Arizona State University: Black African Convocation 'LIFTed' By Excellence, Resilience

Press release from Arizona State University:

December 21, 2021

Extremophile Pronounced "/ekˈstreməˌfīl/": An organism that lives under extreme environmental conditions, such as temperature, acidity, alkalinity or chemical concentration where most
others would perish, according to its dictionary definition.

It’s a noun Brooke Coley, a bioengineer and social justice scholar, also assigned to the graduating class of 2021 celebrated at Arizona State University's Black African Convocation on Dec. 16.

In her address as faculty speaker at the special interest convocation, Coley, an assistant professor in engineering at the Polytechnic School of ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, rendered visibility on the group she called one of the most “invisible populations” — Black students in higher education navigating two pandemics: COVID-19 and “Racism-20.”

This press release was produced by Arizona State University. The views expressed here are the author’s own.