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Scenes of diversity from The University of Rhode Island

Email Contacts for Diversity Committees

Athletics
Contact Lauren Anderson

Affirmative Action Advisory Committee
Contact Deborah Connally

Association for Academic and Professional Women
Contact APAW

Counseling Center Diversity Contacts
Contact Holly Nichols or Jasmine Mena

Disabilities: Advisory Committee on Disabilities  
Contact Pamela Rohland

Diversity Week Committee
Contact Paul Bueno de Mesquita or Judy Van Wyk

Engineering: College of Engineering Diversity Committee
Contact Winston Knight

GLBT Commission on the Status of GLBT People
Contact Andrew Winters

Graduate School Office of Graduate Diversity Affairs
Contact Padma Venkatraman

Harrassment Committee
Contact Lynne Derbyshire

Human Science and Services Diversity Committee
Contact Kyle Kusz

Muslim Ministry
Contact Syed Hasibul Haque

Nursing: College of Nursing Diversity Committee
Contact Wylie Dassie

President's Commission on Faculty, Staff and Students of Color
Contact Harold Bibb

Rainbow Diversity House
Contact Tripp Hutchinson

Student Affairs Diversity Committee,
Contact Melvin Wade or Andrew Winters

Student Equity Coalition
Contact Michele Rosa

Student Senate Cultural Affairs
Contact Kim Bolton

Violence Prevention Committee
Contact Carolyn Sovet

President's Message

The University of Rhode Island believes deeply in the value of celebrating differences. From its very beginning under Roger Williams, Rhode Islanders were different: independent in thought and action and tolerant of the beliefs of others. As a state, we are “a lively experiment”!