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An Ohio university is changing the way it selects recipients of its Inclusive Excellence Award after a conservative professor won.
“We are working to revise the nomination and review process to be sure we take a comprehensive approach in selecting the recipients to ensure their bodies of work represent our diversity and inclusion values,” said University of Toledo vice president of diversity and inclusion, Willie McKether,
The change in how the honor is awarded comes after law professor Lee Strang won the award after receiving an “overwhelming number of faculty nominations.”
Strang was nominated in part because he “enjoys and respects a good healthy debate” in his classroom, one nominator wrote. The nominator made note of Strang’s “conservative point of view,” which is “a minority in academia and a benefit to legal debate.”
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MIT Professional Education, housed under the School of Engineering, is the arm of MIT that provides access to MIT knowledge and expertise to thousands of professionals around the world via education programs designed for them.
Bhaskar Pant, executive director of MIT Professional Education, says he didn’t consciously set out to bring more diversity to the program when he stepped into his role in 2008. But, as he puts it, a commitment to diversity and multiculturalism is in his “DNA.”
Pant was born of Indian heritage in Zambia; he has lived on four continents, and is fluent in English, Hindi, and Gujarati, with a working knowledge of French. During several decades in the private sector, he worked as an executive on four continents with vastly different cultural contexts, and has seen multiple, vivid examples of how a commitment to inclusion and a respect for cultural differences can have a positive impact on the work of both individuals an
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MIT Professional Education Executive Director Bhaskar Pant Honored with National Leadership in Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Award
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Pant receives national association recognition for his demonstrated commitment to promoting diversity and fostering a culture of inclusion across the institution’s global professional programs
I cannot think of a better example of inclusivity, equity, and success than Bhaskar’s work and leadership. Our Institute community is fortunate to have him, and stronger as a result of his efforts. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (PRWEB) April 08, 2021 MIT Professional Education Executive Director, Bhaskar Pant, has been selected as the winner of the first ever UPCEA Leadership in Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Award from the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) – a leading association for professional, continuing and online education.
The Distinguished Teaching Awards have been held since 1953 to recognize exceptional educators on the University of Wisconsin campus. Faculty, departments and student organizations can submit nominations for faculty members who they feel not only exceeded expectations as teachers but also profoundly changed the community.
Associate Professor in English Caroline Gottschalk Druschke, awarded the Community-Based Learning Teaching Award.
Professor of Anthropology John Hawks, awarded the Van Hise Outreach Teaching Award, which recognizes excellence in outreach teaching.
Professor of Political Science Yoshiko Herrera, awarded the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award.
Professor of English Amaud Johnson, awarded the Chancellor’s Inclusive Excellence Award, which recognizes achievements in diversity and inclusion.