In The Margins Diverse Education

The last in a series of conversations with Diverse Organizational Impact and Transformation (DOIT)-certified school presidents, this episode features Dr. David K. Wilson, president of Morgan State University.
 
Tune in as Wilson speaks with Diverse host Ralph Newell about the times in which we live, where in so many corners of our nation, institutions are trying to wipe the challenges of underrepresented peoples from the history books and pretend those challenges do not exist or do not matter. Wilson urges students to grasp, to own, and to make this period of resistance their era to challenge what he calls the “nonsense” of today.
 
Along with his take on the attacks against DEI and his mission to create a living laboratory for diversity at Morgan, learn more about Wilson himself, including his upbringing in rural Alabama and what’s on the menu at the next family reunion.
 
KEY POINTS:
· A look into Wilson’s childhood in rural Alabama
· The history of innovation and creativity in the Black community
· How Wilson’s student experience impacts his work today
· Why becoming a Research 1 institution is important for Morgan
· Creating a living laboratory for diversity on campus
· Effects of the constant attack on DEI in education
 
QUOTABLES:
“You take what you have and make what you need. A phrase right now that is deeply rooted in the Black community.”   - Dr. David K. Wilson
“Talking about loving students, well, it's a different kind of love. It’s loving the potential. It’s understanding the potential. It’s putting students in a position where they come face to face with potential, and then they marry it.” - Dr. David K. Wilson
 
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About the Diverse Organizational Impact and Transformation Certification: diverseeducation.com/page/DOIT
Eye to the Future: Morgan State University earns DOIT certification: diverseeducation.com/page/Morgan-State-University
President Wilson’s bio: Biography (morgan.edu)
 
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In this second in a series of conversations with DOIT certified school presidents, Diverse host Ralph Newell welcomes Dr. David T. Hayes, president of Coe College.
 
Tune in as Hayes speaks to building a safe space for open and honest conversations at Coe, one of only three schools to receive the inaugural DOIT (Diverse Organizational Impact and Transformation) certification. He will discuss the role of small liberal arts colleges in preparing students to be citizens in a participatory democracy.
 
The talk is not all business though. We also learn what is on Hayes’s bucket list, his love for Star Wars, and why there is no such thing as too much coffee.
 
KEY POINTS:
· Dr. Hayes revolving journey to Coe College
· Why Dr. Hayes continues the challenging work of DEI
· Examining the decision to expand the role of diversity officer
· How Coe College measures progress and initiatives
· Building spaces for open and honest conversations
· Anti-DEI legislation and its effect on higher education institutions
 
QUOTABLES:
“When else would you rather be trying to put your shoulder into an institution to move it forward and keep it healthy and vibrant than at a time of challenge and with the disruption of the last several years.” - Dr. David T. Hayes
“Coe was such a great experience for me as an undergrad. I have a lot of loyalty to Coe, and I literally want every student, faculty, staff, community member, and alum to have that same feeling of gratitude toward the college because they feel like the college added value to their lives.” - Dr. David T. Hayes
 
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About the Diverse Organizational Impact and Transformation Certification: diverseeducation.com/page/DOIT Coe College
Open to Change Open to Change | Diverse: Issues In Higher Education (diverseeducation.com) 
President’s welcome and bio: coe.edu/why-coe/discover-coe/presidents-welcome
 
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Dr. Thomas A. Parham, president of California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), shares what he believes are the fundamental ingredients for success for Black faculty and students in the 114th episode of In The Margins.
 
In this episode, Diverse host David Pluviose welcomes Parham, who speaks to his own journey to university president and the implicit bias he has encountered in higher education.
 
Be sure not to miss this conversation on what Parham calls the stones of stagnation and rocks of resignation that keep higher education from being the diverse, inclusive, and socially minded institutions they say they want to be, and hear how he plans to close the gap between the aspirational and the actual.
 
KEY POINTS:
- Parham’s journey to CSU, Dominguez Hills
- Fundamental lessons for Black faculty success
- The importance of defining and re-framing the narrative
- Mental health when it comes to Black students
- The impact of the pandemic on diverse students
- Current and future initiatives to promote Black excellence at CSUDH
 
QUOTABLES:
“Never seek validation from your oppressor. So, the problem was never that people have a negative opinion about Black folk or women or LGBT, or whatever it is. The problem is you give a darn about what they think in the first place.”
“Recognize that this individual, who I consider to be a seed of divinely inspired possibility, if we can nurture that individual in its proper context, they'll grow into the fullest expression of all they're supposed to become. So, our campuses, my campus, is a soil.”
“Crisis does three things. It reveals character. It exposes weakness. But it also creates opportunity.”
 
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Dr. Thomas A. Parham: President's Bio (csudh.edu)
 
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Tune in as Dr. Kimberly Greene goes beyond preconceived notions of what it means to be a teacher and shares her vision of an education that is synonymous with exploration and innovation while acknowledging there is more than one way to learn.
 
In this episode, Diverse host David Pluviose talks EdTech with Greene, professor of education and chair of the Master of Arts in Education Program at the University of Massachusetts Global School of Education.
 
Greene speaks to the ways EdTech can progress in terms of diversity in the classroom and urges listeners to recognize that education is in a new day. She says it is time to stop dehumanizing a profession that is all about building relationships to gain trust and empower people to take chances, grow, and bloom.
 
KEY POINTS:
- Dr. Kimberly Greene’s accidental path to education
- Why is teacher diversity still a problem today?
- Changing cultural perspectives on learning and education
- The over-politicization of education
- EdTech’s role in advancing diversity in the classroom
 
QUOTABLES:
“One of the things that can truly hold us back is our experience. That we're not able to step back and recognize just because it's what we lived at the time, doesn't mean that it was either the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, or the way things need to be going forward.” - Dr. Kimberly Greene
“We can't assembly line education.” - Dr. Kimberly Greene
 
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Dr. Kimberly Greene: umassglobal.edu/about-umassglobal/our-people/kimberly-greene-edd
 
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Grand Valley State University is among the first cohort of institutions to be granted the coveted DOIT (Diverse Organizational Impact and Transformation) Certification. So, in this episode, Diverse host Ralph Newell sits down with the institution's president, Dr. Philomena Mantella, to discuss the recognition and Mantella’s mission to improve the social mobility of young adults through education.
 
Don’t miss this conversation focused on action, improved pathways to education, working alongside the community, and setting the tone in DEI work in higher education with Mantella.
 
 
KEY POINTS:
Receiving the Diverse Organizational Impact and Transformation (DOIT) Certification
The most challenging work behind the DOIT certification process
What is REP4 and how can people get involved?
Why is Dr. Philomena Mantella so passionate about first-generation students?
Navigating recent attacks on DEI initiatives
How business and industry can be key allies to DEI education
 
QUOTABLES:
“The opportunities we have with diverse students or students that have been underserved or underrepresented in higher education is to give them that sense of possibility that perhaps they haven't contemplated before.”
“I get really frustrated when I hear people say things like, ‘we don't have enough talent.’ Because we are leaving so many people out of the knowledge economy or not relating to other educational pathways more seamlessly, creating these ceilings.”
“We see the promise of individuals of all backgrounds, but we understand that those structures of systemic inequity are really inhibiting the equality of opportunity.”
 
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About the Diverse Organizational Impact and Transformation Certification diverseeducation.com/page/DOIT
Setting the Tone in DEI, Accessibility Work diverseeducation.com/from-the-magazine/article/15306543/attention-to-details
 
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On April 2, Dr. Steven Gonzales was presented with the 2023 Diverse Champions Award at the annual meeting of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) in Denver, Colorado.
 
In this episode, Gonzales, now chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District, sits down with Diverse host David Pluviose to share his journey through higher education, a story of championing diversity through challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Tune in to learn more about this year’s Diverse Champion’s work to foster an environment of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and his advice to leaders tracking their own paths to make a difference against headwinds.
 
KEY POINTS:
- The significance of being named 2023 Diverse Champion
- Dr. Steven R. Gonzales’ journey to higher education
- The perspective of a first-generation student
- What does a diverse climate do for community colleges?
- Challenges of leading through the pandemic as interim chancellor
- Advice for leaders struggling to make a difference
 
QUOTABLES:
“I just found myself in positions of wanting to expand my reach of the types of decisions that I think I could make, that could impact students that I was hoping to impact.”
“While there's a difference in age, I can relate to some of those fears and unknowns as a first-generation student. When you just don't know, what you don't know.”
 
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Dr. Steven R. Gonzalez to receive the 2022 Diverse Champions Award — read the article here:  lsc-pagepro.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=786822&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua
 
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