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UIC lauded with national award for diversity and inclusion The University of Illinois at Chicago has received the 2018 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. The magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education, recognizes U.S. colleges and universities that illustrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion. UIC will be featured in the November issue of the magazine along with the 95 other recipients of the 2018 HEED Award. This is the third time UIC has earned this prestigious award. The university received the award because of its commitment and leadership in regard to diversity on campus, where 60 percent of its students are eligible to receive federal Pell Grants, said Amalia Pallares, associate chancellor and vice provost for diversity at UIC. UIC is one of the very few Research 1 minority-serving institutions, she said. The university is an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution, or AANAPISI, and it has received designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, or HSI, by the U.S. Department of Education. “Underrepresented students attend UIC at all levels — undergraduate, graduate, and professional — and they have many opportunities to do engaged research in Chicago alongside UIC faculty,” Pallares said. Through its application process, INSIGHT Into Diversity looked at the recruitment and retention of students, faculty and staff, and best practices for both as well as continued leadership support for diversity and inclusion.
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“Our standards are high, and we look for institutions where diversity and inclusion are woven into the work being accomplished every day across their campus,” said Lenore Pearlstein, publisher of INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. The UIC College of Pharmacy has won individual HEED Awards as well. In 2016 Dr. Judy Bolton was awarded the STEM faculty HEED Award. In 2017, the College of Pharmacy was only one of four colleges of pharmacy in the United States to receive the HEED Award. In 2018, the College received a HEED Award for its Urban Pipeline High School Program that recruits underrepresented minorities into undergraduate programs at UIC with the end goal of having them pursue a PharmD at the UIC College of Pharmacy.
“The College of Pharmacy has a commitment to recruit and retain a diverse student body that is reflective of communities across Chicago. Many of the students go back to practice in medically underserved communities.” DR. CLARA OKORIE-AWE
UIC College of Pharmacy Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
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