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Mary Hinton, assistant vice president of academic affairs and chief planning and diversity officer at Misericordia University, recently spoke with students at GAR Memorial Junior-Senior High School, Wilkes-Barre. Hinton, who is also associated with Misericordia University’s Diversity Institute, discussed topical issues with senior high students during an assembly and in a more personal session with students in Julia Hoskins’ class. The visit was arranged by Hoskins, who also serves as the diversity coordinator for the Wilkes-Barre Area School District, in observance of Black History Month. Some of the participants, from left, first row: Victoria Wallace; Erica Acosta, Misericordia University; Jenny Chi; Hinton; and Maliha Zaman, Misericordia University. Second row: China Morningstar, Molly McCarthy, Julianna Leco, Jessica Montigney, Hailey Williams, Edoukou Aka-Ezoua and Julia Hoskins. Third row: Bryant Placencio, Marissa George and Andres Jones. Fourth row: Anthony Harris, Nick Rybitski, Kevin Sova, Brian Klapat, Doug Delscavage and Edward Flippen.