President’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion grants announced
Recipients of the 2024 President’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Grants were announced at the annual President’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion awards event, which was held April 24. Grants are designed to fund innovative and creative projects that promote DEI throughout the CU system.
Grant proposals were submitted by faculty and staff on projects with topics including “Analyzing Design-Build Architectural Studios for Native American Spaces: Building a New Curriculum for Cultural Sensitivity and Equity,” “‘Reclaiming Denver’s Erased Chinatown’ Public Exhibition and Symposium” and “Development and Implementation of Disability-Competency Training at Campus Recreation: Inclusive Community Exercise Training.” Each of the 10 winning projects receives up to $8,000.
The 2024 President’s DEI Grant awardees are:
CU Anschutz
Constructing Social Justice Core Competencies at a Health Sciences Campus: A Delphi Study
Project Lead: Kathryn A. Rhine, director, Arts and Humanities in Healthcare Program, Center for Bioethics and Humanities, associate professor, general internal medicine
Hispanic/Latiné Excellence Symposium
Project Leads: Adela Cota-Gomez, Ph.D., assistant director for education administration
Theresa Nino, senior instructor of clinical teaching
Improving Clinical Trial Awareness and Accrual of Underrepresented in Medicine Populations by Addressing Language Barriers
Project Leads: Alfonso Roque, clinical research coordinator, CU School of Medicine
Maria Amaya, M.D., assistant professor of hematology oncology, CU School of Medicine
NICU Health Equity Rounds
Project Lead: Sunah Susan Hwang, M.D., Lula O. Lubchenco Chair in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, associate professor of pediatrics, section of neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine
CU Anschutz l CU Boulder
Gender Voice Training: A Workshop Led by Gender-Diverse Speech-Language Pathologists
Project Leads: Marie Jette, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Otolaryngology, CU Anschutz
Jen Walentas Lewon, clinical assistant professor, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, CU Boulder
CU Boulder
Aerospace Boot Camp seminars (ABCs): Identifying and Demystifying the Implicit Requirements for Success in Aerospace Engineering Academic Environment
Project Leads: Katya Arquilla, assistant professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Hisham Ali, assistant professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Analyzing Design-Build Architectural Studios for Native American Spaces: Building a New Curriculum for Cultural Sensitivity and Equity
(Photo unavailable.)
Project Lead: Nathan Jones, assistant director of advising and professional development, lecturer, Program in Environmental Design
CU Denver
“Reclaiming Denver’s Erased Chinatown” Public Exhibition and Symposium
Project Leads: Leyuan Li, assistant professor of architecture, CU Denver College of Architecture and Planning
UCCS
Addressing Student Retention Through MOSAIC and LGBTQ+ Resource Center Retreats
Project Leads: Whitley Hadley, director, MOSAIC and LGBTQ+ Resource Center
Xuan Truong, MOSAIC support programs specialist
Development and Implementation of Disability-Competency Training at Campus Recreation: Inclusive Community Exercise Training (ICET)
Project Lead: Brynn Adamson, Ph.D., assistant professor, health sciences, Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences