Eric Cardona (TRIO Student Support Services) and Kevin Wright (Student Diversity and Social Justice) were recognized as Distinguished Men of Color in Higher Education and participated in a discussion with prominent scholars working in California and Michigan, as well as current scholar-practitioners from Nevada State College, the College of Southern Nevada, and the Las Vegas Fulfillment Fund to plan and develop initiatives centered around retaining and graduating current undergraduate and graduate student men of color from institutions within the Nevada System of Higher Education.