President's Committee on Diversity
The President’s Committee on Diversity will promote a welcoming educational and professional environment that cultivates and celebrates diversity in all of its facets, including the tolerance of different perspectives, thought, backgrounds and life experiences.
The committee will actively support university strategies and programs involving recruitment and retention of a diverse community of students, faculty and staff.
It will serve the campus community by fostering and promoting the ideals of mutual respect, teamwork, and appreciation for multiple perspectives in a safe and inclusive environment.
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Annual Report 2010-11
Upcoming Events
DELTA DAYS, January 16-20, 2012
MONDAY, JANUARY 16
MLK, Jr. Faculty and Staff Breakfast
· Remarks from President Scoggins
· Presentation of the MLK, Jr. Recognition Awards
· Remarks from Dr. Derrick Hudson, LAIS. Dr. Hudson will provide perspective on Dr. King
as the inconvenient hero, going beyond the “safer” message of King’s stirring “I Have a Dream” speech
to King’s later years, when his message and witness became more radical and challenging to the status quo
at every level. This event also will serve as a complement to the Thursday DeltaDays event with Dr. Vincent Harding,
confidante and speechwriter for Dr. King, noted scholar and activist, and author of "Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero."
TIME: Light breakfast will be served beginning at 7:30 am
Program will begin at 7:45 am and end by 9:00 am
LOCATION: Student Center Grand Ballroom
MLK DAY BIRTHDAY CAKE
Birthday cake will be served to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday in the Student Center Atrium
TIME: Cake will be served from 10:00 am-1:30 pm
LOCATION: Student Center Atrium
A CELEBRATION OF INCLUSION AND COMMUNITY
Enjoy free food and live entertainment with music and stories.
TIME: 5:00-7:00 pm
LOCATION: Student Center Ballrooms A-C
No RSVP Required
TUESDAY, JANUARY 17
PRIVILEGE WALK: Explore Where You’ve Come From
Facilitated by Dr. Juan Lucena, LAIS Associate Professor
Free food and Raffles for great prizes! An experience for the Mines community to come together and
learn about how power and privilege can affect our lives even when we’re not aware that it’s happening.
TIME: 5:30-7:00 pm
LOCATION: Friedoff Hall, Green Center
No RSVP Required
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18
WORKPLACE DIVERSITY
Presented by Faye Wilson Tate, Director of Global Diversity and Inclusion at CH2MHill
Ms. Wilson Tate will discuss workplace diversity issues and strategies from a corporate perspective.
Sponsored by the CSM Society of Women Engineers (SWE).
TIME: Buffet Lunch begins at 11:45 am
Presentation is from 12:15-1:00 pm
LOCATION: Friedoff Hall, Green Center
RSVP: Accepts only by Thursday, January 12 to Deb Lasich at dlasich@mines.edu or 303-273-3097
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19
DR. VINCENT HARDING: Confidante and Speechwriter for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Learn about Dr. King’s message and how it applies at Mines with a panel discussion led by CSM students and Dr. Harding.
Sponsored by the Hennebach Program in Humanities.
Raffles for great prizes!
TIME: 4:00-6:00 pm – Panel Discussion
6:00-7:00 pm – Reception (appetizers and drinks)
LOCATION: Student Center Ballrooms A-C
No RSVP Required
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20
BUILDING CAMPUS COMMUNITY: President Scoggins and Campus Leaders
A panel discussion about campus diversity efforts and your role to promote inclusion at Mines.
TIME: Buffet Lunch begins at 11:45 am
Presentation is from 12:15-1:00 pm
LOCATION: Student Center Ballrooms A-C
RSVP: Accepts only by Monday, January 16 to Deb Lasich at dlasich@mines.edu or 303-273-3097
HIP HOP & SALSA DANCE NIGHT
Sponsored by the CSM National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
Food! Fun! Music! Dancing! Everyone is invited to attend.
TIME: 7:30-9:30 pm
LOCATION: Student Center Ballrooms
No RSVP Required
All events are free to the CSM Community.
The lead sponsor for DeltaDays is the ConocoPhilips Company.
Campus sponsors include Student Activities Office, Graduate Studies Office, Graduate Student Association,
Women in Science,Engineering and Mathematics (WISEM) Program, Human Resources,
Admissions Office, International Student & Scholar Services Office, and Minority Engineering Program (MEP).
News
Martin Luther King, Jr. Recognition Award
2011-2012 Recipients:
Joe Zeiman, Undergraduate Student
Chuck Stone, Physics
2010-2011 Recipients:
Vincent Kuo, Physics
Linda Figueroa & Junko Munakata-Marr, Environmental Science & Engineering
REMRSEC--Renewable Energy Materials Research Science & Engineering Center
2009-2010 Recipients:
Derek Morgan, Student Activities
John Spear, Environmental Science & Engineering
Connie Casey, Minority Engineering Program
2008-2009 Recipients:
Mike Mooney, Engineering Division
Jahi Simbai, Graduate Studies
Zach Aman and the Oredigger Staff