For the seventh consecutive year, ϳԹ is the recipient of the national Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from magazine.
As a recipient of the annual HEED Award—a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion—ϳԹ will be featured, along with 95 other recipients, in the November 2018 issue of INSIGHT Into Diversity.
“Receiving this award for the seventh consecutive year is quite a distinction for our university,” said Marilyn S. Mobley, vice president for inclusion, diversity and equal opportunity. “We have been working hard on these issues as a campus community, and so we all share this honor. At the same time, we know that inclusive excellence only comes through continued efforts, focused attention and strategic action.”
ϳԹ has received the national award every year since the honor was established in 2012. To be considered for the award, institutions complete an extensive application and summarize their diversity and inclusion initiatives. This year's ϳԹ application highlighted:
As a recipient of the annual HEED Award—a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion—ϳԹ will be featured, along with 95 other recipients, in the November 2018 issue of INSIGHT Into Diversity.
“Receiving this award for the seventh consecutive year is quite a distinction for our university,” said Marilyn S. Mobley, vice president for inclusion, diversity and equal opportunity. “We have been working hard on these issues as a campus community, and so we all share this honor. At the same time, we know that inclusive excellence only comes through continued efforts, focused attention and strategic action.”
ϳԹ has received the national award every year since the honor was established in 2012. To be considered for the award, institutions complete an extensive application and summarize their diversity and inclusion initiatives. This year's ϳԹ application highlighted:
- Diversity 360, the campuswide, comprehensive, diversity education program;
- ϳԹ Sustained Dialogue Program, which received a national award in 2017; and
- A variety of diversity-related student recruitment and student-service initiatives implemented by the university’s departments and schools.
