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Diversity Action Committee

**2013-2014 Diversity Action Committee Members**
Guadalupe Acosta-Roberts Director of Student Diversity Initiatives
Alejandro Cuza-Blanco, Chair Assistant Professor of Spanish & Linguistics
Lorraine Kisselburgh Assistant Professor of Communication
Talin Lindsay Anthropology Department, Graduate Program Assistant
Joan Marshall Senior Associate Dean for Administration
Marifran Mattson Associate Professor of Communication
Heather Moore Graduate Student Representative
Lisa Snodgrass Director of Career Development
LaTasha Swanson Director of Student Recruitment
Kameron Townsend Undergraduate Student Representative

Mission Statement

The College of Liberal Arts Diversity Action Committee will improve the climate for diversity in the college by advising the Dean on diversity issues, proposing strategies for creating more diversity, supporting diversity efforts in departments and units, and cooperating with University offices and corresponding committees in other schools and colleges.

CLA Student Organization Diversity Program Grant

The CLA Diversity Action Committee is the sponsor of this exciting opportunity for our students to promote multicultural awareness and diversity on campus. All undergraduate student organizations in the college are eligible to apply for a $250 grant to fund an activity or program to improve the campus climate for diversity. A CLA student organization is defined as an organization in which 50% (or more) of its undergraduate members are enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts.

Past recipients include:

The Purdue Anthropology Society who used their grant to fund "Global Cultural Awareness Day." The Student English Association sponsored a reading by Vietnamese American poet Bao Phi and the Society for Religious Studies hosted a week long event promoting awareness of religious diversity at Purdue.

2012-2013 APPLICATION (PDF) deadline November 2, 2012
2012-2013 APPLICATION (DOC)

2012-2013 INFORMATIONAL FLYER

Recent Activities

During the 2011-12 academic year, the CLA Diversity Action Committee created a college diversity website including information on its activities, student diversity initiatives, and a statistical profile of faculty, staff, and students in the college. In November, the committee awarded the third annual Student Organization Diversity Program grant to the Society for Religious Studies for a week -long event promoting awareness of religious diversity at Purdue. In April, the committee held a forum, “Bridging Community to Education: Liberal Arts in Action” in which two faculty members and a graduate student presented diversity related projects that focus on education, two of which are based in the local community.

For additional information on diversity in the College of Liberal Arts, see the following resources: