Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award to recognize students, faculty
By Alejandra Reyes-Velarde
Feb. 17, 2015 1:08 a.m.
An Academic Senate committee is offering two grants of $2,000 each for a student and a faculty member committed to promoting diversity on campus.
To win the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award, students and faculty must be nominated by a faculty member, student, staff or administrator by Friday. Nominations should include a letter of recommendation from faculty or students and may include up to five additional letters of support. The Committee on Diversity and Equal Opportunity will determine the recipients of the award.
Applicants can be graduate or undergraduate students and faculty members who have worked to improve diversity on campus by initiating academic support programs, supporting diversity curricula or promoting the exchange of ideas around controversial issues, said Tiffany Hsu, a third-year neuroscience student on the Committee on Diversity and Equal Opportunity.
The committee for the award aims to be inclusive so all students have the opportunity to receive it, Hsu said.
The Academic Senate has offered the award since 1995, but this is the first year the Undergraduate Students Association Council Academic Affairs Commission is helping the Committee on Diversity and Equal Opportunity publicize the grant, said Allyson Bach, the Academic Affairs commissioner.
“I think it’s important to show that caring about issues of diversity is something that is valued and that people respect,” Bach said. “We can show other students that you shouldn’t be passive about your commitment to diversity.”
Applications are due Friday, and winners will be notified in spring.
Compiled by Alejandra Reyes-Velarde, Bruin reporter.
