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Ceremony RSVP

Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer Jabbar R. Bennett, Ph.D., invites you to attend the Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awards Ceremony celebrating individual and team contributions toward advancing DEI at MSU.

Thursday, February 6, 2025

3 - 5 p.m.

University Club

A reception will immediately follow the ceremony

RSVP button, clicks to registration page

 

Program

Congratulations to the following recipients. Read more on MSUToday.

INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Hend Azhary, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, College of Human Medicine

Jonathan Choti, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures, College of Arts and Letters

Bess German, Ph.D., Assistant Dean, Honors College

Susan McFarlane-Alvarez, Ph.D., Professor, Advertising and Public Relations, Communication Arts and Sciences

Sriram Narayanan, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Supply Chain Management, Broad College of Business

Leonora Souza Paula, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of English, College of Arts and Letters

Emily Sorroche, Ed.D., Specialist, Outreach Culture Access and Belonging, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources 

TEAM AWARD 

MSU Counseling and Psychiatric Services/College of Arts & Letters/Graduate School/Career Services/Women of Color Initiative – A collaborative team represented by Delia Fernandez-Jones, Ph.D., Ashley Bustamante, Meg Moore, Ph.D., Theresa Murphy and Jessica Oyoque Barron

Women in Skilled Trades Program, Represented by Carol Cool, Tori Menold and Leisa Willliams-Swedberg

UNIT AWARD

Diversity Equity and Inclusion Team, Office of Admissions, Represented by Florensio Hernandez

Office of Diversity Equity and Inclusion, College of Communication Arts and Sciences, Represented by Lauren J. Gaines, Ph.D., and Jada Flowers

LIFETIME AWARD

James C. “Jim” Anthony, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Human Medicine

 

Learn about the awards