President Philip J. Hanlon ’77 “
Share January 18, 2021 by Susan J. Boutwell
A set of priorities is designed to infuse the campus culture with an anti-racist ethos.
(Photo by Robert Gill)
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Dartmouth is taking concrete steps to diversify its faculty; create a pipeline to elevate Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) to leadership positions; make higher education more affordable to a greater number of students; and infuse its campus culture with an anti-racist ethos, says President Philip J. Hanlon 77, on the holiday celebrating the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
President Hanlon, his senior leadership team, and Matt Delmont, the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History who in July was named special advisor to the president on matters of faculty equity, diversity, and inclusivity, have been working to set priorities for the next five years and to pursue new diversity and inclusivity initiatives that will complement the ongoing
Hope and action are necessary for the work of transformation required to build a more truthful, just, and equitable future.
Rabbi Daveen Litwin, dean and chaplain of the William Jewett Tucker Center for Spiritual and Ethical Life “
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The all-virtual celebration will include both new and familiar programs.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, speaks to thousands during his I Have a Dream speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. (AP Photo)
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Each year, Dartmouth celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. s life and legacy with a slate of events. The all-virtual 2021 celebration which will take place over the course of the next two weeks embodies the theme that emerged during 2020: hope and action.
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Micah Griffin has been named senior director of University Health Services at Pennsylvania State University. He has been serving as the director of health programs at the City University of New York’s Kingsborough Community College. Earlier, Dr. Griffin was director of Student Health and Counseling Services at Alabama A&M University.
Dr. Griffin received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina. He holds a master’s degree in exercise science from Life University in Marietta, Georgia, and a master’s degree in health care administration and a doctorate in health services/community health from Walden University.
Leading Into New Communities, Inc. operates a transitional living campus on Division Drive for participants in its re-entry program; the goal of which is to help people recently released from prison while they regain financial independence and secure permanent housing. (Port City Daily photo/Alexandria Sands)
WILMINGTON â Re-entering society after prison is no easy task. Thereâs a criminal record to disclose on job applications, often no stable home to return to and the temptation to return to old vices.
Add âpandemicâ to that list and the challenge becomes unparalleled.
Thatâs when organizations like Leading Into New Communities, Inc. (LINC) are needed. The nonprofit guides men and women through the struggles of returning to life after jail or prison.