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10 To get to her new office on the second floor of Whitehurst Hall, Tina Cade walks down a renovated corridor that tells the story of UR's growing inclusivity. It houses the offices of her colleagues in the newly formed Student Center for Equity and Inclusion, which she oversees as director and associate vice president for student development. One colleague is a senior associate director focused on meeting the needs of students of color. Another is an associate director focused on program- ming for first-generation and low-in- come students. A third is an associate director for LGBTQ campus life. Other offices are awaiting their first occupants. The university is conducting searches for new posi- tions that will expand the SCEI's capacity to serve Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Latinx students. The SCEI results from the merger of Multicultural Affairs and Com- mon Ground. The two offices worked together to identify shared goals, programs, resources, and services. "By merging our two offices, we were able to combine our strengths and offer the most effective support for underserved students," Cade said. "Student" is intentionally the first word of the new center's name, and the SCEI's layout reflects that. The space offers an expanded LGBTQ lounge and student office space for the Race and Racism Project. It also includes a multicultural student space - something students strongly advocated for. "To me, making space is the sim- plest display of love," said Anthony Lawrence, president of the Rich- mond College Student Government Association and an advocate for the multicultural space. "It makes others feel valued and lets voices be heard."
W E L L - E A R N E D Tina Cade, who has been at UR since 1987, will retire in February. Her announcement came via an email from Steve Bisese, vice president for student development. He spoke for many Spiders when he wrote that Cade "has had a transforma- tional impact on the institution and on generations of students for whom she represented the very best of the university."
Quite a space
BELONGING
Students step up
Two student organizations - West Indian Lynk and the Solidarity Organization for Latinx Students - launched a 10-day donation drive this fall to aid victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti, according to The Collegian . An earthquake struck the country's southwest peninsula Aug. 14., killing more than 2,200 people and injuring thousands more. "A lot of our members are either from Haiti or have Haitian relations," Jordan Richardson, president of WIL, told The Collegian . "A lot of us are directly from the Caribbean islands. So it definitely came from a place that was more personal. And we were like, 'OK, we have this mission to kind of help, and this is something that is personal and affects all of us.'" Richardson estimated that the drive raised more than $3,700 in cash and donated items, far exceeding the original goal of $500.
Public scholars
The university's academic excellence continues to gain international exposure through a partnership the university launched in 2018 with The Conversation. The Conversation is an independent news outlet specializing in articles written by academics for a general audience. All of its articles are distributed by the Associated Press and made available to news outlets worldwide. Since the launch of the partnership, 47 UR faculty members have authored 80 articles (including "Salt's Secret power" on Page 12). Their work has been repub- lished more than 2,500 times - an average of about 30 times each - for a potential readership of nearly 6 billion.
AROUND CAMPUS FELLOWSHIPS
CLIMATE The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization selected Sandra Joireman, Weinstein Chair of Interna- tional Studies and a professor of political science, as a research fellow. She is part of an international team inves- tigating how communities are impacted by the intersec- tion of climate change and violent conflict.
A mural by local artist Hamilton Glass sets a welcoming tone in the new multicultural student space in Whitehurst Hall.
Photograph by Jamie Betts Top-left photograph courtesy USAID
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