Diversity, Equity and Inclusion would like to extend our congratulations to the recipients of Soaring to New Heights Diversity & Principles of Community Achievement Awards. Recipients were recently honored at a ceremony on May 22nd.
The website for the Sacramento K-16 Collaborative is now live and featured in a special edition of ProjectAttain’s newsletter. These two communication milestones signal an exciting season of progress in the K-16 Collaborative, a regional partnership facilitated under DEI's The IDEA.
After 21 years of service to UC Davis, Dr. Vickie Gomez, Director of Campus and Community Engagement in the Office of Campus and Community Relations (OCCR) will be retiring on July 1, 2023.
Support Ways to Create Belonging. Consider supporting Diversity, equity and inclusion this Give Day. DEI and belonging are core values of UC Davis that are embedded within our Principles of Community and reflect our commitment to serving our student population. We are also happy to feature two programs which provide faculty with valuable networks for collaboration, resources to serve our diverse student body and platforms for knowledge exchange. Learn More and Give Today
UC Davis celebrated the 2023 recipients of the Chancellor’s Achievement Awards for Diversity and Community, as well as the 20th anniversary of the awards program, in a March 29 ceremony at the Chancellor’s Residence.
“DEI Champions”
We asked the chairs of our volunteer Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and Administrative Advisory Committees (AACs) to nominate a “DEI Champion” during this Women’s History Month. These volunteers exemplify the principles of community through tireless efforts to elevate the mission of DEI.
There are so many of you who do invaluable behind-the-scenes work to support and elevate each other and the community. We are grateful for each and every one of you. Read Now
Professor Jessica Bissett Perea (Dena'ina) was recently selected for the 2023 Irving Lowens Book Award for her 2021 book Sound Relations: Native Ways of Doing Music History in Alaska. This award is bestowed by the Society for American Music and is awarded "to the book judged as the best in the field of American Music."
As part of today's University of California HSI Showcase, the Office of Academic Diversity, a unit of the Vice Chancellor's Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, which directs our Hispanic Serving Institution Initiative (HSI-I) published the first articles in its "Pioneras/os Project" series dedicated to telling the story of our journey to becoming an HSI.
The Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is delighted to announce the appointment of Mikael Villalobos, Ed.D., as Associate Vice Chancellor for the Office of Campus Community Relations (DEI/OCCR), effective immediately, and Luis Carvajal-Carmona, Ph.D. as Associate Vice Chancellor for the Office of Academic Diversity
