The Emory and Atlanta community gathered to celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year, at the Michael C. Carlos Museum to mark the arrival of spring. The event was full of art, music and performances.
The Emory community gathered during Homecoming to mark the official opening of new student identity spaces in the heart of campus, bringing together the Black Student Union, Office of LGBT Life, Center for Women, Centro Latinx, Asian Student Center and Emory First.
The Carlos Museum and Emory Libraries bring the plight of the ever-growing refugee population to the forefront with a special event on Wednesday, Sept. 27, featuring comedian David Perdue, social curator/activist Munir Meghjani and others.
Diversity Strategic Planning Communities and Co-Chairs
Faculty: Giacomo Negro and Tim Holbrook
Staff: Sabrina Burnett and Teresa Fosque
Undergraduate Students: Candice M. Williams and Malcolm J. Robinson
Graduate and Professional Students: Lasha Clarke and Annabella Cockerell (Amanda James, ex officio)
Post-doctorates: Laramie D. Lemon and Jasmine Miller-Kleinhenz (Amanda James, ex officio)
Alumni: Munir Meghjani 08Ox 10C and Isabel M. Garcia 99L
External Community: Alan Anderson and Ciannat Howett
Staff support: Tara Bartelt, Project Manager, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Even as she has set in motion the most ambitious diversity strategic planning process in Emory’s history, Carol Henderson, the university s first chief diversity officer, recognizes that this moment is larger than that. Our nation’s recent history has made it so.