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Yulissa Chavez leans against a wall on campus wearing a red dress and commencement stole.

Fighting from Within

February 8, 2022 by Crystal Le

A Q&A with 2020 Diehl Prize winner and public school teacher Yulissa Chavez. A child of immigrants who had no formal education, Chavez has long been passionate about public education and combatting systems of oppression and poverty.

English and Plan II Senior Awarded $18,000 Diehl Prize to Help Serve Others

May 25, 2017 by Emily Nielsen

Christina Breitbeil, a Plan II Honors and English senior from Houston, Texas, has been awarded the 2017 Randy Diehl Prize in Liberal Arts. The $18,000 award, now in its second year, was established by donors to support a graduating liberal arts senior who is committing the year after graduation to service for the greater good, […]

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