It is a special joy to welcome all the new and continuing students to Thurgood Marshall College. TMC has a great legacy, promoting cultural tolerance, social equality, and civic justice. More ...
The Preuss School is the brainchild of former TMC Provost Cecil Lytle. More ...
TMC's Jaryn Saritzky's photo op with Justice
Sonia Sotomayor. More ...
Developing the Scholar and Citizen
Thurgood Marshall College develops the scholar and citizen. TMC stands for academic excellence, community, diversity, educational & leadership opportunity, public service, social equality and justice. More...
News & Events
Hate-Free Week Film Series and Discussion
The Department of History offers these movies free followed by a panel discussion.
Amy Binder comes to her position as Interim Provost at Thurgood Marshall College from the Department of Sociology, where she is an Associate Professor. Professor Binder’s research interests include social movements, education, culture, and organizations —all of which were brought together in her award-winning first book Contentious Curricula: Afrocentrism and Creationism in American Public Schools. She currently is studying conservative activism in higher education. More ...
Professor Binder has served as both a member of the Executive Committee and the Director of the Public Service Minor at Marshall College. She believes strongly in the College’s motto of scholar and citizen and has worked to incorporate service learning into her classes. She has advised several sociology honors students on their theses and last summer brought together a five-person undergraduate research team to do primary research on her upcoming book project. She teaches in the areas of qualitative methods, sociology of education, student activism, and popular culture.
Please feel free to drop by her office to say hello!
TMC is pleased to annouce our newly launched Partnership Schools web page. Partnership School internships and volunteer positions are open to all UCSD students. We invite your participation. More ...
TMC alum Kelly Kovacic teaching at The Preuss School UCSD
Washington, DC, January 12, 2010— TMC alum Kelly Kovacic has been chosen as one of four finalists to receive the nation’s top teaching honor, National Teacher of the Year, according to Gene Wilhoit, executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). Kovacic is an eleventh and twelfth grade social studies teacher at The Preuss School USCD.
Recognition by President Barack Obama of the national honoree and the state representatives is tentatively scheduled to take place during the week of April 26–30, 2010. More ...pdf
Van Jones – New York Times Best Selling author, winner of NAACP’s 2010 President’s Award, and father of the green jobs movement will speak on The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems Tuesday, May 11th, 7:00 PM
at the UCSD Price Center Ballroom West
Thurgood Marshall College develops the scholar and citizen. TMC stands for academic excellence, community, diversity, educational & leadership opportunity, public service, social equality and justice. More...
