The Fall 2019 Diversity Programming Guide provides the major diversity programming initiatives for the fall semester.
Fall 2019 DEI Programming Guide
May the contents of this resource guide assist you with making a new space feel like home!
The University has launched an accessibility initiative to provide our technology users, including those with disabilities, a functional and accessible technology experience with our web presence and our instructional and emerging technologies.
UA's Dedication to Accessibility
Dr. G. Christine Taylor, vice president/associate provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at The University of Alabama, talked with Lynne Brooks at WVUA about this month’s many events in recognition of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A Day On - Not a Day Off!29
Jan Wed 1/29, 1:00 pm
Great Hall Ferguson Student Center
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Feb Wed 2/5, 8:30 am
Anderson Room, 3125 Ferguson Student Center
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Feb Wed 2/5, 1:00 pm
Great Hall Ferguson Student Center
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Feb Wed 2/12, 1:00 pm
Great Hall Ferguson Student Center
Yusef Salaam, a member of the Exonerated Five
(formerly the Central Park Five)
Salaam was one of five teen boys – black and Latino – from Harlem who were incarcerated for raping a white woman in 1989. Now exonerated, Salaam shares his story, which leads to important questions about race and class, the failings of our criminal justice system, legal protections for vulnerable juveniles, and fundamental human rights.
Goal 3 of UA's Strategic Plan is dedicated to enriching UA's learning and work environment by providing an accepting, inclusive community that attracts and supports a diverse faculty, staff and student body. Here are some quick facts on how UA's meeting this goal.
UA has produced 1,695 active diversity efforts in the last 5 years.
UA has over 70 different student organizations which have diversity and inclusion as a focus.
Fall 2019 had an enrollment of 7,778 minority students
(20.44% of total enrollment).
Over one-third of UA's undergraduate curriculum (36%, 1083 courses) is diversity-related.
Vice President and Associate Provost Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Dr. G. Christine Taylor joined The University of Alabama as vice president and associate provost for diversity, equity and inclusion in August. In this role, Taylor provides leadership for the University to build on its core principles of inclusiveness in learning environments, programs, workforce and strategic partnerships.
Announcement Q & A with Dr. Taylor
