Sept. 16, 2024
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You can also do your part by or a colleague to serve on the reconstituted University Diversity Council (UDC). UDC will amplify and coordinate the extensive diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts happening across the University. Through UDC, every constituency鈥攕tudents, faculty, staff, and affiliates鈥攚ill have a voice in shaping what our rights and responsibilities are to one another in this amazing, broadly representative community as Rhody Rams.
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Go Rhody!
Markeisha Miner
Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer