Institutional Diversity

Oct 22, 2019 • May Their Aye

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Nation's Divide

Join The Office of Institutional Diversity and Humanities Reserach Lab in the viewing of Dr. Carol Anderson's presentation based on her book " White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide. Dr. Anderson shares her research on how whiteness functions in American life and how the legacy of...

Sep 11, 2019 • May Their Aye

American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs

Join the Office of Institutional Diversity and Humanities Research Lab in this documentary viewing of American Revlolutionary : The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs. Grace Lee Boggs, 98, is a Chinese American philosopher, writer, and activist in Detroit with a thick FBI file and a surprising vision of...

Aug 30, 2019 • May Their Aye

In recognition of LGBTQ History: Presenting Community Response Team: Focusing on Interpersonal Violence

In collaboration with the Division of Student Affairs, Sexual Violence Prevention Coordinator this is an information session presenting the Community Response Team on campus. Come out and find out more about the resources that are offered both on and off campus for those that are...

Aug 20, 2019 • May Their Aye

In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month: De Tierra Caliente

Join us for an evening of listening to a local Latin Band from Philadelphia. Since 2014, the band has realsed 2 full-length albums and played throughout the US, Columbia, Brazil and Puerto Rico. De Tierra Caliente brings the sabor, spice and alegria of warm-weather countries to audiences, and a...

Jul 30, 2019 • May Their Aye

LGBTQ+ Documentary

Join us to view documentary on Stonewall Uprising American Experience. This documentary explores the duration when police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in the Greenwich Village section of New York City on June 28th, 1969. The Street erupted into violent protests that lasted for at...

ALANA Students with international sashes

May 31, 2019 • Caitlin Burns

Students Honored at 17th annual ALANA & International Student Recognition Ceremony

Arcadia University celebrated the achievements of international students and graduating students of African, Latino, Asian, and Native American (ALANA) descent at the 17th annual ALANA & International Student Recognition Ceremony on May 11. This year, 13 graduate students and 49 undergraduate...

Apr 30, 2019 • May Their Aye

Annual ALANA (African American, Latino, Asian, Native American) & International Students Recognition Ceremony

The annual ALANA & International Student Recognition Ceremony is one in which Arcadia University recognizes and celebrates its graduates of African, Latino, Asian, Native American descent and those of International status and their journeys toward earning their college degree (both at the...

President's Message on a University-wide Framework for Justice

March 29, 2019

Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 09:45

Dear Arcadia Community,

Oppression is a lived reality for many people in our world, and our own community is not immune, both at home and within our global network. As a community, through our values, we have clearly stated that we must not accept this reality. When members of our community are targets of... Read More

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campus news

Mar 7, 2019 • Jennifer Retter

Arcadia Hosts Race Historian Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar, author and Charles and Mary Beard professor of History at Rutgers University, discussed female abolitionists and runaway slaves at Arcadia on March 5. After, attendees watched Sisters in Freedom, a documentary on which Dr....

Mar 6, 2019 • May Their Aye

Women's History Month: Reception for Arcadian Women

CALLING ARCADIAN WOMEN Join Faculty, Staff and students for an evening networking reception. Bring your Business Cards and Dress to Impress.

An individual reads at the African American Read-In

Mar 6, 2019 • Caitlin Burns

Arcadia Hosts Seventh Annual African American Read-In, Featured on PBS39

By Lana Valente '19 Arcadia held the seventh annual celebration of Africana literature and writing with its Annual African American Read-In on Feb. 19. Hosted at Grey Towers Castle, the Read-In allowed community members to share some of their favorite works by African American writers....

May Their Aye and Dr. Natasha Patterson on the steps inside Grey Towers Castle

Mar 5, 2019 • Caitlin Burns

High School Students Debate in Oratorical Competition for Black History Month

Arcadia hosted the 12th Annual Black History Month Oratorical Competition on Feb. 23, which culminated the Office of Institutional Diversity’s events for Black History Month. Each year, the oratorical competition encourages local high school students from Philadelphia, Montgomery, and Bucks...