for Multicultural Initiatives

Teyler Thompkins
Senior, Communication major with a minor in Music and General Manager of WXOU

Mariama Toure|
Senior, Industrial and Systems Engineering major, and aCORE Ambassador in the Center for Multicultural Initiatives

Alaya Freeman
Sophomore, Marketing major with a minor in Entrepreneurship, and a member of the Oakland University Honors College

Rachel Jackson
Junior, Integrative Studies-Higher Education Administration major, with a minor in Applied Leadership Skills and a CORE Ambassador in the Center for Multicultural Initiatives

Ja’Laaiyah Gordon
Senior, Marketing major with a minor in Dance and a CORE Ambassador in the Center of Multicultural Initiatives

Niajah Hood
Junior, Linguistics and Teaching English as a Second Language minor andTreasurer of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated

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