PROMOTING DIVERSITY AND OUTREACH
Our group is committed to promote Diversity in research and to create a welcoming, respectful and safe environment for our group members and our community.
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We operate under the Virginia Tech Principles of Community:
- We affirm the inherent dignity and value of every person and strive to maintain a climate for work and learning based on mutual respect and understanding. - We affirm the right of each person to express thoughts and opinions freely. We encourage open expression within a climate of civility, sensitivity, and mutual respect. - We affirm the value of human diversity because it enriches our lives and the University. We acknowledge and respect our differences while affirming our common humanity. - We reject all forms of prejudice and discrimination, including those based on age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, and veteran status. We take individual and collective responsibility for helping to eliminate bias and discrimination and for increasing our own understanding of these issues through education, training, and interaction with others. - We pledge our collective commitment to these principles in the spirit of the Virginia Tech motto of Ut Prosim (That I May Serve). |
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Promoting Diversity and Outreach Activities
Participation in VT-COE-CEED activities - HYPATIA - STEP (Student Transition Engineering Program) - CEED Women’s Preview Weekend - C-Tech2 (multiple times, including June 2023) - BEE VT - Tech Girls - Slush Rush Friday (multiple times) Participation in COE and Virginia Tech activities - BCI (Black College Institute) College of Engineering Q&A Showcase - HBCU summits - Future Fellow Program - Annual Inclusive VT summits We are active members of MSE Diversity and Inclusion Committee - Chair- Dr. Carolina Tallon, since 2016 - Graduate student representatives: current Juan Diego Shiraishi and Julia Goyer; Past representative: Kaitlyn Shirey - Undergraduate student representative: Kevin Gjata Attendance to National Conferences on Diversity - TMS-DMMM3, Diversity Summit on the Minerals, Materials and Metals societies. July 23-25th, 2018, University California Santa Barbara, representing the MSE Diversity Committee. - TMS-DMMM2 conference: Diversity in the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Professions (DMMM2) July 25-26, 2016, Norris University Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA - Women and Gender in Development Conference 2019, Feb 28-Mar 1st, 2019, Blacksburg, Virginia |