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Black Science Matters: Booted, Then Back

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Mentorship provides student with the tools needed to graduate after a rocky start.

Poor grades forced University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign undergraduate Temitayo Ade-Oshifogun out of the College of Engineering. The mentorship of a college dean led to Ade-Oshifogun earning all As at another university and eventually a degree in electrical engineering from Illinois. (Produced by UIUC journalism student Christine La)

10/03/2016 | Rating NR

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WILL Presents

Black Science Matters: Booted, Then Back

Special | 4m 10sVideo has Closed Captions

Poor grades forced University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign undergraduate Temitayo Ade-Oshifogun out of the College of Engineering. The mentorship of a college dean led to Ade-Oshifogun earning all As at another university and eventually a degree in electrical engineering from Illinois. (Produced by UIUC journalism student Christine La)

10/03/2016 | Rating NR

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