Since the opening day of the Hale Black Cultural Center in 1989, Director Larry Williamson has been a central figure helping to shape a critical gathering spot in Ohio State's rich cultural history.
Initially recruited as a young graduate student in art education to curate the Hale Center's art collection, Williamson has guided the center's growth in recent decades after being passed the baton by the center's namesake, Dr. Frank Hale.
Peter Oduwole is finally catching his breath.
The embedded therapist at ODI since 2019, Oduwole's practice was turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent mental health crisis that had students (and others in society) seeking new solutions.
After several years of stressed students packing his schedule, Oduwole said the return to normalcy in 2023 has brought him a more manageable caseload as well as time to apply the hard-earned lessons he learned during the pandemic.
he Office of Diversity and Inclusion is proud to announce that Robert Decatur, director of the Morrill Scholarship Program (MSP), has received The Ohio State University 2023 Presidential Staff Award. The Presidential Staff Award, a special distinction within the Distinguished Staff Award awarded to one recipient, recognizes one recipient who demonstrates university values, as well as a commitment to diversity, community engagement, affordable education, and access for all students.
More than 600 students from high-risk backgrounds in the Dominican Republic will get a chance to attend college with a support system modeled after Office of Diversity and Inclusion's (ODI) flagship programs under a $12 million investment recently announced by the island government.
Grabbing headlines in the Dominican Republic was news from the Minister of Higher Education Franklin Garcia that an unprecedented $644 million in Dominican pesos will be spent helping students from vulnerable groups succeed at a trio of local colleges.
A priceless collection of Black art collected over the past 40 years and displayed within the Frank W. Hale Black Cultural Center will forever be known as the Lawrence K. Williamson Jr. Black Fine Art Collection.
Be better than good.
That four-word mantra—passed down from strict but loving Bermudian parents—has been the north star guiding the essential work done by Rose Wilson-Hill on behalf of diversity and inclusion efforts at The Ohio State University over the past half century.
A living link to the origins of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Wilson-Hill—who retired as the director of administration special projects on January 1—came to the university in 1971 alongside Dr. Frank Hale, an iconic figure who had landed a new position as associate dean of The Graduate School.