Three health sciences colleges at The Ohio State University (OSU) have recently received national recognition for the quality and effectiveness of their diversity and inclusion initiatives. The colleges of medicine, nursing, and veterinary medicine were all recipients of the 2017 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award (HEED) and INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine chose to honor the three colleges for their work.
Holly Mendelson, co-publisher of INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, visited Ohio State in April to tour the colleges and present the awards. When choosing who should be a recipient of the award, Mendelson tells News.OSU.edu:
“We ask about recruitment, retention, students, faculty, tenure, supplier diversity, LGBTQ, people with disabilities, veterans…We really want to be about everything around diversity and inclusion and we want to hear what you’re doing.”
The College of Nursing was specially recognized for its Summer Institute for Discovering Nursing, which brings students from a variety of backgrounds together to engage with real-world nurses, current students, and nursing faculty and staff. The college exposes prospective students to real-world nursing skills using patient simulators in its Technology Learning Complex.
Having three colleges at the university recognized by INSIGHT Into Diversity is a testament to the university’s diversity and inclusion initiatives. To learn more about the awards presented by INSIGHT Into Diversity, visit here.
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