Berry--Gwennette (Chief Diversity Officer)
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 in reverse chronological order
| # | Title | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The ongoing legacy of the UNI Seven Northern Iowan 119:36, p.1 |
Guest writer Nicole Beilke writes the history of UNI Seven and how their proposals are still impacting UNI's campus today. Beilke writes about the creation of the Center for Multicultural Education (CME), the Minority Recruitment Program, Increasing of Black faculty, and more; photo. | |
| 2 | President announces Common Read Northern Iowan 116:7, p.2 |
The UNI President's Diversity Common Read for fall 2019 will be Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want to Talk About Race." The Common Read program, hosted by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), the Center for Multicultural Education (CME), and Chief Diversity Officer Gwenne Beary, facilitates reading, discussions, and deeper thinking among students and faculty on campus. | |
| 3 | Constitution Day Address confronts slavery's legacy Northern Iowan 116:6, p.1 |
Attendees gathered in the Great Hall of the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center (GBPAC) on September 16 to hear Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Waterloo native, deliver the UNI 2019 Constitution Day Address. Hannah-Jones, who was originally going to speak on school segregation, instead spoke on the 1619 Project, which she created with the New York Times; photos. | |
| 4 | The state of inclusion on campus Northern Iowan 114:52, p.1 |
On April 12, 2018, then-Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) Director of Diversity Darvel Givens presented the results of a survey regarding diversity that was sent to students at the end of October 2017. The background information of these results included 84 percent of people working towards their bachelor’s degree, 13 percent working towards their master’s degree, one percent pursuing a doctoral degree, and two percent pursuing more than one. These populations were the basis of the rest of the presentation, and of these people, 90 percent of students have not heard faculty make derogatory comments, and 97 percent of students have not heard administrators or staff make derogatory comments to students. | |
| 5 | President Nook meets with African Union Northern Iowan 114:42, p.1 |
The African Union met with university President Mark Nook to talk about the perceived inaction at UNI after President Trump called several African countries 's---hole countries.' | |
| 6 | Peace rally Northern Iowan 114:4, p.1 |
The Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) hosted a Peace Rally. The rally featured several speakers that included UNI students, professors, and community members; photo. |