We lift up our diversity as the unique strategic advantage it is, providing the environment in which our students learn with one another to generate new knowledge that helps the world’s people leverage and celebrate the value of difference.
–President David J. Schmidly

Dr. Jozi De Leon

Welcome to the Office for Equity and Inclusion website!  This past academic year was an interesting and challenging time as I completed my first year as Vice President for Equity and Inclusion and we faced challenges with the economic downturn.  Over the course of the past year, it became increasingly apparent that the units that report to the Vice President of Equity and Inclusion:  Office of Equal Opportunity, African American Student Services, American Indian Student Services and El Centro de la Raza have a common interest in addressing the needs of underrepresented faculty, staff and students and establishing an environment that creates inclusive excellence.  This year we will continue to align our efforts and through a joint and collaborative partnership we will work to advance diversity at the University of New Mexico.

Much was accomplished this past year.  We completed a baseline Diversity Report Card and our first annual Diversity Report Card.  In addition, we created UNM’s first Hate/Bias Incidence Procedures Document.  We also developed a Search and Hiring Toolkit that includes a focus on the hiring of underrepresented faculty.  The Office for Equity and Inclusion and the Provost’s Office worked on the hiring of several new faculty from underrepresented groups.

UNM’s American Indian Student Services, Native American Studies, and several chartered student organizations have collaborated to engage the university community in learning and discovering more about the Indigenous experience and perspective. The entire campus community is invited to attend and participate in a variety of public and cost-free educational, social, cultural, and artistic programming initiatives throughout the month of November. Click the link above to view the calendar of events.

See the Calendar for a list of the American Indian Heritage Month Events.

For Immediate Release:

Contact:

Vicki Madrid Nelson    505-277-4821                   Susan Seligman:  505-823-2712

Latin American and Iberian Institute                   New Mexico Anti-Defamation League

UNM Nov. 12^th Conference Explores Historical Perspectives of Jewish Life in the “New World”

“Unlikely Neighbors? The Jewish Experience in the New World” is an exciting conference with leading national speakers exploring historical perspectives of Jewish Life in Spain, the Americas, Argentina and Cuba.  The conference will be held Thursday, November 12, 2009 at the UNM Student Union Building from 1-5 p.m.  The conference is free and pre-registration is recommended at laii.unm.edu/celebrate-festival/program/unlikely-neighbors.