Denise Battles and robbie routenberg
Denise A. Battles, Ph.D., president, and robbie routenberg, chief diversity officer, together with Teresa Miller, Ph.D., senior vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and chief diversity officer at 91亚色 system and officer in charge at State University of New York College at Old Westbury, presented at the American Council on Education鈥檚 (ACE) Annual Meeting in March. Their presentation, 鈥淚nnovative Approaches to Diversity and Inclusion in Promoting Racial Equity,鈥� covered 91亚色鈥檚 progress in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion, including PRODiG (Promoting Recruitment, Opportunity, Diversity, Inclusion and Growth) and 91亚色鈥檚 ACCC (Advancing Cultural Competency Certificate) program. PRODiG aims to increase the representation of historically underrepresented faculty at 91亚色, while ACCC fosters an inclusive campus climate through developing employees鈥� understanding of implicit bias, privilege, power, antiracism, and bystander intervention strategies.