MIZZOU INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE AWARDS
2010 Award Recipients
Brian Booton
program coordinator, Exposure to Research for Science Students (EXPRESS) and Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology (UMEB)
- Provided outstanding mentorship to minority and underrepresented students in the sciences through the EXPRESS and UMEB programs, helping students in underrepresented groups transcend the barriers that hinder their achievement
- Transformed EXPRESS into a support base for its minority members which resulted in the program expanding from 19 students to 65+ freshmen and sophomores
- Created a new EXPRESS component that supports 15 upper-class students involved in independent research projects
Ellis Ingram
senior associate dean for diversity and inclusion, MU School of Medicine
- Nationally recognized for his leadership in programs that encourage inclusive excellence
- Provided leadership in forming pre-college mentoring programs to help ensure that diverse students possess the academic qualifications, skills and leadership they need to help make them successful medical applicants and future physicians
- Founded the CALEB Science Club which invites students in fifth grade and above to spend one Saturday morning a month doing hands-on learning activities alongside doctors, pre-medical and medical students
- Headed the Excellence in Learning program, in partnership with Washington University in St. Louis, that brings top minority students from St. Louis public schools to the MU School of Medicine for a two-day experience of the medical school and its problem-based learning curriculum.
- Supported MU medical students as they took the lead in planning and hosting 150 minority students from 10 Midwest states for the Student National Medical Organization’s regional conference
- With his wife, Pam, founded the nonprofit after-school program Granny’s House to reach out to children of all ethnic and religious backgrounds living in Columbia public housing
Mizzou ADVANCE Steering Board
From top left: Lesa Beamer, Suzanne Burgoyne, Meera Chandrasekhar, Carol Deakyne, Jeni Hart, Jill Hermsen, Jackie Litt, Carol Lorenzen, Marge Skubic and Sheryl Tucker
- Led a multi-year National Science Foundation funded program to retain and promote senior women faculty in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines
- Educated administrators and faculty about unconscious bias and the best practices that promote gender equity
- Developed a mentoring program that served 58 women and men faculty members and served as a model for other mentoring programs on campus
- Created two interactive theatre sketches based upon findings from climate interviews with women and men faculty in STEM; one focused on unconscious gender bias as it relates to hiring procedures and the other focused on mentoring relationships. The sketches were performed a total of 18 times on the MU campus.
- With the Provost's Office, instituted campus-wide Promotion and Tenure workshops to provide information needed to demystify the promotion and tenure process and to make the process more accessible to all faculty. These workshops are scheduled to continue even though the grant has ended.
Tapashree Tah
graduate student (PhD), Chemical Engineering- Actively involved in several student organizations on campus, all of which are focused in enhancing the diverse multicultural ambiance of Mizzou campus life
- Displayed exceptional leadership in the Cultural Association of India by organizing the year-round activities, including the annual India Night variety show which features over 75 student participants
- Made extraordinary efforts to welcome new international students to campus
- Promoted the globalization of our campus through her volunteer efforts and leadership position in the Missouri International Student Council
- Spearheaded the Interfaith Thanksgiving event which brought together people from various faiths to share their traditions over dinner
Amy Williams
graduate student (JD), School of Law
- Worked tirelessly to support a variety of groups that are often marginalized, and her list of causes is exhausting just to read: mental health, suicide prevention, social justice, rape and sexual violence prevention, sustainability, LGBTQ issues, inclusiveness, and religious understanding
- Co‐founded Global Issues Leadership Development (GILD), a non-profit organization that works to promote human rights by encouraging youth toward globally and socially conscious behaviors.
- Spent three weeks in Rwanda as part of the Rwandan Human Rights Delegation through Global Youth Connect and is currently organizing a field trip for high school students to Rwanda
- Volunteers her legal expertise to help women who are experiencing intimate partner violence complete the paperwork for orders of protection
- Advises and helps run the Sustainability Peer Resource OUTreach (SPROUT), a sustainability peer education group
