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updated January 22, 2010
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Six Students Recognized as Rose-Hulman’s
Diversity Leaders
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A diverse group of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology student leaders
received this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Awards for promoting
campus diversity. The awards were presented at the annual Martin Luther King
Jr. Student Leadership Dinner (January 20), sponsored by the President’s
Office and Diversity Council.
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Leading Diversity: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology student leaders
receiving this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Awards were (from
left) Robert Williamson, Kacie Dowers, Diversity Council Chair Mark Minster,
EJ Oruche, Keegan Superville and Thomas Reives. Not pictured was Kristen
Latta. |
Six students were recognized for organizing last fall’s Diversity Week,
which promoted ethnic, cultural and social diversity within the Rose-Hulman
student body. Featured organizations included the Asian Society of Engineers
and Scientists (ASES), National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE),
International Student Society, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
(SHPE), Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Unity (Gay-Straight Alliance).
There were also social events.
The Diversity Week student organizing team featured Kacie Dowers, president,
SWE; Kristen Latta, vice president, SWE; EJ Oruche, president, NSBE; Thomas
Reives, Diversity Council representative; Keegan Superville, president,
SHPE; and Robert Williamson, Unity.
“These students are really committed to the cause of promoting diversity on
the Rose-Hulman campus. They saw a need to promote diversity and came up
with an effective plan to make it successful,” stated Mark Minster, chair of
the Diversity Council.
Reives, a 2008 mechanical engineering alumnus who is now studying
engineering management in graduate school at Rose-Hulman, gave the dinner’s
keynote speech on “Lessons from a King.” The Indianapolis native was an
Academic All-American and All-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
student-athlete in football and track, and received the North American
Interfraternity Conference’s 2009 Award of Distinction for his involvement
in the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
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Art Contest Winner: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology junior Jonwon
Son (middle) earned first place in the Martin Luther King Jr. Art
Competition. Presenting the award were Steve Letsinger, coordinator of art
program and art curator, and Dexter Jordan, associate director of admissions
and multicultural recruitment. |
“Hopefully, in the future we can have more events like this which bring us
all together to celebrate diversity on our campus and in our community,”
Reives stated. “When working together, I really think we have no bounds.”
The dinner included student leaders from Rose-Hulman’s diversity
organizations, fraternity and sorority chapters, Student Government
Association, Leadership Academy and athletic teams.
Also, the Diversity Council presented the Martin Luther King Jr. Art
Competition awards to Jonwon Son, a junior civil engineering major from
Korea, first place ($500); and Emily Yedinak, sophomore chemical engineering
major from Lake in the Hills, Ill., second place ($250); Elaine MacAsian, a
junior biomedical engineering major from Columbus, Ind., third place ($150).
Earning honorable mention honors were Julianna Barr, Joseph Barton and
Rachelle Cobb. The awards were presented by Steve Letsinger, coordinator of
art programs and art curator, and Dexter Jordan, associate director of
admissions and multicultural recruitment.
Minster pointed out that Rose-Hulman is committed to creating a climate
which recognizes diversity and the unique contributions that each individual
can make to the Rose-Hulman community.
“We believe that the ability to understand and work cooperatively with
people of different backgrounds and experiences will be essential for the
future success of our students, our institution and our nation,” Minister
said. “The Diversity Council may serve as a vehicle for members of our
campus community to use in promoting greater communication among all persons
on campus, thereby acknowledging the many and various ways of looking at and
talking about the world.”
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