June 15, 2021
Message about Israel-Palestine and LGBTQ Pride Month
Dear Honors community, As the academic year comes to a close, we reach out to emphasize our intention and commitment to stay in communication with our community, to dialogue and sustain thoughtful action-oriented learning, and as our mission statement relays, engage with the complexities of difference and diversity and to take leadership roles in navigating...
Read moreApril 22, 2021
The Work Continues for Accountability and Justice
President Cauce’s blog here invites us to reflect on the verdict in Derek Chauvin’s trial and the need for continued action. Accountability, in this case, has happened in the sense that Derek Chauvin was held accountable for murdering George Floyd. However, there is more work to be done to achieve justice, while one person was...
Read moreJuly 9, 2020
Diversity and equity for all
The Honors Program stands in solidarity with all those outraged by the recent murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Shaun Fuhr, Charleena Lyles, Manuel Ellis among too many other Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, trans and gender non-conforming lives. These deaths serve as yet another reminder of the pervasiveness of racism and the dehumanization...
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