2021
We are setting our intentions for a new year rooted in health, safety, joy, connection, and a more equitable and socially just future for all.
Happy New Year to our entire community.
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President Joyce McConnell announced the appointment of Roe Bubar, a professor of Ethnic Studies who is jointly appointed in the School of Social Work and affiliate faculty in the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research, as the interim Vice President for Diversity for Colorado State University.
Welcome, Roe!
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VP for Diversity Search Update
The President’s Office has identified national search firm Witt Kieffer to assist with the VPD search process. The campus search committee, chaired by Dean of Libraries Karen Estlund, has already begun meeting and President McConnell hopes to have a new vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion identified by the end of the Spring 2021 semester.
Members of the search committee include:
- Vincent Basile, assistant professor, School of Education; faculty affiliate, Ethnic Studies; RISE Center Co-Director + Community and PK-12 Engagement
- Kathleen Fairfax, vice provost for International Affairs
- Todd Gaines, associate professor of Agricultural Biology
- Mica Glantz, interim chair, Department of Ethnic Studies; chair, Department of Anthropology and Geography; member, Presidential Task Force for Jewish Inclusion and the Prevention of Antisemitism
- Blanche Hughes, vice president for Student Affairs
- Jan Iron, data and information technologist, Agricultural Experiment Station; member, President’s Native American Advisory Council
- Fleurette King, equity educator, Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs & The Institute for Learning and Teaching
- Kim Mbadinga-Nzamba, assistant director of diversity and inclusion, CSU Athletics; secretary, Multicultural Staff and Faculty Network
- Blake Naughton, vice president for Engagement and Extension
- Sandy Quackenbush, associate dean for academic and student affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine and Behavioral and Medical Sciences
- Terry Schlicting, health professions advisor, Collaborative for Student Achievement
- Ria Vigil, assistant vice president, Office of the Vice President for Diversity
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Multicultural Undergraduate Research, Art and Leadership Symposium (MURALS) 2021
MURALS intentionally reaches out to students of color in various disciplines and exposes them to a variety of scholarly work including, but not limited to conducting research, presenting research, and performance opportunities. Mentoring, presenting, networking, and learning about multicultural leadership are the main aspects of the program. You can find more information about MURALS - here
- MURALS2021 is scheduled to be virtual with a possibility of a hybrid option on March 25 & 26, 2021
- Presentations and Posters will be held on March 26
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We ask that you please NOMINATE A STUDENT by completing this very short nomination FORM
- We will email the student and copy you letting them know they have been nominated by YOU
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Email Bridgette Johnson with questions or concerns, Bridgette.johnson@colostate.edu
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Introducing Feminist Frameworks Online Course
Introducing Feminist Frameworks is a two-course online badge program that provides a functional framework for advancing critical understandings of feminism, intersectionality, gender, and systems of oppression.
Courses are self-paced and contain 5-7 modules that typically consist of a reading, video lecture, and multiple choice quiz. Students may enroll in one of both courses and have 3 months per course to complete.
Full-time CSU employees may be eligible for a 50% discount on tuition, reducing the cost to $37.50 for an individual course, or $63.50 when registering for both.
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What We're Reading
We are reading a variety of books centering race and anti-racism, including: How to Be An AntiRacist, by Ibram X. Kendi; So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo; When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir, by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele; and The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander.
You can also find a variety of books on diversity, ethnicity, culture, feminism, LGBTQ+, privilege, and more at the CSU Bookstore.
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Office of the Vice President for Diversity
Colorado State University
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