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DI In The News is an archive of diversity stories both inside and outside of Athens, touching on local, national and global issues. 

 

 

January 28th, 2013 - The Global Excursions Concert featured performers training for the Third Annual World Music and Dance Festival

 

http://thepost.ohio.edu/content/multicultural-festival-celebrates-diversity-through-music-dance

 

January 22nd, 2013 - Basheer Jones, the keynote speaker at the 13th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Brunch, spoke about his childhood in Cleveland and the life and lessons of Dr. King.

 

http://www.ohio.edu/compass/stories/12-13/1/Basheer-Jones-recap.cfm

 

January 22nd, 2013 - Students performed community service on Saturday, January 19th, as part of the MLK Jr. Day of Service and MLK Jr. Week 2013.

 

http://www.ohio.edu/compass/stories/12-13/1/mlk-community-service.cfm

 

January 22nd, 2013 - Post writers reflect on their trip to the 2013 Presidential Inauguration and ask the question "Is the inauguration" under appreciated?

 

http://thepost.ohiou.edu/content/between-lines-%E2%80%98post%E2%80%99- writers-reflect-trip-inauguration  

 

January 17th, 2013 - The Honors Tutorial College has a new summer program that brings Britain to Athens. Students will study in the classical manner - in small groups or individually. 

 

http:www.ohio.edu/compass/stories/12-13/1/College-Spotlight-Honors-Tutorial-College.cfm  

 

November 30th, 2012 - An article previewing the Kennedy Museum of Art's Native American jewelry sale on December 6th - 9th, 2012.

 

http://www.ohio.edu/compass/stories/12-13/11/Jewelry-sale.cfm

 

November 29th, 2012 - CHSP's International Students were treated to a Thanksgiving feast courtesy of Atrium Cafe.

 

http://www.ohio.edu/compass/stories/12-13/11/Thanksgiving-international-2012.cfm

 

November 28th, 2012 - Ohio University Senior Keith Hawkins won the Marshall Scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge in Great Britain.

 

http://www.ohio.edu/compass/stories/12-13/11/Keith-Hawkins-Marshall.cfm 

November 26th, 2012 - Ge'ylah Jones spoke Wednesday, November 28th about Kwanzaa as part of OU's pre-Kwanzaa celebration.

 

http://www.ohio.edu/compass/stories/12-13/11/pre-kwanzaa-2012.cfm 

 

November 19th, 2012 - Baker University Ballroom hosted an International Dinner earlier in the month featuring 24 different meals submitted by more than 20 student organizations. The event was organized by the International Student Union (ISU).

 

http://www.ohio.edu/compass/stories/12-13/11/ISU-Dinner2012.cfm

 

November 14th, 2012 - The College of Health Sciences and Professions (CHSP) offered students a chance to study on the beaches of Costa Rica or the hospitals of London and South Africa. These are all study abroad options, each reinforcing the college's focus on educating students to embrace and understand diversity.

 

http://www.ohio.edu/compass/stories/11-12/CHSP-abroad-2012.cfm 

 

November 14th, 2012 - The 13th Annual International Education Week was November 12th - 16th. This event, co-sponsored by both the U.S. Department of State and Department of Education, celebrates the more than 1,700 International Students on campus and those studying abroad elsewhere.

 

http://www.ohio.edu/compass/stories/12-13/11/Int-Educ-Week.cfm

 

November 1st, 2012 - OU student group Students Teaching About Racism in Society (STARS) gains national attention for the second year in a row for their Halloween Poster Campaign.

 

http:www.ohio.edu/compass/stories/12-13/11/STARS-Halloween-2012.cfm

 

November 1st, 2012 - Damian Ghigliotty writes about racially insensitive Halloween costumes as seen in the recent OU S.T.A.R.S. campaigns.

 

http://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2226548/Student-group-spearheads-campaign-protest-racially-insensitive-Halloween-costumes.html

 

November 1st, 2012 - Shannon Feller, a Sophomore Early Childhood Education major, spent a semester teaching mathematics in Cape Coast, Ghana. She also helped raise funds for a school security system.

 

http://www.athensnews.com/ohio/article-38306-ou-student-raises-funds-for-security-at-school-in-ghana.html

 

October 30th, 2012 - A study that takes a closer look at diversity enrollment over the past 50 years.

 

http://thepost.ohio.edu/content/defining-diversity

 

October 25th, 2012 - The Lancaster Regional Campus becomes the first regional campus to offer the Diversity Studies Certificate. 

 

http://www.ohio.edu/lancaster/newsroom/newsArticle.cfm?ArticleID=F8A20BF4-5056-A800-481EF4EC0243AB63

 

October 8th, 2012 - Growth in enrollment brought greater diversity to campus Fall Semester of 2012. This article explains OU's enrollment growth over a seven-year span and numbers from similar schools during the span.

 

http://thepost.ohiou.edu/content/enrollment-growth-brings-greater-diversity

 

September 8th, 2012 - Thirty organizations from Ohio University and Athens came together for the first ever Religious Involvement Fair. The fair was sponsored by the University Interfaith Association and OU Office of Event Services. The fair promoted wide religious diversity and created opportunities for people of different faiths to participate together and learn.

 

http://thepost.ohio.edu/content/religious-fair-promotes-wide-religious-diversity

 

April 14th, 2011 - An article previewing a special town hall meeting titled "Diversity and Civility in Our Community" held on April 19th, 2011. The meeting wass a joint effort between the City of Athens, the Athens Community Relations Commission, the League of Womens Voters of Athens County and Ohio University's Office for Diversity, Access and Equity (now Diversity and Inclusion).

 

http://www.ohio.edu/compass/stories/10-11/4/diversity-town-hall-1008.cfm

 

September 10th, 2010 - The Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education and Human Services created a new Diversity Studies Certificate (DSC).

 

http://www.ohio.edu/compass/stories/10-11/9/diversity-certificate-coe-805.cfm

 

August 4th, 2010 - Executive Director of Communications and Marketing Renea Morris writes about her experience at the first ever Summer Institute for Diversity Education (SIDE).

 

http://www.ohio.edu/compass/stories/09-10/8/renea-morris-diversity-749.cfm

 

July 13th, 2012 - Twenty participants earned their certificates in diversity training last week at the Third Annual Summer Institute for Diversity Education (SIDE).


http://www.ohio.edu/compass/stories/11-12/7/side-2012-story.cfm

 

May 12th, 2010 - About 300 attendees gathered in Baker Center May 7th - 8th for the first ever "Building Community Through Diversity Initiatives" conference.

 

http:www.ohio.edu/compass/stories/09-10/5/diversity-conference-571.cfm

 

 October 13th, 2009 - An article previewing the  Office for Diversity, Access and Equity's (now Diversity and Inclusion) "The Diversity Exchange: Knowledge, Understanding and Action" on October 19th, 2009.

 

http://www.ohio.edu/outlook/09-10/october/91a.cfm