Bildner New Jersey Campus Diversity Initiative

Success Stories

During the culminating project meeting held in Spring 2005, project leaders were asked to capture and provide evidence for what participating campuses had achieved and learned.  Their success stories are below.

Bergen Community College

“Beyond Food”: Creating Opportunities for Intercultural Communication with Students and Local Residents
By Peter Dlugos, Professor of Philosophy and former Director of the Center for the Study of Intercultural Understanding

Café Bergen
By Andy Krikun, Professor of Music

An Exploration in Intercultural Communication
Bergen Community College and the Bergen County Human Relations Commission

The Space Between: CSIU’s Teaching Circle on Diversity Education
By Katie McGrath

Bloomfield College

Diversity as Shared Practice
By Martha LaBare, Dean of Academic Affairs,
Patrick Lamy, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, and
Sandy Van Dyk, Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies

Cross-cultural by Design: The Center for Cultures and Communication at Bloomfield College
By Rashimi Jaipal, Associate Professor of Psychology and Director, Center for Cultures and Communication

Freedom Summer Poster Winner
New Jersey Advertising 2004 Awards - Venessa Perez

County College of Morris

Learning to Listen as We Lead
By Matthew Reed, Division Dean of Liberal Arts

Faculty-Driven Curricular Change
By Jill Schennum, Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Putting Student Voices in Public Spaces
By Thomas Molski, Director of the Office of Campus Life,
Don Phelps, Associate Director of the Office of Campus Life, and
Jill Schennum, Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Princeton University

Dialogue Groups at Princeton University Library
By Janet Dickerson, Vice President for Campus Life,
Lila Fredenburg, Human Resources Librarian, and
Luisa R. Paster, Staff Development Librarian

Rowan University

Intercultural Learning in First-Year Seminars
By Maria Tahamont, Professor of Biological Sciences and Coordinator of Rowan Seminars

Rutgers University

Designing Intercultural and Cross-cultural Spaces
By Isabel Nazario, Associate Vice President, Academic and Public Partnerships in the Arts and Humanities
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick

Epistles, Posters, and Pizza: Letter-Exchange Programs
By Holly Blackford, Writing Director
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Camden

Something to Declare: Performing Oral History
By Tim Raphael, Assistant Professor, Department of Visual and Performing Arts Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark

Forging Campus-Community Connections: Scholars and Students Shedding Light on the New Newark
By Clement Alexander Price, Board of Governors’ Distinguished Service Professor of History and Director of the Rutgers Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark

Developing a Scalable, Sustainable Campus Diversity Initiative
By Susan G. Forman, University Professor, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick

The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

Curricular Transformation through Collaborative Teaching
By Tim Haresign, Associate Professor of Biology

Enhancing Collaborative Leadership of Faculty and Staff
By Joe Marchetti, vice president for student affairs

Assessing Diversity Attitudes in First-Year Students
By Sonia V. Gonsalves, professor of psychology

Students at Richard Stockton College Learn through Diversity
Feature: AAC&U Member Innovations

Final Report on Bildner New Jersey Campus Diversity Initiative (pdf)

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Infusing Cultural Competency into Health Professions Education: Best and Promising Practices
By Debbie Salas-Lopez, Chief of the Division of Academic Medicine, Geriatrics, and Community Programs, and
Maria Soto-Greene, Vice Dean, both from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School;
Catherine Bolder, Associate Vice President, Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; and
Robert C. Like, Professor and Director of the Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School