Diversity News

Three 2018 President's Diversity Awards Recipients from CLA

* President's Diversity Legacy Award: Doug Epperson (College of Liberal Arts)

* President’s Diversity Award - Staff: Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti (College of Liberal Arts)

* President’s Diversity Award - Student: Leilani Hemmings (Ethnic Studies Department) 

See the full list of President's Diversity Award nominees and finalists from the College of Liberal Arts.

2018 CLA Diversity Award

Donald Ryujin (Psychology and Child Development Department) received the College of Liberal Arts 2018 Faculty Diversity Award.

 

CLA Launches Peer Mentoring Program for Underrepresented Students

CLA Underrepresented Students Network (CLA USN) assists underrepresented students in having an equitable educational experience as a part of the Cal Poly campus. 

Learn more about CLA USN

Cal Poly Hosts First Spanish-language Civic Debate on a U.S. University Campus

Titled “Los Legados de Valladolid,” which translates to “Legacies of Valladolid,” the topic argued in competition was whether the rise of nativism, an extreme form of patriotism, is a threat to universal human rights. 

Read more about the Spanish-language debate

Two 2017 President's Diversity Awards Recipients from CLA

* President’s Diversity Award - Faculty: Jenell Navarro (Ethnic Studies Department)

* President’s Diversity Award - Student: Zulema Aleman (Psychology and Child Development Department) 

2017 CLA Diversity Award

Denise Isom (Ethnic Studies Department) received the College of Liberal Arts 2017 Faculty Diversity Award.