Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion annual Diversity forum Diversity as a catalyst for innovation Wednesday, April 22, 2015 8:30 am – 4:00 pm University Inn and Conference Center Douglass Campus, New Brunswick Welcome Remarks President Robert Barchi Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Keynote Speaker Dr. Robert L. Barchi Dr. Richard L. Edwards “Disparity and Discrimination: Obstacles to Our Quest for Diversity and Inclusion” Denise V. Rodgers is Vice Chancellor for Interprofessional Programs at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Director of the Rutgers Urban Health and Wellness Institute, and the Hunterdon Endowed Chair in Interprofessional Education at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. roundtable conversations led by Rutgers faculty: Dr. Lily Young - Advancing Faculty Excellence Through Diversity Dr. Denise V. Rodgers - Equity and the Impact of Race: An Innovative Framework for Diversity & Inclusion in Health and Healthcare Dr. Edward Ramsamy - Advancing Diversity: Culture and the Politics of Knowledge Dr. Peter Guarnaccia - Access, Acculturation and Success for Immigrant Students: An Innovative Anthropological Study ________________________________________________________________ Dr. Denise V. Rodgers The forum is dedicated to the memory of dr. Clement A. Price Dr. Price was Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor of History and Founding Director of the Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience at Rutgers-Newark. commemorative Poem and Reading In honor of the late Dr. Price Dr. Cheryl clarke is an award winning poet and author of four books of poetry: Narratives: Poems In The Tradition Of Black Women (1982), Living As A Lesbian (1986), Humid Pitch (1989), and Experimental Love (1993). Her book, After Mecca: Women Poets and the Black Arts Movement was published by Rutgers University Press in 2005. Photo Credit: Ann E. Chapman Dr. Cheryl Clarke 2 Center for Graduate Recruitment, Retention and Diversity (GR aD ) Research Poster Display: Meet doctoral scholars and learn about their research. Registration is required please visit: oidi.rutgers.edu For more information, please contact: Sonia Espinet at: oidi@rutgers.edu, or 848 932 4391 Forum is organized by the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion (OIDI). Forum sponsors: Chancellor’s Offices, RU-NB, RU-RBHS, RU-N, RU-C. Additional co-sponsors: National Science Foundation Innovation through Institutional Integration (I3) grant to the Graduate School-NB, School of Engineering, The Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation, The Corporation for National & Community Service, AmeriCorps, and Johnson & Johnson.