2023 Office for Equity & Diversity Awards

Each year, the Office for Equity & Diversity hosts the Equity & Diversity Breakfast recognizes the students, staff, and faculty that exemplify the University's commitment to equity and diversity. 

This year, we recognized the outstanding students that received the Scholarly Excellence in Equity and Diversity (SEED) Awards, as well as the winners of the Outstanding Unit Award for Equity and Diversity, the Josie R. Johnson Human Rights and Social Justice Award, and the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Award.

Learn more about the recipients below.

Image of most of the SEED Awardees at the Equity & Diversity Breakfast
Image of the 2023 JEDI Awardees at the Equity & Diversity Breakfast
Members of the Mechanical Engineering Ambassador's Program at the Equity & Diversity Breakfast
Image of Lauren Jones holding her award

1. Many of the SEED Award recipients at the Equity & Diversity Breakfast; 2. Many of the JEDI Award recipients at the Equity & Diversity Breakfast; 3. Members of the Mechanical Engineering Ambassadors Program, the recipient of the Outstanding Unit Award for Equity and Diversity; 4. Lauren Jones, recipients of the Josie R. Johnson Human Rights and Social Justice Award

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Graduate and Professional Scholarly Excellence in Equity and Diversity (SEED) Awardeese

  • Briana Clifton Hassan, Medical School; Twin Cities Campus
  • Chou Moua, College of Education and Human Development; Twin Cities Campus
  • Cuc Vu, College of Education and Human Development; Twin Cities Campus

Sue W. Hancock SEEDs of Change Awardees

  • Rawan AlGahtani, College of Education and Human Development, College of Liberal Arts; Twin Cities Campus
  • Maria Paula Cadena Amortegui, College of Science and Engineering; Twin Cities Campus
  • Dongting Cai, Morris Campus
  • Lum Chi, College of Liberal Arts; Twin Cities Campus
  • Tsebaot Getachew, Crookston Campus
  • Tseten Gurung, Crookston Campus
  • Yusra Hassan, College of Liberal Arts; Twin Cities Campus
  • Uyen Nguyen, Labovitz School of Business and Economics; Duluth Campus
  • Jalisa Sang, College of Education and Human Development; Twin Cities Campus
  • Madeleine Schneider, Crookston Campus
  • Hermela Solomon, College of Education and Human Development; Twin Cities Campus
  • Lauren Thompson, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences Twin Cities Campus
  • Arianna Vang, College of Education and Human Development; Twin Cities Campus
  • Keng Xiong, College of Liberal Arts; Twin Cities Campus

Learn more about the SEED Awardees