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Presidential Diversity Award recipients recognized
The recipients of the 2016 Presidential Diversity Award were recently honored at a reception at the Witmer House. This year’s recipients, pictured with Vivian Lewis (left), vice provost for faculty development and diversity, and President and CEO Joel Seligman (right) are: Janice Holland (back, left), senior HR representative and diversity specialist/facilitator and community liaison; the One Community program, including Seqouoia Kemp ’16 (back, middle), Jessica Guzman-Rea (back, right), director of the Paul J. Burgett Intercultural Center, Nicholas Kasper ’17 (front, left), and Shahyan Rehman ’16 (front, center); and Kathy Rideout (second from right), dean of the School of Nursing. (Photo by J. Adam Fenster)
The recipients of the 2016 Presidential Diversity Award are Janice Holland, senior HR representative, diversity specialist/facilitator, and community liaison; the One Community program; and Kathy Rideout, dean of the School of Nursing.
The awards were created in 2009 by President and CEO Joel Seligman to recognize faculty, staff, students, units, departments or teams that “demonstrate a commitment to diversity and inclusion through recruitment and retention efforts, teaching, research, multicultural programming, cultural competency, community outreach activities, or other initiatives.”
This year’s winners were chosen from among seven nominees who were recommended by their colleagues. Each award includes a $2,500 prize. Individual award winners receive half and designate half to support the budget of a program or department of the winner’s choice; team award winners designate the entire $2,500 prize to the program or department of the team’s choice.
More information about the award is available at Rochester.edu/working/hr/awards/diversity.