Tag: diversity

UMD students emphasize inclusion at Occupy McKeldin sexual assault awareness event

The eight-hour event featured eight guest speakers, chalking, therapy dogs, thrift shop pop-ups and raffles. It also included the new addition of a mental health resources table to support sexual assault victims on this university’s campus.

Diamondback Staff
April 16, 2023

UMD’s Kreativity brings a multicultural space for student creatives

Kreativity Diversity Troupe held their semi-annual showcase on Saturday, featuring a wide variety of different student performances.

Freelance Reporter
December 5, 2022

UMD must work to improve the campus experience for MENA students

MENA students deserve a campus cultural center and better demographic data collecting

Dalia Mustafa
November 30, 2022

The new journalism college dean has many things to fix. Diversity should be number one.

Diversity is important. The new dean of the journalism college must make it a top priority.

Guest Opinion
October 25, 2022

Diversity and inclusion office outlines steps for more accessible events at UMD

Offering assistive listening devices and making accessible PowerPoints were two points brought up to make events more accessible.

Freelance Reporter
October 9, 2022

UMD must give Asian humanities students scholarships to achieve equity

Scholarships will give Asian students more opportunity to pursue different professions.

Imaan Shikoh
September 19, 2022

APIDA Heritage Month brings UMD’s Asian American communities into the spotlight

The theme for this year's month of events is "The Rest of Us."

Freelance Reporter
May 10, 2022

Discussing racism from the global lens will help us address the issue at home

Racism is an international issue. It’s time we present it as one.

Jessica Ye
April 21, 2022

Diversity in the newsroom at all levels means fewer neglected stories

BIPOC voices in the newsroom should be a consistent pattern, not the exception.

Lei Danielle Escobal
April 14, 2022

Students, faculty reflect on changes to diversity general education requirements

Under the changes, the diversity general education categories will be renamed and some coursework will pay more explicit attention to racism.

Nene Narh-Mensah
April 8, 2022