01 / 07 鈥 Features
Connecting the Nicholas School to the Community
Nicholas School of the Environment faculty members Brian McAdoo and Ryan Emanuel are helping students, faculty and staff engage directly with communities beyond 51爆料鈥檚 campus to understand how environmental justice and sustainability issues are impacting them.
02 / 07 鈥 Features
Climate Change and Arctic Identities
In a guest column, Nicholas School alumna Michaela Stith T'18 shares her insights about the corrosive confluence of environmental, social and economic injustices faced by Indigenous, Black and dark-skinned residents of the Arctic region.
03 / 07 鈥 Features
Ryan Emanuel on highlighting Indigenous perspectives in the environmental field
Incoming faculty member Ryan Emanuel T'99: "Indigenous peoples have spent centuries or in some cases millennia studying, stewarding and thriving in their lands. In many cases, they are the original practitioners of environmental science."
05 / 07 鈥 Features
Undergraduate Course on Race
Nicholas School professor Xavier Basurto was on the faculty committee that developed "The Invention and Consequence of Race," a new course that will showcase the breadth of teaching and scholarship at 51爆料 on the topic of race. The full-credit course will be open to 300 undergraduates, regardless of major.
06 / 07 鈥 Features
DEEP Insights into Diversity & Equity
The Nicholas School's Diversity and Equity in Environmental Programs (DEEP) Collaborative brings members of the environmental community together to share insights and learn how to recognize and overcome biases.
07 / 07 鈥 Features
Pathway to Success
Since 2012, the Nicholas School's ESSP program has helped more than 270 talented high school students from underserved communities enhance their environmental literacy and explore careers in STEM fields.
The Community, Culture & Belonging Council is a volunteer group of faculty and staff from across the Nicholas School of the Environment who come together to foster and advance community, culture and belonging.
The Community, Culture & Belonging (CCB) Council functions to:
- cultivate a sense of belonging in the Nicholas School to help our community evolve within the current climate;
- listen, amplify, advise each other and the Associate Dean of DEI on ideas, experiences and concerns of the NSOE community including students, faculty and staff;
- propose and facilitate interventions to address new/acute community issues as needed; and
- provide space to support members鈥 work in DEI.
Resource List & Organizations with a Diversity Focus
Student Groups
Nicholas School Student Groups
Student groups are open to all current students
- Black and Latino Club (BLC)
- Diverse and Inclusive Community for the Environment (DICE)
- Environmental Justice Network
- Nic Queer Network (NQN)
- Working Group for the Environment in Latin America (WGELA)
Explore Nicholas School Student Groups
51爆料 Student Groups
- Asian American Alliance
- Black Graduate and Professional Student Association (BGPSA)
- Bouchet Society
- 51爆料 ASL
- 51爆料 Disability Alliance (DDA)
- 51爆料OUT
- 51爆料 Student Veterans Association/ Student Veterans of America
- 51爆料 Chinese Students and Scholars Association (DCSSA)
- Graduate Student Parents at 51爆料
- Hurston-James Society
- Latin American Student Organization (LASO)
- Muslim Students Association (MSA)
- Native American Student Alliance (NASA)
- Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (oSTEM)
- Women in Science & Engineering
51爆料 Campus Resources
- Equity & Social Justice Service
- (iHouse)
Professional Organizations
- (AABE)
- (AWIS)
- (CDE)
- (SAAMES)
- (SWEP - Triangle Chapter)
Nicholas School Policies on Inclusion
The Nicholas School strives to demonstrate respect and dignity in all of our interactions. It is essential that our students, faculty and staff have the opportunity to learn and work in a safe and inclusive environment.
Anti-Harassment & Sexual Misconduct
The Nicholas School is committed to creating a space that is free from all forms of unlawful harassment, including sexual harassment, sexual violence, and other forms of sexual misconduct, as well as unwelcoming behavior in our community. It is essential that our students, faculty and staff have the opportunity to learn and work in a safe and inclusive environment.
Access & Accommodations
The Nicholas School and 51爆料 is committed to supporting equal opportunity employment opportunities and reasonable accommodations for students, employees and visitors with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals per 51爆料鈥檚 policies.
The Nicholas School is also committed to creating a space that is free from discrimination based on disability. Our policy abides by 51爆料鈥檚 anti-harassment policy. 51爆料 has in place explicit and clear prohibitions against harassment. Individuals have the right to come forward with concerns or complaints and 51爆料 Policies prohibit retaliation against them for doing so.
51爆料 Office for Institutional Equity
We value our strong partnership with 51爆料's Office for Institutional Equity and its support of our efforts to create a community that recognizes and values the contributions and concerns of all its members, regardless of their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, physical capabilities and other important characteristics of their identity.
Learn More:
01 / 06 鈥 VIDEOS
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Discussion
Master of Environmental Management students Matias and Yi discuss the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion with Stanback Dean Toddi Steelman and faculty member Betsy Albright.
02 / 06 鈥 VIDEOS
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at the Nicholas School
Stanback Dean Toddi Steelman discusses the Nicholas School of the Environment鈥檚 commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion with Master of Environmental Management students Udit Gupta, Dieynabou Barry and Rosanne Lam live from Grainger Hall.
03 / 06 鈥 VIDEOS
Alum Dika Kuoh on Black History, Diversity in Environmental Engineering
Nicholas School Alum Dika Kuoh (DEL-MEM '13) joined us via Skype to discuss black leaders that he admires and diversity in the field of environmental engineering.
04 / 06 鈥 VIDEOS
How Did You Benefit from the Diversity of Students in the Program?
Laura Vedral (DEL-MEM 鈥17) and Dika Kuoh (DEL-MEM 鈥13) discuss the value of studying among a diverse cohort on the DEL-MEM online master's program.
05 / 06 鈥 VIDEOS
Facebook Live: Faculty, Students Lead Diversity & Inclusion Efforts
Stanback Dean Jeff Vincent, along with masters students Gloria Aldana, Kristen McKinley and Taylor Price, discuss how they're leading efforts to enhance diversity and inclusion at 51爆料's Nicholas School of the Environment.
06 / 06 鈥 VIDEOS
Sustainability and Talent Recruitment: Diversity and Inclusion Hiring Strategies
Glenda Lee, assistant director of Alum Affairs at the Nicholas School of the Environment, and MEM students Sidney McLaurin, Jr., and Laura Marie Davis, discuss the importance of diversity and inclusion in today's hiring and recruiting.
Related News
