Annoucement: UNI to Host Diversity Town Hall

By University Relations

The will welcome Heather Hackman as the guest speaker for this year's annual Town Hall Meeting on Diversity sponsored by UNI's Diversity Council. The meeting will be held from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 1, in the Slife Ballroom, Commons. A Diversity Fair will precede the town hall meeting from 1 to 2 p.m., in the Georgian Lounge and Porch. Five UNI faculty, staff and students will be honored with the Diversity Matters Award during the meeting.

Hackman, a human relations and multicultural education professor at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, will be discussing ways individuals can contribute to diversity efforts as the institution moves forward with its own initiatives.

Hackman opened her own diversity consulting firm in 2005. She has been teaching and training on social justice issues since 1992. Hackman consults nationally on issues of deep diversity, equity and social justice, and has focused most of her recent training work on issues of racism and white privilege, gender oppression, heterosexism and homophobia and classism.

"Hackman's expertise on issues of deep diversity supports many of the efforts and goals on this campus," said Terry Hogan, vice president for student affairs at UNI. "She encourages individuals to realize that diversity matters on campus because it expands our worldliness, enhances our social connections to people and allows our students to prepare for careers in a world in which globalization and diversity are a reality." 

For more information on the Diversity Town Hall Meeting, contact Hogan at 319-273-2332 or terry.hogan@uni.edu.