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Diversity and Multicultural Affairs

Blank Canvas dance group is all-inclusive, promotes diversity and unity

By Julie Cooper | November 18

UNC student dance company Blank Canvas has come a long way in the last 10 years. And in the genre-bending, 100- person finale that serves as the highlight ...

UNC to examine salaries of minority and female faculty

By Robert Langdon | November 15

Following up on a study conducted in 2002 under former Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Robert Shelton, the University will examine potential salary ...

Protesters rally outside Kay Hagan’s office in Raleigh to protest the Dream Act and the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy in the U.S. Military.

Rally opposes military ban on gays

By Estes Gould | November 11

Holding signs and chanting, “let us serve,” a group gathered in Raleigh on Thursday night to protest discrimination in the armed forces. The rally ...

Terri Houston will replace Archie Ervin as head of diversity affairs.

Houston to serve as interim provost of diversity and multicultural affairs

October 15

In 11 years, Archie Ervin shepherded diversity and multicultural affairs to new heights. To take his job after he leaves for Georgia Institute of Technology, ...

LGBTQ vigil honors teens who committed suicide

By Paula Seligson | October 8

More than 200 people gathered in the Pit on Thursday for a candle-lit vigil to honor the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teens who recently ...

UNC groups debate immigration policy

By David Riedell | October 7

Representatives for the Young Democrats and College Republicans met Thursday evening to debate topics including Arizona’s immigration law, the 14th ...

Ervin leaving UNC, taking new position at Ga. Tech

By Lindsay Ruebens | October 6

Archie Ervin, UNC’s associate provost and chief diversity officer, will be leaving to accept a newly created position at the Georgia Institute of Technology. ...

More gender non-specific bathrooms could come to UNC

By Isabella Cochrane | September 29

For many students who identify as transgender or gender non-specific, the decision to choose between male or female restrooms on campus can be stressful. ...

Dance Company to share Korean culture at Memorial Hall

By Tariq Luthun | September 27

The Carolina Performing Arts series will present “Dynamic Korea: Dance and Song,” bringing the Chae Hyang Soon Dance Company to perform its iteration ...

First black students John Lewis Brandon and Ralph and LeRoy Frasier were honored at Saturday’s football game for the 55th anniversary of desegregation at UNC by Chancellor Holden Thorp and Vice Chancellor Winston Crisp.

First black students' 55th anniversary honored

By Deborah Strange | September 19

Students and faculty celebrated the 55th anniversary of John Lewis Brandon and Ralph and LeRoy Frasier’s enrollment at UNC on Friday at the Sonja Haynes ...

UNC seeks diversity among administrators

By Colleen Volz | September 2

A report released Wednesday said UNC needs more diversity at the top. After combing through hundreds of pages of data from all University departments, ...

Asian Students Association seeks more diversity

By Melvin Backman | August 26

Despite a slight drop in the percentage of Asian-American students at UNC, the Asian Students Association tripled in size within the past two years.

UNC loses another top female administrator

By Rebecca Putterman | July 14

Moving up in the ranks at Carolina isn’t easy. While many promotions choose the obvious second in command, UNC employs national searches to find the ...

Despite opposition, Wake school board repeals diversity policy

By Annie Clark | May 19

The Wake County School Board voted in a 5-4 decision Tuesday night to overturn 30 years of policy designed to promote public school diversity in favor ...

Waithera Karim-Sesay delivers a talk in the style of a “last lecture” on Sunday. DTH/ Daniel Sircar

Karim-Sesay gives ‘last lecture’ on Africa

By Steven Norton | April 11

In her “last lecture,” professor Waithera Karim-Sesay showed that there’s more to Africa than meets the eye and provided a more holistic view of ...

American Indian groups protest curriculum shift

By Jen Serdetchnaia | March 22

The state is revising an education reform plan after an early draft caused outrage among American Indian communities. The State Board of Education’s ...

Racial gap growing in Division I basketball

By Robert Smith | March 22

The gap in graduation rates between black and white NCAA men’s Division I basketball players is widening.

Wes and Jane Hare talk with Patrick O’Neill at the fourth annual “HK on J” civil rights event. DTH/Daniel Sircar

Historic HK on J march draws hundreds

By Jeremiah Gregg | March 1

RALEIGH — Hundreds of people gathered at Shaw University on Saturday, chanting and singing hymns to promote education reform for the state. The Historic ...