Small changes, big effects
More than 50 administrators and staff gathered in University Hall Thursday for the first of three Diversity Dialogues, a series of seminars focusing on ways to maintain a diverse community throughout the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). The seminar included an introduction by FAS Dean Michael D. Smith, who told attendees that the program was just one aspect of a larger effort to support the diverse community throughout FAS. “Even in this age, where so many of us are tied to computers and iPods and our phones, I truly believe that ideas, especially radical ideas, come from close, unscripted, honest interactions among talented people, and we have a number of talented people in our community,” Smith said. “Bringing together those diverse perspectives is the most effective way for us to continue to cultivate, create, and transmit knowledge in the way we do in this institution. FAS Dean Michael D. Smith: “Even in...