Educator, author Steve Perry to present annual Louis L. Redding Lecture

1:56 p.m., March 4, 2016--Educator and author Steve Perry, principal of Capital Preparatory Magnet School, will deliver the annual Louis L. Redding Lecture on Civil Rights and Social Justice at 5 p.m., Tuesday, April 5, in Mitchell Hall on the University of Delaware campus in Newark.

His topic will be “Your Life Matters.”

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June 5: Blue Hen 5K

University of Delaware graduates planning to attend Alumni Weekend are encouraged to register for the annual Blue Hen 5K walk and run, which will be held Sunday morning, June 5.

June 6-9: Food and culture series

The 20th annual June Lecture Series at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UD in Wilmington will be held June 6-9. Titled 'June a la Carte,' this year's program focuses on great political documents, feminism, world politics and a Newark cuisine sampler.

• June 6-9: Food and culture series
• Through June 30: 'Saving White Clay Creek'
• July 22: WWE Heatwave Tour
• Through Sept. 16: Women of color in academia

The lecture is free and open to the public. Those who plan to attend are asked to RSVP by March 25 at this website or via email to vpd@udel.edu.

The lecture honors the late civil rights pioneer, a prominent lawyer in Wilmington, Delaware, whose work led to educational opportunities for African American students in the state and nation. In 2013, the University dedicated a new residence hall named in his honor.

Redding Awards

The Office of the Vice Provost for Diversity is accepting applications for the Louis L. Redding Diversity Award. The award honors individuals or units at UD whose efforts have promoted, enhanced and implemented diversity programs or activities, resulting in a significant change in the campus climate and composition within the University community. It comes with a $1,000 gift to be awarded to a unit in the recipient’s honor.

Also included this year is the newly established Louis L. Redding Scholar Diversity Award. This award recognizes a student or student group, either graduate or undergraduate, that is a member of a historically underrepresented population at UD whose academic work and effort have promoted the betterment of the campus through racial and cultural awareness about issues of diversity and social justice. This award comes with a $500 gift to be awarded to a unit in the recipient’s honor.

Applications are being accepted through March 18 at this website. 

For more information, contact vpd@udel.edu.