{"id":4116,"date":"2021-03-11T16:48:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T21:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcc-draft\/?page_id=4116"},"modified":"2021-05-03T14:26:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T18:26:37","slug":"diversity-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcc\/events\/diversity-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero  \"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2030\/BOND-Diversity-Award-2019.jpg);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"feature-caption\">Members of Brothers On a New Direction accepting their award for student organization. From left: Almamy Kamara, President David M. Dooley, Dennis Cardoso, Corvah Akoiwala and Nolan Nathaniel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual Diversity Awards honors the outstanding contributions and achievements of students, faculty, administrators, staff, and friends toward developing a more inclusive, diverse, and equitable campus community at URI and increasing the capacity of the University to reach its fullest educational, cultural, economic, and social potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News <\/h2>\n\n\n<div><ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-students-faculty-staff-receive-2018-diversity-and-inclusive-excellence-awards-for-academic-excellence-leadership-and-service\/\">URI students, faculty, staff receive 2018 Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Awards for academic excellence, leadership and service<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The University of Rhode Island presented five community members and two University organizations with Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Awards during ceremonies held on May 29, 2018 on the Kingston Campus.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-students-faculty-staff-honored-for-efforts-to-foster-diversity-and-inclusivity\/\">URI students, faculty, staff honored for efforts to foster diversity and inclusivity<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">On May 13, 2019 the University of Rhode Island presented seven community members and two University organizations with Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Awards during their annual ceremony.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-honors-professor-vanessa-quainoo-students-faculty-staff-for-extraordinary-efforts-to-foster-diversity-and-inclusivity\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2030\/Vanessa-Quainoo1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Vanessa Quainoo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2030\/Vanessa-Quainoo1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2030\/Vanessa-Quainoo1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2030\/Vanessa-Quainoo1-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2030\/Vanessa-Quainoo1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2030\/Vanessa-Quainoo1.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-honors-professor-vanessa-quainoo-students-faculty-staff-for-extraordinary-efforts-to-foster-diversity-and-inclusivity\/\">URI honors Professor Vanessa Quainoo, students, faculty, staff for extraordinary efforts to foster diversity and inclusivity<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">On May 11, 2021 the University honored Professor Vanessa Wynder Quainoo for her lifelong commitment to diversity and inclusion, along with six community members and two organizations as part of its annual Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Awards Ceremony.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of Brothers On a New Direction accepting their award for student organization. From left: Almamy Kamara, President David M. Dooley, Dennis Cardoso, Corvah Akoiwala and Nolan Nathaniel. 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