Diversity
Inclusive Excellence: Face your own biases
Presenter urges people to acknowledge their preconceived notions, take bold steps to address them.
Dec 15, 2021
![Sheritta Strong, MD, assistant vice chancellor of inclusion.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/InclusiveExcellence1215211.jpg)
MLK Day celebration will be held virtually Jan. 17
Event will include presentation of med center’s first Unsung Hero Award; nominations being sought.
Dec 7, 2021
![Cheryl Logan, EdD, has served as superintendent of the Omaha Public Schools since 2018.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Logan0201.jpg)
Inclusive Excellence set for Dec. 9
Presentation will be from Verna Myers, a Harvard-trained lawyer and vice president of inclusion strategy at Netflix.
Dec 2, 2021
![Sheritta Strong, MD, assistant vice chancellor of inclusion, will host the discussion.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/StrongPREFERRED091421.jpg)
From the DEI Office: Looking back at our first year
November marks a year since Dean Britigan created the College of Medicine’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Nov 24, 2021
![From left, College of Medicine Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Shirley Delair, MD; College of Medicine Assistant Dean of DEI education programs Nada Fadul, MD; UNMC Assistant Vice Chancellor of Inclusion Sheritta Strong, MD; College of Medicine Assistant Dean of DEI Student Programs Armando De Alba, MD; and College of Medicine Director of Medical Pathways Liliana Bronner.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Desk112221.jpg)
Diversity of thought is focus of Nov. 11 Inclusive Excellence session
Sean Edmund Rogers, PhD, of the University of Rhode Island, will speak at the virtual event.
Nov 8, 2021
![Sean Edmund Rogers, PhD, will speak at the next "Conversations for Inclusive Excellence" event.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Rogers110821.jpg)
Breakthrough Thinking series explores identity, population health
Accurately identifying a population is complicated.
Nov 4, 2021
![Siobhan Wescott, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WescottNEW102221.jpg)
New Project SEARCH class ready to get to work
Job-search program has graduated more than 60 people since arriving on campus in 2015.
Oct 29, 2021
![From left, interns Raheem Singleton-Sealy and Chelsea Robinson](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Search102821.jpg)
A year-round employment effort
The Munroe-Meyer Institute has several programs that are designed to help adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities find competitive employment.
Oct 27, 2021
![Mark Shriver, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Shriver0402320.jpg)
Job-training program expands at new MMI building
Career Work Readiness Program jumps in size with move to new space.
Oct 27, 2021
![Rachel Ray of MMI speaks with members of the Career Work Readiness Program, including Bri Davis, at right.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MMI_monthly.jpg)
From the DEI Office: Native American Heritage Month
The rich history of Native Americans in Nebraska goes back hundreds of years.
Oct 26, 2021
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/NAHM102221.jpg)