纪念马丁·路德·金. – The Continued Fight for Human Rights
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Dr. 马丁·路德·金.
Today, 2024年1月15日, on 马丁·路德·金. 一天, 伯洛伊特学院的教员, 工作人员, students 和 greater Beloit community celebrate the legacy of Dr. 马丁·路德·金. and reinforce our commitment to “The Continued Fight for Human Rights.”
We invite you to join us in this virtual celebration, which includes a message from President Eric Boynton, Dean of Students and Chief Diversity Officer Cecil Youngblood, keynote speaker Angela Russell’99. Angela is the chief diversity officer at TruStage and a member of the 十大菠菜台子 Board of Trustees.
关于演讲者
Cecil Youngblood, Dean of Students and Chief Diversity Officer
Cecil Youngblood currently serves as 十大菠菜台子 dean of students and chief diversity officer. 在他的领导下 住宅生活 和 Student Engagement and Leadership program (SEAL), 的大国, Learning Enrichment and Disability program (LEADS), Office for 学生成功,公平, and 社区 (SSEC), Student Excellence and Leadership (SEL), 真人国际菠菜. Cecil also served as the head men’s basketball coach and assistant dean of students.
Cecil earned a degree in biology from Augustana College and a master’s in educational administration from National Louis University.
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Eric Boynton became Beloit’s president in 2023, following nearly four years of forward-thinking leadership as the Provost and Dean of the College, college’s chief academic officer.
他拥有博士学位。.D. in the philosophy of religion from Rice University and a B.A. from the University of Redlands in religion and art history. He came to 十大菠菜台子 from Allegheny College, where he held the positions of chair and professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, director of Interdisciplinary Studies, 荣誉项目主任, 也是黑人研究的主席.
Angela Russell’99, keynote speaker
Angela Russell is the chief diversity officer at TruStage 和 vice president of the TruStageTM Foundation. 在这些角色中, 她提供了策略, enterprise-wide leadership to ensure that TruStage’s commitment to diversity, 股本, inclusion (DEI) is reflected in the workplace, 社区伙伴关系, marketplace through its products, 流程和服务.
In 2021, Russell received the inaugural DEI Trailblazer Award from the African American Credit Union Coalition. In 2018, she was named as one of the nation’s most powerful diversity executives by Black Enterprise Magazine.
Russell has 20 years of professional experience. 在加入TruStageTM之前, she worked in various roles in public health, including serving as a health 股本 coordinator for Public Health Madison Dane County. She was the community engagement lead for the National County Health Rankings and Roadmaps Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Population Health Institute.
Russell has also worked in a variety of roles in Wisconsin state government, including division administrator for the Division of Early Care and Education, assistant deputy secretary for the Department of Children and Families, policy advisor to Governor Jim Doyle. She was formerly an epidemiologist with the Wisconsin AIDS/HIV and Hepatitis C Program at the Department of Health 服务.
Russell serves on the Board of Directors for JustDane, which is focused on providing programing for individuals returning to the Dane County community after incarceration. In 2023, she also joined the Downtown Madison, Inc. board (DMI) that works through advocacy, 研究, 规划, community action to create and sustain a healthy and vibrant downtown Madison. She also hosts a Wisconsin-based podcast called Black Oxygen, which was awarded the 2021 Wisconsin Innovation Award.
Russell holds a Master of Science in Population Health from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from 十大菠菜台子. In 2021, Angela was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science degree from 十大菠菜台子.
Angela has two children that are the loves of her life and are a regular source of feedback (the good, 坏的,通常很有趣).
Thank you for sharing in this celebration with us. Support your local community by volunteering or performing acts of kindness. We ask the 十大菠菜台子 community to share your service with the 学生成功、公平 & 社区(SSEC)办公室 at bradleyg@yqczg.net.