Diversity and Multicultural Affairs -

UNC works on minority representation in study abroad programs

By David Lindars and Amy Watson | April 20

This past academic year, 1,219 students at UNC studied abroad, but awareness and availability of funds often determines who those students are.

Panelists - from left to right - Michael Lambert, Ken Brown, Bereket Selassie, and Ron Strauss, talk at the First Installment of the Nelson Mandela Lunch Panel Discussion on Monday afternoon in the Fed Ex Global Center.

Nelson Mandela remembered through UNC programs

By Amanda Raymond | April 7

Nelson Mandela is gone but not forgotten thanks to two programs at UNC.

Trey Mangum, a junior Journalism major, is the new president of the Black Student Movement.

Black Student Movement’s new president Trey Mangum focused on campus visibility

By Sara Salinas | April 2

UNC’s Black Student Movement will have a booming voice on campus next year if Trey Mangum dirhas a say in the matter.

Alix Desch is the Operations Manager of the 2014 Tunnel of Oppression. The Tunnel of Oppression is a tour that engages participants in a number of first hand forms of oppression through interactive acting, viewing monologues and forms of multimedia. The tours began on Monday, March 31 and will continue until Wednesday, April 2 in Cobb Residence Hall.

Tunnel of Oppression puts focus on discrimination

By Tyler J. Rouse | April 1

UNC’s interactive multicultural tour, Tunnel of Oppression, is back for its fifth consecutive year to challenge students to rethink their role ...

Osiris Rankin, a senior psychology major, Darius Whitney, a senior political science major, and Dr. Juan Carrillo, an assistant professor in the UNC School of Education, discuss their place in the university setting and the challenges they have faced as minority males at a Carolina Millennial Scholars Program's event entitled "The [Mis]sed Education of the Minority Male" Thursday evening in Wilson Library.

Minority men detail ups and downs of UNC life

By Sarah Chaney | March 27

He would sit in the front row, feeling invisible and scared to even raise his hand.

Low black male retention causes concern

By Sarah Niss | October 10

When senior Mycal Brickhouse looked around at the crowd of a minority male forum he attended in January, he noticed something was missing.

Q&A with Maria DeGuzman

By Breanna Kerr | September 30

Maria DeGuzman, English professor and director of Latina/o Studies at UNC, is hosting a book reading today at 10 a.m. in the Pleasants Family Assembly ...

Terri Houston resigns as diversity head at UNC

By Andy Thomason | April 11

Terri Houston, who has in her 13 years at UNC established a reputation as a mentor for minority students, will resign her position as senior director ...

UNC graduation rates lag significantly for black males

By Grace Raynor | March 1

UNC’s four-year graduation rate is just 49.2 percent for black males, compared to a 70.8 percent graduation rate for white males, according to a 2010 ...

The Friday Interview: Sitting down with UNC Diversity Recruiter Terri Houston

By Mark Laichena | February 23

“The struggle continues!” That’s what Terri Houston had to say to anyone who might suggest that now that America has a black president, minorities ...

Defining diversity on our campus

By Brittany Johnson | February 13

Last week, my roommate sent me a link to a YouTube video in which a white comedian in blackface interviewed students at Brigham Young University about ...

Mipso Trio to headline Cat's Cradle after one year together

By Lucian Crockett | January 11

Five towering racks of analog audio equipment loom over the occupants of the small, stuffy studio control room at ElectroMagnetic Radiation Recorders ...

Clayton hopes to integrate diversity better

By Chelsea Bailey | January 7

Taffye Clayton decided to devote her career to championing diversity 20 years ago because of her experiences as a UNC undergraduate.

A gender gap, both here and out there

By Patricia Laya | October 11

The University’s male-to-female ratio may skew dating patterns and max-out Zumba classes. But come May, we’ll be graduating to a larger, even more ...

Open House takes on new roundtable format

By Taylor Hartley | October 10

The honor system and diversity were the topics of choice for Chancellor Holden Thorp’s open house discussion Monday, conducted in a new roundtable format. ...

UNC sees increase in enrollment of Latino students

By Edward Pickup | October 9

During the last 10 years, the number of Latino students at UNC has increased dramatically, a representation of the University’s efforts to grow the ...

UNC hosts professor to discuss teaching math to minorities

By Taylor Hartley | October 3

Teaching mathematics requires a knowledge of politics and recognition of multiple socioeconomic realities, a visiting professor argued in Hyde Hall on ...

End in sight for UNC diversity provost search

By Chelsea Bailey | September 29

With the selection of four candidates for the position of vice provost for diversity and multicultural affairs, the University has moved one step closer ...

UNC's academic plan inches toward goals

By Nick Andersen | September 26

With an eye on quick and noticeable policy changes, the committee charged with developing the University’s latest academic plan has begun to chart out ...

Top administrator for diversity and multicultural affairs to join provost’s cabinet

By Nicole Comparato | September 20

The University’s top administrator for diversity and multicultural affairs will soon join the provost’s cabinet — a change administrators hope will ...