The Presidential Commission on Race and Ethnicity (PCORE will acknowledge the contributions of student Dyeato Paye; the Huskie Food Pantry, Dean of the University Libraries, Fed Barnhart; Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor, Simón E. Weffer-Elizondo; and Executive Director of the Office of Precollegiate Programs and PCORE Chair, Felicia Bohanon. The Luncheon speaker, Dr. Robin Hughes,  Dean, of the School of Education, Health, and Human Behavior at SIUE,  will discuss the challenge Black women in higher education face and yet how they persevere.