Office for
Equity and Diversity

On May 1st, the Women’s Center celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Carol E Macpherson Memorial Scholarship Fund! The scholarship has supported over 300 women students, age 28 and older, in completing their education at the U of M. 

In 2016, the Provost's Committee on Student Mental Health started a program called Mental Health Advocates. This initiative, chaired by the Disability Resource Center is designed to train staff and faculty to better assist students with mental health concerns. 

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Darryl Peal, Executive Director of the Office for Business & Community Economic Development, led a Campus Conversation about why it's critical to support businesses owned by people of color, indigenous people, women and people with disabilities.  

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Elliot James, assistant professor of African history and gender, women, and sexuality tudies at the University of Minnesota, Morris, looks at how gender and sexuality are not typically factored into business models, and yet they play a significant part in normal operations.

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Beginning in high school, Bianet Castellanos had an interest in the history and the culture of the indigenous people of Mexico. That interest informs her research and work as associate professor in the Department of American Studies.

Learn more about Professor Castellanos on the OED blog »

A coalition of black professors from around the U.S. pen a letter of support to black students in the wake of the #BlackLivesMatter actions happening nationwide.