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Nominations solicited for Earl B. Higgins awards  MUSC’s Office of Student Diversity is accepting nominations for the 2007 Earl B. Higgins Award. Established to honor a former director of minority affairs, the award acknowledges persistence and dedication to positive contributions to diversity enhancement on the campus, either in the colleges, the university or in MUHA.   The 2007 Earl B. Higgins awards will be presented at a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, at the Wickliffe House.   Nominees for two separate awards are invited: The Earl B. Higgins 2007 Achievement in Diversity Award; and The Earl B. Higgins 2007 Student Leadership in Diversity Award. Nominations must include the nomination form, and two letters of endorsement on 8 1/2 x 11 paper for each nomination. Attach letters of endorsement to the nomination form.   Submissions must be received by noon Friday, Feb. 9. Electronic submissions to skaggs@musc.edu are recommended. Winners will be announced on March 8. Information on the awards can be found at http://www.musc.edu/diversity/ or call  792-2147.     Friday, Feb. 2, 2007 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Island Publications at 849-1778, ext. 201.