DePauw Stories

Diversity & Inclusion stories

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  Black History Lecture given by Dr. Jennifer H. Mike, Global Studies Fellow

  On February 12, 2025, Dr. Jennifer Heaven Mike, Global Studies Scholar, Assistant Professor in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department at DePauw University, and Hampton and Esther Boswell Distinguished University Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, delivered a keynote lecture for Black History Month. The event, titled Deconstructing Accusation and Domination in the Africana World: Building a More Inclusive ‘Ubuntu’ Future, was hosted by the African Studies Department and explored the enduring impact of accusations on marginalized racial communities, examining how these social constructs continue to perpetuate domination, exclusion, and inequality.

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  11 alums make list of influential Hoosiers

  Alumni are among “the state's most influential and impactful business and community leaders.”

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  DePauw President Lori S. White Appointed to Carnegie Postsecondary Commission

  The Commission will focus on scalable, affordable, career-aligned higher education models; technology-powered teaching and learning methods; pathways that blur the boundaries between secondary, postsecondary, and work; and policy ideas that promote equity and greater opportunity for low-income, underrepresented, and first-generation students.

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  Stevie Baker-Watson Selected as a Champion of Diversity and Inclusion

  Stevie Baker-Watson, associate vice president for student wellness and Theodore Katula director of athletics and recreational sports at DePauw University, has been recognized as one of the 2023 Champions of Diversity and Inclusion by the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee and NCAA Office of Inclusion.

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  Home by Heritage: Angelique Serrano '19

  Inspired by her Puerto Rican heritage, housing coordinator Angelique Serrano '19 helps make DePauw feel like a home away from home.

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  DePauw program recognized for encouraging underrepresented students to study STEM

  DePauw's STEM Guide Program called inspiring by diversity and inclusion publication.

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