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Throughout our strategic planning workshops, your voices consistently affirmed and elevated diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as core values and a critical part of who we want to become. As the dean, I believe strongly in the importance of this work being integrated into all that we do. To ensure that we are positioned to support our growing goals and aspirations that are surfacing through our college strategic planning efforts, I have been working with senior leadership on a college-wide structure.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage month 鈥� a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States encompassing more than 50 distinct heritages. This broad term includes cultures from the entire Asian continent鈥攊ncluding East, Southeast and South Asia鈥攁nd the Pacific Islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.

March is Women's History Month , a celebration of the vital role of women in U.S. history. We take this opportunity to highlight the year-round accomplishments of the students, faculty and staff who are leaders in engineering and applied science. From Minnette E. Frankenberger , our first female graduate in...

In February, we celebrate Black History Month to reflect upon and recognize the many contributions of Black and African American community members to our college and to the field of engineering. Celebrating Engineering Leaders Black leaders we want to feature in our college this month include pioneering professor emeritus Skip...

This month we are celebrating Native Americans and the Indigenous community in our college. As noted by the National Congress of American Indians , this is a time 鈥渢o celebrate rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories and to acknowledge the important contributions of Native people. Heritage Month is also...

This week began Latin and Hispanic Heritage Month, which is observed through Oct. 15. As highlighted by the Library of Congress , the purpose is to celebrate the 鈥渉istories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.鈥� I encourage...

Fall semester is in full swing! I had the opportunity to speak with many of our students last week during 鈥淒onuts with the Dean.鈥� They seemed truly grateful to return to their studies and be with their peers. As a campus and college, we can be proud of how well...