by Rackham Graduate School | Sep 16, 2017 | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, News
Dear Rackham Community, I am pleased to share this update on Rackham’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Strategic Plan and our collective work toward its implementation. We are now beginning year two of the plan, which was developed in collaboration with Rackham...
by Rackham Graduate School | Sep 1, 2017 | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, News
Rackham Graduate School is thrilled to announce the hiring of Edmund Graham as the School’s first Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) Coordinator. In this role—which is believed to be the first of its kind in the nation—Graham will assist with the strategic...
by Mark Kamimura-Jimenez | Jan 25, 2017 | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, News
My name is Mark Kamimura-Jiménez and I am a proud Rackham alum. My experience as a graduate student at U-M was supported by engaged staff, faculty, alumni, and most importantly a community of student peers that sustained me academically, professionally and socially....
by Jallicia A. Jolly | Nov 22, 2016 | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
What do diversity, equity, and inclusion mean at the University of Michigan and to the larger Ann Arbor community? When we (Naomi, Princess, and Jallicia) wrote this piece, it was before many of the racially motivated aggressions appeared on campus. We want to publish...
by Bithia Ratnasamy and Teona Williams | Oct 5, 2016 | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Student Voices
Over the past year and a half, the Multicultural Leadership Council, a coalition of graduate student leaders committed to the well-being and success of students of color at the University of Michigan, has met with key stakeholders to discuss and address concerns over...
by Rackham Graduate School | Jul 20, 2016 | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, News
2016 SROP participants on the front steps of Rackham. This summer marks the 30th anniversary of the Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP), one of the University of Michigan’s most dynamic recruitment efforts intended to prepare students from underrepresented...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Jun 16, 2016 | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, News
What happens when two dedicated alumni, a dean committed to expanding graduate access to marginalized populations, and three of those students enter a conference room? It may sound like the beginning of a joke, but that can’t be farther from the truth. An amazing and...
by Natalie Bartolacci | May 26, 2016 | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, News
In early April, seven of our Bouchet inductees were able to travel with us to Yale to be inducted at the formal ceremony on April 1. Four members presented their work during the Edward A. Bouchet Conference that followed the next day. A highlight of the conference was...
by Bonnie Applebeet | Jan 25, 2016 | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, News
I could see the answer coming. When I asked Assistant Dean Shelly Conner if she had something she was proudest of accomplishing during her 10 years as Assistant Dean of Rackham Graduate School, she firmly said, “No.” It’s all equally important to her, and in my short...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Jun 6, 2014 | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, News
Hector Garcia is passionate about increasing the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities in engineering. Robin Zheng wants to help kids think critically and ethically, framing the lenses through which they see the world. Alana LeBron is trying to...
