In an effort to create a more inclusive and welcoming campus for all graduate and professional students, this committee advocates and provides a voice to underrepresented graduate and professional students at the University of Arkansas.
Committee Members:
• Jeff Wright, Committee Chair
• Jean Morales Orocu, Committee Co-Chair
• Francielly Morena Da Silva
• Shannon Hart
• Dylan Shelton
• Juliet Igboanugo
• Kailey Perry
• Olivia Kolenc
Secondary Members:
• Shalom Joro Yabilsu
• Kori Durfee
• Rudy Acosta
• Nicole Noga
DEI Statement:
The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee of the Graduate Professional Student Congress believes that cultural and socioeconomic inequities prevent brilliant minds from reaching their full potential. We believe everyone deserves equal treatment no matter what race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexuality, politics, visible or hidden disability a person may identify as or with. Inequality exists and the only way to overcome inequity is by facing inequality head-on, to remove the barriers that underrepresented people struggle against, and to provide a fair and equitable world in which people of all cultures and identities can participate. Diversity, equity, and inclusion practices and policies are a benefit to the University of Arkansas’ students and the members of the DEI Committee are devoted to upholding these social and academic values.