Nine people or groups at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received 2013 University Diversity Awards. The awards, sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, recognize significant contributions to the enhancement, support and furtherance of diversity on the Carolina campus and in the community.
Nine people or groups at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received 2013 University Diversity Awards. The awards, sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, recognize significant contributions to the enhancement, support and furtherance of diversity on the Carolina campus and in the community.
This year’s winners are:
- Lisa Freeman, assistant director in the department of housing and residential education, who co-founded the department’s multicultural competence committee and created the multicultural adviser program;
- Paul Cuadros, assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, who is on the advisory board and the operational board for the Scholar’s Latino Initiative, a three-year program for students from under-resourced N.C. high schools that helps them develop an enthusiasm for higher education and prepare for college success;
- Katie Savage, a junior psychology major, who received the undergraduate student award for her work in founding Advocates for Carolina, an organization for students with disabilities;
- Arianna Timko, a graduate student in rehabilitation counseling and psychology, who was honored for her work in developing the “Beyond Bullying: How Bystanders Can Prevent Identity-Based and Sexual Harassment” training;
- The Black Student Caucus, which represents students of color in the School of Social Work and hosted school events to promote education about racial and social injustices;
- The Carolina College Advising Corps, which received the departmental award for its efforts to provide trained, enthusiastic advisers to low-income, first-generation and under-represented students at partner high schools across North Carolina;
- Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy, a 1990 Carolina alumnus and member of the Lumbee tribe, whose research as the Borderlands Professor of Indigenous Education and Justice in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University focuses on the experiences of indigenous students, staff and faculty;
- The community organization Blue Ribbon Youth Leadership Institute, which conducts programs to eliminate racial achievement gaps in Chapel Hill area high schools; and
- Community member and UNC alumna Florence Simán, who directed a lay health adviser program at El Pueblo Inc., where she is now the director of health programs.
For more information about this year’s winners, read http://gazette.unc.edu/2013/04/16/nine-recognized-for-key-contributions-to-diversity/
Photo and caption: http://gazette.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Diversity-awards_650.jpg,
Back row left to right: Arianna Timko, Paul Cuadros, Lisa Freeman, Lorie Clark and Florence Siman. Front row: Yolanda Keith, Katie Savage and Tamsin Wolley. Not pictured: Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy
Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs contact: Miki Kersgard, (919) 962-6962, kersgard@unc.edu