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THE Newsletter of the Division of DIVERSITY, EQUITY and INCLUSION at Kent State University
www.kent.edu/diversity
2015
DIVERSITY
TRAILBLAZER
AWARDED
“I am convinced that as the
world keeps changing around us,
so must our attitudes and behaviors to embrace, respect and
support all human beings — as
they are and for who they are”
E. Tim Moore Emeritus Assistant Dean & Associate Professor
Spring 2015
EDITION
WHAT’S INSIDE
HONORS & AWARDS (1-2)
DIVERSITY SPOTLIGHTS (7)
E. Tim Moore, 2015 Diversity
Trailblazer Award Recipient
Diversity Advisory Board
Member Spotlight
Kent State’s Alfreda Brown
Honored with Diversity
Visionary Award
Upward Bound
Student Spotlight
Kent State’s Veronica Cook-Euell
Wins Advocate of the Year Award
THROUGH THE LENS (3-4)
SPRING INITIATIVES (8)
Explore Photos from this
Winter’s Events
Autism Awareness Month
Green Dot Initiative Spreads
Across Kent State University
Upcoming Events
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS (5-6)
Kent State Defines HERstory
END NOTES (9)
Tee Up for Scholarships
Laverne Cox Visits Kent Campus
Contacts
Civil Rights Leader Julian Bond
Commemorated Kent State’s
13th Annual MLK Celebration
A Moment... In the Name of MLK
Edited by:
Carmen Roberts
Photography by:
Haley Baker
Designed by:
Jennifer Stamberger
From The Desk of:
Dr. Alfreda Brown
Dear Friends,
As we are longing for springtime to make its move in our part of the world, I want to share a
spring quote for you to consider: Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your
worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.
(Robert H. Schuller)
As it is with winter, hoping and wishing for wintry storms to cease, it is much like going through
a difficult time for only a season, as one waits for the right time to make the next move. Situations will change and sometimes one has to wait it out rather than make a hasty decision at the
most inopportune time. We are now experiencing the last of the snowfall and winter conditions
in Northeast Ohio. I encourage you to be patient rather than becoming disheartened. Kent is
beautiful in the spring and we welcome the refreshing experience that it will bring - as with other
waiting situations, it gets better. Spring is coming!
The Spring 2015 edition of Charting Our Future newsletter is full of great happenings in diversity
across the university. It is truly refreshing this time of year! There are awards and recognitions, as well as highlights from several diversity
programming events. Celebrity guests included Sil Lai Abrams, an award winning author and Truth in Reality founder; Laverne Cox, star of
Orange is the New Black Netflix Original Series, and Julian Bond, Distinguished Visiting Professor at American University and civil rights
activist and leader. Also in this issue are spotlights on two individuals who are connected with the division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
(DEI): a DEI Diversity Advisory Board Member, Samir Gautum and a successful writer and graduate from our Upward Bound TRIO program,
Dontez James.
The Spring 2015 edition also brings attention to our annual fundraiser of which we hope our readers will decide to participate in some
way. DEI offers a special invitation to faculty, staff, students, alumni, family and friends to support our 3rd Annual Tee Up for Scholarships Golf
Outing, a scholarship fundraiser sponsored by the DEI Diversity Advisory Board. This is an awesome event that promises to be lots of fun
and relaxation with opportunities to win great prizes.
DEI’s Diversity Advisory Board decided four years ago that the best way to contribute towards student success is to support academically
sound students who are experiencing financial challenges during the last two years of college. Placing students as a high priority to ensure
persistence and graduation has been the objective of many DEI initiatives since the division’s inception five years ago. We appreciate the
support by the Diversity Advisory Board in helping to make a financial difference for underserved and underrepresented students in this
way. We ask your support towards this fundraiser. It can be life changing for many students who have to decide between leaving the university, or stay to complete.
We appreciate your readership! Our division routinely partners closely with other Kent State departments to imagine the future and provide strategic plans to create it. I thank DEI staff and members of the University Diversity Action Council who have created transformative
models to advance the mission of the university and to all who share in making Kent State an affirming and welcoming university.
Alfreda Brown
Vice President
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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HONORS & AWARDS
E.Tim Moore, 2015 Diversity
Trailblazer Award Recipient
E. Timothy (Tim) Moore, assistant dean emeritus in Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences and associate professor emeritus in the Department of Pan-African Studies, received the university’s 2015 Diversity Trailblazer Award. The annual Diversity Trailblazer
Award recognizes diversity pioneers associated with Kent State.
Accorded to those individuals who have displayed exemplary contributions to the area of diversity in
the university, the award is presented
during the university’s annual Martin
Luther King Jr. Celebration, which took
place this year on Thursday, Jan. 22, in
the Kent Student Center Ballroom to
a capacity crowd.
Moore has been a trailblazer
in diversity issues for all of the nearly 40 years of his administrative and
academic service to Kent State. He
served as assistant and then associate
dean of undergraduate affairs in the
College of Arts and Sciences for 12
years. In that capacity, Moore worked
with all students, but he had a passion
for advising at-risk students. He was the go-to person for students
on campus, even those not enrolled in the College of Arts and
Sciences. He was a co-facilitator of Brother to Brother, a retention
program for male students of color. In recognition of his day-to-day
support of and programming for underrepresented students, he was
selected as the first recipient of the E. Timothy Moore Outstanding
Faculty-Staff Award, which was named in his honor.
“I was surprised with both happiness and pride for this recognition, especially five years after my retirement from Kent State,”
Moore said, after learning that he is the 2015 recipient of the Kent
State Diversity Trailblazer Award. “It is gratifying to know that others
have been touched in some way by my involvements and interactions with them.”
Moore also supported diversity while serving on the faculty of the Department of Pan-African Studies where he developed
multiple courses, including Oral and Visual Awareness, Introduction
to the African Arts, African-American Artists and Campus Conver-
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sations on Diversity of the Human Race. The selection committee
also noted his many years of giving presentations to minority high
school students during admissions and Kupita Transiciónes events.
He began at Kent State as a freshman. And since those
early days, he says he has “witnessed the steady growth and progress
of the diversity, equity and inclusion network” at his alma mater. “To
now be included among the five predecessors for this award is a
crowning achievement for my career as an educator,” he adds.
When asked why he is so passionate about enabling the success
of underrepresented students at the
university, Moore says he learned
much at Kent State and was then able
to teach others and work alongside
people of every level and attitude.
“I am convinced that as the
world keeps changing around us, so
must our attitudes and behaviors to
embrace, respect and support all human beings — as they are and for
who they are,” he said
Moore’s trailblazing contributions extend beyond the university,
including serving as a member and
teacher facilitator of the founding team of the governor’s Closing
the Achievement Gap initiative from 2007-2011. Throughout his life,
he influenced many students — as an administrator, a teacher, an
advisor, a mentor and as an ambassador of the culture of welcoming
and promoting diversity within our society.
More is the sixth recipient of Kent State’s Diversity Trailblazer Award. Previous recipients are Judith Devine, senior associate
athletic director emerita (2014); Gene Shelton, associate professor
in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (2013); David Mohan, former dean of Kent State University at Geauga (2012);
Ronald Fowler, Ph.D., former special assistant to the president on
community engagement (2011) and Dolores L. Noll, professor
emerita of English (2010).
To learn more about the Kent State Diversity Trailblazer
Award, visit www.kent.edu/diversity/trailblazers.cfm.
by Emily Vincent
HONORS & AWARDS
Kent State’s Alfreda Brown Honored
with Diversity Visionary Award
Alfreda Brown, Ed.D., Kent State University’s vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, has been selected to receive a Diversity
Visionary Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest
and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
“I sincerely appreciate this award, and it was a real surprise to me,
because I didn’t know I had been nominated,” Brown said.
INSIGHT Into Diversity honors individuals who have made
significant past and present contributions to diversity in higher education with its Diversity Visionary Awards. The honorees are
nominated by colleagues and
selected by the INSIGHT Into
Diversity staff. Diversity Visionary
Award recipients are recognized
throughout the year in each issue
of the magazine.
“When it comes to diversity, vision typically begins with me but
actualizing the vision takes so
much more thought and participation,” Brown said. “It doesn’t
just happen solely because of my efforts. It’s a result of many conversations, particularly with my leadership team. It’s the result of having
a strategic direction that is developed by a team of great people.”
Brown credits much of her success to reaching out to
deans, department chairs and faculty to foster a team approach.
“I’m a strong believer in building collaborative relationships,” Brown
said. Brown’s individual honor comes on the heels of Kent State being selected as a recipient of the 2014 Higher Education Excellence
in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity for the
second year in a row. The annual HEED Award is a national honor
recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion. As a recipient of this
award, Kent State is featured in INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine’s
November 2014 issue.
In her nomination letter, Iris E. Harvey, Kent State’s vice
president for university relations, said, “Her work includes collaborating with the faculty and staff to expand cultural capacities and
bring about a greater understanding and valuing of differences as
well as to build and sustain strategic partnerships with diverse pop-
ulations, communities and schools to enhance the goals and objectives of diversity and inclusion at Kent State, across Northeast Ohio,
throughout Ohio and nationally.”
For more information about INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine and the Diversity Visionary Awards, visit www.insightintodiversity.com.
For more information about Kent State’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, visit www.kent.edu/diversity.
by Emily Vincent
Kent State’s Veronica Cook-Euell Wins
Advocate of the Year Award
Veronica Cook-Euell, Kent State University’s supplier diversity program manager, was recently named Advocate of the Year by the Ohio Minority Supplier Development Council at its annual
Awards Gala and Silent Auction. According
to the council’s website, the Advocate of
the Year award is given to those who “support minority business development, are
visible in the business community, exhibit
a strong commitment to supplier diversity
and contribute to the efforts of the Ohio
Minority Supplier Development Council.”
Kent State was recognized as Best in Class for Supplier
Diversity in 2013 from the Commission on Economic Inclusion, reflecting Cook-Euell’s efforts to strengthen the diversity base through
the new ideas and techniques she brings to the university. “Kent
State’s commitment to diversity excellence extends to our external
partners – suppliers and vendors – who are vital to our university’s
success,” says Alfreda Brown, Ed.D., Kent State’s vice president for
diversity, equity and inclusion. “This award recognizes Veronica’s hard
work and dedication to diversifying our supplier base at Kent State,
as well as the continued growth of our supplier diversity program,
which offers minority-owned businesses a chance to succeed.”
For more information about Kent State’s supplier diversity
program or to learn about its vendors, visit www.kent.edu/procurement/diversity.
by Emily Vincent
Charting Our Future: Honors & Awards
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THROUGH THE LENS
REDEFINING HERstory WITH SIL LAI ARBAMS
2015 MLK TALENT EXTRAVAGANZA
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THROUGH THE LENS
JULIAN BOND SPEAKS AT MLK CELEBRATION
LAVERNE COX VISITS KENT CAMPUS
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Kent State Defines HERstory
As a result of the recent news coverage and attention given to the
issue of violence and domestic violence against women, a
spotlight has been casted on
a subject which has not had a
dominate voice, until now. The
Division of Diversity, Equity
and Inclusion in collaboration
with Truth In Reality hosted
the kick-off for Redefining
HERstory: A Movement to
Change the Representation of
Women of Color in the Media
on Nov. 10, 2014 in the Kiva
Auditorium.
A seven-month campaign, Redefining HERstory is a campus based educational and social action movement designed to
challenge students on their existing belief systems around domestic
violence and redefine society’s existing narrative of Black women by
using media messaging on reality television as the basis for conversation. Facilitated by NABJ award-winning author and Truth in Reality
founder, Sil Lai Abrams, over 200 students packed the auditorium to
learn how they could become change agents by encouraging others
to join the campus movement in reducing gender-based violence
and bullying.
Throughout the fall and spring semesters students participated in Reality Check Tweets Chats and Viewing Parties examining
various issues related to the social impact and influences of violent
reality show images featuring casts comprised primarily of women
of color. Students were also encouraged to organize a community
service project centered on the topic and create public service announcements that described why they supported the Redefining
HERstory Movement. In March, Ms. Abrams returned to campus to
participate in an empowering celebration during Women’s History
Month to recognize, honor and celebrate Kent’s collective efforts
in advancing the Redefining HERstory Movement highlighting what
had been accomplished during the campaign.
Special thanks to the HERstory planning committee and
the Office of Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services for
their support in this endeavor.
– excerpt from an article written by Shana Lee
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Program Highlights
Laverne Cox Visits Kent State:
A Student’s Perspective
“Ain’t I a woman?” asked
Laverne Cox several
times throughout her
speech. Laverne Cox
shared her story with us
in the Kent State ballroom on November
5th, 2014. Those in attendance thought her
speech to be remarkable,
influential, and inspiring.
Sexual orientation, gender, and gender expression weren’t important
to enjoy her speech. Her
message was far reaching
and inclusive. Her ability to overcome judgment for her sexual orientation, gender, and gender expression are what inspired her fans.
The event sold out within two hours. Over 1000 students attended this collaborative event put on by the LGBTQ
Student Center, Women’s Center and the Student Multicultural Center. Many students said they were dying to meet
her. A freshman student, said, “I love that Laverne Cox is drawing attention to the transgender community,” also, a junior
theater major, said, “She’s impacted so many people, it doesn’t matter who you are, she’s impacted everyone. She is so supportive of
everyone, even outside of the LGBTQ society.”
Orange is the New Black, a Netflix Original Series that
featured Cox, was also very popular throughout the crowd. Many
students raved about the series, and claimed Laverne to be their
favorite character. This role allowed Laverne to shine and be the
first openly transgendered actor to be nominated for an Emmy in
the acting category.
Her captivating speech was educational and impacting. She
inspired everyone in the crowd while sharing very personal information in a motivating way. Laverne is paving the way for the trans
community and in the LGBTQ community overall, as she encourages everyone to embrace their identity and to shine in moments of
doubt.
by Jennifer Stamberger, Junior, Visual Communications Major
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Civil Rights Leader Julian Bond
Commemorated Kent State’s 13th
Annual MLK Celebration
Kent State University kicked off a week-long series of events on
January 19th with the “Just for a Day” service event which commemorated the life and influence of Martin Luther King Jr. Following
the day of service
Kent State held its
13th annual Martin
Luther King Jr. Celebration featuring Julian Bond, a leader of
the civil rights movement, as the keynote
speaker.
“We
are
honored to have
Julian Bond as our
keynote speaker this year,” said Alfreda Brown, Ed.D., Kent State’s
Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. “His speech was
relevant in light of many current regional and national headlines that
have gained attention across the United States over the past several
weeks. Mr. Bond’s experience will take us back to a time of nonviolent protests and engaged activism during a period of unrest in our
nation’s history, and specifically what he did as a leader of students
on college campuses in the 1960s. The timing of Mr. Bond’s arrival
at Kent State is perfectly aligned as an opportunity to learn new
perspectives on age-old challenges.”
Bond, who narrated the May 4 Walking Tour documentary
for the guided tour stations at Kent State’s May 4 Memorial site, is
a Distinguished Visiting Professor at American University in Washington, D.C., and a professor emeritus in the history department at
the University of Virginia. He has been at the forefront of civil rights
activism for several decades. He helped to form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee as a student at Morehouse College
in Atlanta. In 1998, he was elected board chairman of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and
he currently serves as its chairman emeritus. He also helped found
the Southern Poverty Law Center and served as its president from
1971 to 1979. Bond was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives, serving from 1965 to 1975. He also served six terms in
the Georgia Senate, from 1975-1986. In 1968, Bond led a challenge
delegation from Georgia to the Democratic National Convention in
Chicago and was the first African-American nominated as vice pres-
ident of the United States. He withdrew his name from the ballot
because he was too young to serve.
Following Bond’s keynote address, preschool children from
Kent State’s Child Development Center presented him with their
art project called “The Skin I’m In.” The art project, created with
assistance from three Kent State students, represents the children’s
multicultural diversity and their different skin colors that combine to
make a beautiful piece of art.
Other commemorative events included “Race in America,” the first topic to be discussed as part of the new University
Dialogue Series , a silent memorial march that preceded Bond’s keynote address, a cultural extravaganza, the Game of Life, and Soup &
Substance which featured an interfaith panel discussing peace and
service to others. Events were sponsored by Kent State’s Office of
Experiential Education and Civic Engagement and the Division of
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
by Emily Vincent
A Moment…In the Name of MLK
When I think about what it took to put the 2015 MLK Talent Extravaganza together my thoughts quickly go to the cast and crew
that came together to create this moment. They were magnificent,
committed and so patient with my many demands. They were open
to giving their all, just because we asked them too. In a few short
weeks we came together and merged into what many viewers of
our show have called something wonderful, powerful and worthy
of the commemoration of the life of MLK. I would like all cast and
crew to know that it was our, working “together” that ultimately
caused this event to touch viewers so deeply and in the right way.
It was a true honor to be given the opportunity to work with this
incredibly talented group of students, both on and behind stage, as
they demonstrated their particular artistry through expression of
self. I loved it and miss your presence already…so much energy, so
much beauty. This cast and crew gave reverence and attention to
this project and even seemed moved by the fact that we were doing
something special in the name of a great American, a great man
who in his time went on to touched the world with his spirit of love
for all humanity. They gave freely. Let me be clear, there were times
during rehearsals that they, cast and crew, made me crazy but alas
this is the reality of working with people…artist who are filled with
the essence of life itself…self-expression! I look forward to working
with all of them again…but please know that I will be reaching even
deeper for the edge because at any moment…Art leads!
by Dr. Keith Wisdom
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DIVERSITY SPOTLIGHTS
Diversity Advisory Board
Member Spotlight
Samir Gautam, who grew up in New Delhi and finished his high
school education in London, lives in Solon and is a financial adviser
at Caritas Financial. He is a trustee and chair of the development
committee at The Presidents’ Council Foundation and participates
with the Cleveland Council on
World Affairs and Kent State
University’s office of diversity
and inclusion.
He wants to improve the climate for businesses operated by
women and minorities by turning
the spotlight on them and the issues and challenges they face
as entrepreneurs. Connecting
everyone together and creating
opportunities for minorities to
articulate their own experiences, struggles and successes could
create a better business atmosphere for everyone.
Samir Gautam
“The goal is to show everyone that Cleveland is a very
inclusive social and business community,” he said. “Our way of highlighting minority-owned business in the area is in the hopes to help
them grow and, perhaps to a certain degree, attract minority business and encourage more to get into entrepreneurship in general.”
Gautam said he hopes to help create new opportunities for education and mentoring for small business owners
and engage both the greater business community and younger people to begin instilling in them the importance of inclusion.
That could come in partnerships with the surrounding colleges and universities, Gautam said, which include large populations
of foreign students.
“I’m a firm believer in taking tiny steps toward the ultimate
goal,” Gautam said. “This is a work in progress. Once we bring everyone together and insert some of those smaller pieces, the bigger
picture will begin to form on its own.”
— excerpt from article written by Jeremy Nobile of Crain’s Cleveland Business
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Diversity Spotlights
Upward Bound Student Spotlight
Dontez James, Alumnus of Ravenna High School and Kent State
University’s Upward Bound Programs, has vowed to give back to
the community and continue his efforts to pay it forward. The Dontez X. James Scholarship Award was created to provide first generation and low income
students financial assistance in preparation for
their
post-secondary
education. Additionally, Dontez developed
a program, known as
Young Inspirations ,
which focuses on encouraging high school
students to follow their
passions through personal and professional
development.
In 2011, with
the support of the
Dreams are Contagious
organization, Ms. Bonnie
Munguia, Dr. Geraldine
Hayes-Nelson and also
Sherlyn Nelson, Dontez
became the youngest
Dontez James
published African American author in Northeastern Ohio.
His first work entitled, “We All Do Dumb Things,” dealt with a young
man conflicted with an internal struggle due to life circumstances.
Dontez is currently working on publishing more literary works and
has plans to turn each work into a movie. “One of the things that I
have learned on my journey is that you have to keep working. No
matter how hard life gets, no matter how many people let you down
or tell you that you cannot do something, you have to fight through
and keep working.”
Dontez is an Independent Actor and hopes to join an agency soon.
SPRING INITIATIVES
Autism Awareness Month
In support of autism awareness, the Division of Diversity, Equity
and Inclusion (DEI) continues to work with other university departments on new initiatives that will benefit students with Autism
Spectrum Disorder (ASD). An ASD Task Force has been formed
which includes members from DEI, Student Accessibility Services
(SAS), the Autism Initiative for Research, Education, and Outreach
(AIREO), regional campuses, and the student population. Another
is a Rock-A-Thon fundraising event on April 9-10 that will benefit
those pursuing Kent State’s Autism Spectrum Disorders certificate. Also on April 9 and in the KIVA from 7-8pm, DEI will host
a special speaking engagement with guest speaker and author Mr.
Sean Barron, who was diagnosed with ASD at the age of five. He
will share his experiences living with this “difference”. To wrap up
National Autism Awareness Month, Dr. Lisa Audet, who is co-founder of AIREO as well as an assistant professor in the department
of Health Sciences, will speak at the Student Multicultural Center’s
Soup & Substance on April 29 to those who would like to learn
and understand more about ASD. Please join us for both speaking
events. Show your support by wearing BLUE on April 2 which is
World Autism Awareness Day.
If you have any questions or would like more information,
please feel free to contact DEI Special Assistant, Gina Campana at
gcampana@kent.edu.
Green Dot Initiative Spreads Across
Kent State Campuses
Green dots are popping up across the
university. Since launching in the fall 2014,
over 150 members of our community have
been trained as active bystanders to help
prevent power-based personal violence
(sexual assault, intimate partner violence,
stalking.)
What is Green Dot? Visualize for a moment, the image
that has been shown on many television and movie screens. The
image of small red dots representing an epidemic spreading across
a computer generated map of the US. With alarming speed, those
individual dots spread and duplicate until the entire map is glowing
red as a result of millions of individual red dots. Each red dot on this
map is an act of power based personal violence.
As our green dots spread throughout all our campus communities, we are planning to increase faculty and staff who help share
the message of Green Dot and educate and mentor our community
members. In May, there will be a “train to be a Green Dot educator”
4 day certification workshop held on the Kent Campus. Bystander
skill workshops are scheduled for students, faculty and staff throughout the spring semester. For more information about Green Dot,
to sign up for our e-newsletter or to register for a workshop, visit
the website www.kent.edu/greendot or contact the SRVSS Office at (330)672-8016.
– excerpt from article written by Jennie O’Connell
UPCOMING EVENTS
Autism Awareness Speaker................April 9th
Mr. Sean Barron will speak in the Kiva from 7-8pm
Walk a Mile in Their Shoes...............April 14th
Check in begins at 4:30pm in the Kiva
Karamu Ya Wahitimu......................April 24th
6:30pm in Cartwright Hall
Lavender Graduation Ceremony.......May 1st
6pm-8pm in Room 226 Schwartz Center
UDAC Year End Meeting...................May 14th
Meeting in KSC room 306, Ceremony in
KSC Ballroom Balcony
Tee Up for Scholarships....................May 18th
8am-2pm at Windmill Lakes Golf Course
located in Ravenna, Ohio
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TEE UP FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
3rd Annual, “Tee Up for Scholarships”
Golf Outing
The Diversity Advisory Board and the
Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) are excited to announce the
return of the 3rd Annual Tee Up For
Scholarships golf outing fundraiser. This
year’s event will be held on Monday, May
18, 2015 at Windmill Lakes Golf Course,
Ravenna, Ohio. Funds raised through
sponsorships, registration fees and individual donors will support
two annual scholarships for students from underrepresented or under-served populations. A focus will be on students in the final years
of their bachelor’s degree who require financial assistance in order
to continue on to graduation. Additional event details can be found
on our website at www.kent.edu/diversity/golf.
Providing sponsorship support will enable the Kent State
University to attract and retain promising high-caliber students as
they persist though graduation to fulfillment of their career objectives. A strategic goal of the university is to promote student excellence by opening the door for students who need assistance to pursue a higher education. Scholarships are the key to achieving these
goals. Higher education is an investment not only in a student, but
also in the future of our society. Please join us on May 18 at Windmill
Lakes for this fun and life-changing event for promising students and
our future leaders.
You will make a difference and your support will change lives!
For more information on how you can become a sponsor or form a team, please visit www.kent.edu/diveristy/golf or
contact Kimberly Kennedy (330) 672-8563 kkenne11@kent.edu
CONTACT US
Website: www.kent.edu/diversity
Email: diversity@kent.edu
Office of the Vice President
(330) 672-2442
University Library, Office 251
Student Multicultural Center
(330) 672-3560
Kent Student Center, Office 206
Women’s Center
(330) 672-9230
Carriage House
LGBTQ Student Center
(330) 672-8580
Kent Student Center, Room 024
Sexual & Relationship Violence Support Services
(330) 672-8016
Carriage House
Upward Bound & Pre-College Programs
(330) 672-2920
Schwartz Center, Office 225
Diversity & Inclusion Leadership
(330) 672-2569
University Library, Office 251
Special Projects & Initiatives
(330) 672-8582
University Library, Office 384
Planning Assessment & Research Management
(330) 672-8144
Schwartz Center, Office 229
AALANA Initiatives
(330) 672-8581
Schwartz Center, Office 229
(Office Hours 8AM – 5PM)
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Equity Action Plan / Organizational Changes / Initiatives
Charting Our Future: End Notes
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