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.
1. Many of the SEED Awardees receiving their awards at the Equity & Diversity Breakfast; 2. Angeline Dukes receives the Josie R. Johnson Human Rights and Social Justice Award; 3. Many of the JEDI Award recipients at the Equity & Diversity Breakfast; 4. Staff members of the Pre-Health Student Resource Center accept the Outstanding Unit Award for Equity & Diversity; 5. Staff members of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Program accept the Outstanding Unit Award for Equity & Diversity; 6. Members of the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum’s Equity, Access, and Inclusion Committee accept the Outstanding Unit Award for Equity & Diversity
Graduate and Professional Scholarly Excellence in Equity and Diversity (SEED) Awardees
- Akeem Anderson, Juris Doctor at the Law School and American Studies Ph.D.
- Vanessa Anyanso, Counseling Psychology Ph.D.
- Abaki Beck, Health Services Research, Policy and Administration Ph.D.
- Andrea Castillo, Educational Psychology M.A.
- Dominique Earland, Epidemiology and Community Health Ph.D.
- Ayah Phuly, Developmental Science Ph.D.
- Demiliza Saramosing, American Studies Ph.D.
Sue W. Hancock SEEDs of Change Awardees
- Aliya Freberg, Nursing; School of Nursing; Twin Cities Campus
- Natalia Hong, Developmental Psychology; College of Liberal Arts; Twin Cities Campus
- Ellen Lundeen, Finance, Public and Nonprofit Management; Carlson School of Management; Twin Cities Campus
- Jade Moreno, College of Liberal Arts; Twin Cities Campus
- Athira Nair, Pyschology; College of Liberal Arts; Twin Cities Campus
- Asiyah Noujdi, English; Morris Campus
- Adhvaith Sridhar, Biochemistry; College of Biological Sciences; Twin Cities Campus
- Yusra Hassan, College of Liberal Arts; Twin Cities Campus
- Andy Tao, Political Science; College of Liberal Arts; Twin Cities Campus
- Anlin Thachil, Political Science and Sociology of Law, Criminology, and Justice; College of Liberal Arts; Twin Cities Campus
- Sara Troseth, Computer Science; Swenson College of Science and Engineering; Duluth Campus