As a community we will embrace diversity as an integral and vital part of everyday life and a cornerstone of the value of our university
Every year, the President's Diversity Initiative makes several recognition awards and financial awards for activities related to our mission. Information about our award programs, applications and deadlines can be found here. With the discretion of the Office, the financial awards' monetary amount may change.
The keynote speaker for the dinner was Carla Guerrón-Montero, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology with joint appointments in Black American Studies, Latin American Studies and Women's Studies.
Every year, the Women of Promise Dinner promotes positive faculty and student mentoring relationships and encourages students to continue succeeding in and out of the University.
Tenured women on the UD faculty are invited to nominate exceptional women undergraduate and graduate students for this distinction, and the students then accompany their hosts at an evening networking dinner. Read about last year's Women of promise dinner here.
The Louis L. Redding Diversity Award was created to recognize individuals or units at UD whose efforts have promoted, enhanced and implemented diversity programs or activities that have resulted in a significant change in the campus climate and composition within the University community.
The Redding Diversity award consists of a plaque and a $1,000 gift to the Morris Library in the recipient's honor. The recipient(s) is honored at a luncheon in the spring semester.
Past Awardees
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The two (2) newly added awards serve to recognize a student and an established student group for their efforts to celebrate diversity on campus. The individual recipient will receive a scholarship valued at $400. Group recipients will receive $600 of funding for additional resources to utilize in pursuit of furthering diversity initiatives.
Applicant(s) must meet the following criteria in their application materials:
Nominations for the award are accepted from any member of the University community. Self-nominations must be accompanied by at least one supporting letter from outside the unit.
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This $500 award was established to honor the former Dean of Women, Bessie B. Collins, an early advocate and supporter of continuing education for women. The award serves to continue that support and encouragement of women students and to recognize the variety of perspectives, diversity, and richness adult students bring to the University community.
The applicant must meet the following criteria:
Nominations for the scholarship should be submitted electronically to the Office of Equity and Inclusion, and include a statement describing the applicant's background and career plans, as well as evidence of how the individual meets the criteria of the award and a letter of recommendation. Self-nominations are acceptable. The recipient(s) and their families are honored at a luncheon in the spring semester.
Past Awardees
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The $1,500 scholarship, in honor of Mae Carter, former Assistant Provost for Women's Affairs and Executive Director of the Commission on the Status of Women, is awarded to an undergraduate woman student at the University who carries the values that Mae Carter has represented to the University community of women.
The applicant must meet the following criteria:
Nominations for the scholarship should be submitted electronically to the Office of Equity and Inclusion and include a statement describing the applicant's background and career plans, as well as evidence of how the individual meets the criteria of the award and a letter of recommendation. Self-nominations are acceptable. The recipient(s) and their families are honored at a luncheon in the spring semester.
Past Awardees
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This award was established in recognition of President Emeritus E. Arthur Trabant's support for women's equity at the University of Delaware. The recipient(s) and their families are honored at a luncheon in the spring semester.
The E. Arthur Trabant Award for Women's Equity is given annually to any individual, department, administrative unit, or committee who has contributed to equity for women at the University.
It defines "contributions" broadly to encourage as wide a range of nominations as possible, but examples might include developing exemplary programs or curricula, implementing innovative policies and procedures related to women's equity, and enhancing existing services to women.
Nominations for the award are accepted from any member of the University community. Self-nominations must be accompanied by at least one supporting letter from outside the unit.
Past Awardees
11:41 a.m., Nov. 26, 2012--Anthony Robles, the first athlete with a missing limb to win an NCAA championship, will speak at 6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 29, in the auditorium of John M. Clayton Hall on the University of Delaware's Laird Campus. This event was cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy Read more about Anthony on UDaily.
11:04 a.m., Feb. 21, 2012--Linda Ammons, associate provost and dean of the Widener University School of Law, delivered the annual Louis L. Redding Lecture at 4 p.m., Monday, Feb. 27, in the Gore Recital Hall of the Roselle Center for the Arts on the University of Delaware campus in Newark.Michelle Alexander argues that the American criminal justice system has replaced the old Jim Crow system of repression against African Americans and has denied basic civic and human rights to an entire generation.
June 8, 2012--The University of Delaware Library announces the online access to a much acclaimed new database, African American Newspapers, 1827-1998, which will provide online access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience.
The President’s Diversity Initiative (PDI) has awarded funding to several projects, based on the recent Call for Proposal from academic units. Twenty-nine proposals were submitted and subsequently reviewed by the PDI Faculty Advisory Committee, an interdisciplinary group of University faculty.
