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Dr. Robbins' Presentation


Congratulations to the organizers of the Dr. Steve L. Robbins’ presentation on Dec. 6 as part of the Alice Holloway Young, Ed.D. Diversity Series. Tracy Archie and Patrick Bates did an excellent job in pulling together all the many details. The event exceeded our expectations and was delivered in a very smooth and professional manner. I am sure there were times when they wanted to pull out their hair, but they managed to keep those frustrating moments well hidden.

Dr. Robbins was a terrific speaker and inspired all of us to embrace diversity and be mindful of inclusion. Our thanks and appreciation go to Dr. Robbins, to Dr. Young for participating in this event, to President Flynn for opening the presentation, and to those provided immeasurable support – including Mary O’Reilly, Ray Treat, Steve Weider, Jeremy Case, Diane DeHond and Julianna Frisch. Many thanks as well go to all of the faculty, staff and students who attended the presentation in the Warshof Conference Center or who watched it via livestream at Damon City Campus or from their desks.

On behalf of the Diversity Council, I encourage you to continue the dialogue around diversity and inclusion, discuss or incorporate it into your classroom, and bring any recommendations you have to improve our college to a member of the Diversity Council.

If you were unable to attend the presentation, you can view it by visiting https://videoserver.monroecc.edu/production/videocontent.htm, scroll down to Pre-recorded Programming to find the Diversity Series entry.

Shown below in the photo are, back row from left: Char Downing, incoming co-chair of the Diversity Council; Tracy Archie, co-chair of the this year's Alice Holloway Young Diversity Series; President R. Thomas Flynn; Alberta Lee, Diversity Council chairperson; Craig Rand, incoming co-chair of the Diversity Council; and front row from left: Patrick Bates, co-chair of the this year's Alice Holloway Young Diversity Series; Diane M. Cecero, chief diversity officer; and Dr. Steve L. Robbins, event speaker.

Alberta Lee
Diversity Council
12/13/2006