President Capilouto discussed UK’s efforts on vaccination and diversity, equity and inclusion with the Board of Trustees Friday, Feb. 19. Here are his remarks:
We have talked often in this space about the twin pandemics our country confronts. One infects our lungs and bodies. Another one can afflict hearts and minds.
We must play a role now in asking and answering a critical question posed by both:
How do we bring the prospect of hope and healing, reckoning and reconciliation, to these historic challenges?
The University of Kentucky – your university, the Commonwealth’s university – has long been a source of hope. But we all know that hope alone is not a strategy or a plan.
Marilyn Clark is UK s first supplier diversity manager.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 19, 2021) The University of Kentucky has tapped a highly regarded expert in the local community to be its first supplier diversity manager as part of a long-term effort to bolster and strengthen ties to minority-owned businesses and vendors.
As part of the University of Kentucky’s plan to progress the institution toward diversity, equity and inclusion, the university has created 17 projects in phase one of its campus wide Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) plan.
Included in this plan is Project 14, which seeks to expand UK’s supplier diversity procurement efforts. Led by Barry Swanson, UK’s chief procurement officer, a national search for a supplier diversity manager was conducted to ensure a dedicated focus for the effort.