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- ↑ "Gateway president named one of CT's most influential black people". Yale Daily News. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ Herald, Shelton (18 December 2014). "New president named at Housatonic Community College". Shelton Herald. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ Lambeck, By Linda Conner (17 June 2017). "Housatonic and Gateway colleges to share a president". Connecticut Post. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ "Gateway Prez: We'll Do More With Less". New Haven Independent. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ "Broadie Gets NAACP Influence Nod". New Haven Independent. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ "NAACP honors community colleges' president". New Haven Register. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ Santa Fe College Selects Dr. Paul Broadie II To Be College's Fifth President
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