A new speakers series began March 11 as a tribute to the late Leslie Campbell, who worked at UC Davis for 30 years, mostly in Undergraduate Admissions. She retired as interim director in 2004 and died the next year of breast cancer.

A memorial fund supports the annual speaker series. The sponsors include the African Continuum, African American and African Studies, Office of Campus Community Relations, Early Academic Outreach Program and the Educational Opportunity Program, the African American Faculty and Staff Association, Academic Preparation Programs, Undergraduate Admissions and Student Affairs.

Organizers selected Beverly Guy-Sheftall as the inaugural speaker. She is the Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women's Studies and founding director of the Women's Research and Resource Center at Spelman College in Atlanta.

She gave two talks at UC Davis: "Gender Talk: Dialogue Among Sisters and Brothers" and "Remembering Our Black Feminist Foremothers."

People wishing to support the speakers series are invited to send contributions to the Leslie Campbell memorial Fund, in care of the UC Davis Foundation, UC Davis, 1 Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616. Checks should be made payable to the UC Davis Foundation-Leslie Campbell Memorial Fund.