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Recognizing Excellence in Diversity Event Brings Community Together
Two Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity year-end ceremonies merged into one large gala event for the first time this year, enabling the NC State community to celebrate many accomplishments in inclusive excellence at one time, in one place.
Lavender Graduation Awards and Highlights
Graduations are often bittersweet. The sadness of saying goodbye combines with the excitement of looking ahead to bring a mix of poignant emotions.
Grant Project Aims to Reduce Gaps in STEM Doctoral Pipeline
NC State, together with North Carolina A&T University and UNC Charlotte, has received a $2.2M grant from the National Science Foundation’s Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate.
Undergraduate Interns Reflect on their Experiences
Where can you learn about diversity, equity, inclusion, cultural competence, social justice and many other related topics while holding down a campus job? Why, the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity, of course.
$1.1M Grant Funds Underrepresented STEM Ph.D. Students
NC State has joined a select group of National Science Foundation – Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (NSF–LSAMP) institutions that will sponsor 12 students for two years.
McNair Scholars Program Prepares to Welcome Third NC State Cohort
The McNair Scholars Program, federally funded through the U.S. Department of Education, will soon welcome its third cohort of NC State students.
In Their Own Words: Lavender Grads
In advance of NC State's annual Lavender Graduation, the Digest stopped by the GLBT Center in Talley Student Union to speak to a few of this year's graduates.
A Place to Start: Reflecting on Womxn’s Herstory Month
One of the most highly-anticipated programs during Womxn’s Herstory Month included a visit with Charlene Carruthers, a Black, queer, feminist community organizer and writer and this year’s Womxn’s Herstory Month keynote speaker.
Beyond the Textbook: Enriching the AYA Experience
Sachelle Ford, researcher and co-advisor of the AYA Ambassadors in the African American Cultural Center, talks about the student group's expanded scope.
Reflections on NC State’s “Building Future Faculty” Experience
Stephanie Helms Pickett, associate vice provost for diversity engagement, training and education, reflects on the Building Future Faculty program's 2019 campus experience.