The 21^st annual Graduate School of Education (GSE) Research Symposium, “Rethinking Access: Developing Multicultural Pathways in Education” will host about 50 graduate student presenters.  The GSE Symposium aspires to give graduate students authentic experiences before they begin their first years as professionals in a range of fields.  To help build this connection, within the GSE, the University at Buffalo, and to showcase the extraordinary work that is being pursued by all GSE and UB students, the Symposium invites graduate students to present the research or degree related work in an environment that imitates regional, national, and international conferences important to various fields’ associations and affiliations.  The welcome address will be delivered by Dr. Terrell L. Strayhorn, Associate Professor of the College of Education and Human Ecology at the Ohio State University.