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CIU President Honored by Columbia Urban League

Dr. Mark A. Smith addresses the Columbia Urban League in video.

November 5, 2021

The efforts of Columbia International University to be a positive influence in its own neighborhood has earned CIU President Dr. Mark A. Smith the prestigious “Bridge Builder Award” from The Columbia Urban League, Inc.

Smith was honored at the Urban League’s 54th annual Fund Campaign & Equal Opportunity Day Dinner held virtually this year. The theme was “Common Ground, A Pathway to Equity, Equality, and Inclusion.”

Listen to Smith’s heart for the work CIU is doing to improve Monticello Road, the corridor to CIU, in his address to the Columbia Urban League.

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