Diversity Awards

The Diversity Award recognizes significant contribution, time and effort of Carolina community members towards advancing an inclusive climate for excellence in teaching, research, public service and academic endeavor. The award has been given annually in six categories: Undergraduate,

The 2020 Recipients of the Diversity Awards

UNDERGRADUATE AWARD

ANDREA PREGO (21) - Business Administration major, Public Policy Minor
GRAEME STRICKLAND (’20) - Business Administration and Peace, War & Defense

GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL STUDENT AWARD

GEOVANI RAMIREZ - Graduate Teaching Fellow English and Comparative Literature, Women’s and Gender Studies
EFFUA E - SOSOO Graduate Student Clinical Psychology Program

ALUMNI STUDENT AWARD

ANGEL COLLIE (’10) - Assistant Director, Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, Duke University
EUGENE Y - LAO (’91) General Counsel, Reltio

Staff Award

MONICA FIGUEROA - Music Cataloging Librarian and Interim Librarian for Inclusive Excellence, University Libraries
PATRICIA HARRIS - Director of Recruitment, School of Education, Vice Chair of Carolina Black Caucus

FACULTY AWARD

ECHO MEYER - Professor, Psychiatry and Pediatrics Departments Consultation Liaison Programs Founder and Co-Director, Gender Wellness and Equality Clinic Chief of Psychology, School of Medicine
JOSEPH MEGEL - Artist in Residence Teaching Professor in Performance Studies Director, UNC’s Process Series

INTERGROUP COLLABORATION AWARD

TEAM ADVANCE
Asian American Center Campaign Team

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Categories:

Individuals are eligible for the award every four years

  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Undergraduate Student
  • Graduate/Professional Student
  • Alumni
  • Intergroup collaboration (an effort by units/groups/programs to bring together multiple perspectives to address a critical issue of equity or diversity at Carolina)

Criteria for the awards are:

 

  • Outstanding advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the interpersonal, unit and institutional level
  • Demonstrates a commitment to the advancement of diversity and inclusion at UNC-Chapel Hill and/or in the community through research, teaching, service and collaborative partnerships
  • Demonstrates a commitment to creating a culture of inclusion within their areas of influence
  • Implements initiatives which cultivate/advance/model diversity and inclusion within the Carolina community

About the deliberation process: The award selection committee, made up of faculty, staff and students, will engage in a review of applications and apply a broad definition of diversity and inclusion for selection of finalists in each category.

Diversity Awards in the News:

  • 2017 Awards: http://www.unc.edu/campus-updates/nine-recognized-work-diversity-inclusion/
  • 2016 Awards: https://diversity.unc.edu/2016-university-diversity-awards-recap-2/
  • 2014 Awards: http://unc.edu/campus-updates/diversity-awards-2014/

  • Click here to view 2019 Recipients of the Diversity Awards
  • Click here to view 2018 Recipients of the Diversity Awards
  • Click here to view 2017 Recipients of the Diversity Awards

 

2020 Diversity Awards Committee

Jaci Field, Director
Eddie Smith Fieldhouse, Athletics

Dr. Lloyd Kramer, Director
Carolina Public Humanities

Jamison Lowery
Undergraduate Student

Dr. Allen O’Barr, Director
Counseling and Professional Services (CAPS)

Megan Stanley, Graduate Assistant
University Office for Diversity and Inclusion

Meredith Tozzer, Graduate/Professional Student
Kenan-Flagler Business School

 

For further information, please contact D&I at diversity@unc.edu.

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diversity@unc.edu

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