Diversity Digest
Record Number of Departments Host Future Faculty Workshop Participants
A record number of departments participated in the Building Future Faculty workshop, which was held at NC State from March 14-16, 2018. Thirty-four graduate students and postdocs from across the country participated this year, the thirteenth year of the program.
Week of Action: Finding Your Center, Expanding Your Circle
The GLBT Center will host its third annual Week of Action from Monday, April 2 to Friday, April 6, 2018 with the theme "Finding Your Center, Expanding Your Circle." The goal of this week is to help students, faculty and staff find a social justice issue they are passionate about, explore ways to address the challenges of that issue and then discover ways that issue intersects with other social justice issues.
#MeToo or #MeWho? Visibility and Representation in the #MeToo Movement
While the #MeToo hashtag exploded on the scene in October 2017 in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, it was not until several days and weeks later that the true origin story of #MeToo reached the same audience.
NC State Begins Historic Partnership with Mexican Consulate
On Wednesday, March 14, 2018, the Ventanilla de Orientación Educativa held its official kick-off event and ribbon-cutting ceremony. NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson, Consul General Remedios Gomez Arnau, Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, Deputy Chief Secretary Reid Wilson (Department of Natural and Cultural Resources) and NC State Director of Multicultural Student Affairs Nashia Whittenburg gave remarks on the importance of a new partnership in advancing education information and attainment across the Carolinas.
Through My Lenses: Black Panther
Austin Butler, communications intern in the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity and a senior in values, technology and society, provides her thoughts on Black Panther (2018).
Alternative Service Breaks Focus on Social and Economic Inequities
NC State's Campus Community Centers continued their partnership with the Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service (CSLEPS) on several Alternative Service Break (ASB) trips earlier this month. These high-impact travel experiences help students develop and enhance a value for public service, civic engagement and service-learning as well as engage in dialogue that explores and advocates for social justice issues locally and globally.
This Week is Diversity Education Week: Revisited
In the spring, the University Activities Board, a student-led organization, organizes "Diversity Education Week: Revisited" to continue student engagement with diversity topics. This year’s Diversity Education Week: Revisited begins today and continues throughout the week.
Veteran NC State Leader Comes to Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity
The Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity welcomed Sheri Schwab as interim vice provost on March 1, 2018. Prior to accepting this role, she served as associate director of NC State's Cooperative Extension and director of county operations for almost seven years.
“Treasures of Native America” on Display at Gregg Museum
Now through April 29, 2018 in the Thomas E. Cabaniss Gallery on the first floor of the Gregg Museum of Art and Design, "Treasures of Native America" features a rotating display of Native American art donated from the Greenberg Collection.
AACC Launches Mate Masie Academic Support Sessions
Mate masie is an Adinkra phrase which is interpreted, "what I hear, I keep." The African American Cultural Center (AACC) has launched a new initiative called Matie Masie Academic Survival Skills Sessions to maximize educational support for students who identify as of African descent.