MSU students, faculty and staff members who have led and supported diversity and inclusion efforts on campus and beyond were recognized during the 2018 All-University Excellence in Diversity Awards on Feb. 1.
The honorees included:
Individual Award, Emerging Progress
- Hilda Mejia Abreu, assistant dean, College of Veterinary Medicine
- Demetrice Jordan, doctoral student, environmental science and policy, and geography, environment and spatial science, College of Social Science
- Carina Mendoza, medical student, College of Human Medicine
- Gerena Walker, senior, James Madison College
Individual Award, Sustained Effort Toward Excellence in Diversity
- Florene McGlothian-Taylor, MSU Police Department
Individual Award, Lifetime Achievement
- Kent D. Workman, academic specialist-advisor, Lyman Briggs College
Individual Award, Advancing Global Competency: Excellent Performance in Research and Teaching
- Michael Largey, professor, College of Music
Unit Award, Excellent Progress Toward Diversity Collaboration
- Diversity Programs Office, College of Engineering
- Honors College
Student participants of the following programs were also acknowledged during the event:
- Multicultural Heroes Hall of Fame Case Competition, Eli Broad College of Business
- 2017 Education Abroad Essay Contest, Office for Education Abroad
- 2017 International Student Essay Contest, Office for International Students and Scholars
- 2017-2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives
- 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Advancing Inclusion through Research Award
In its 28th year, the All-University Excellence in Diversity awards is organized by the Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives.