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The Frederick Douglass Institute at Indiana
University of Pennsylvania is an interdisciplinary, campus-wide body
that serves as a resource for information about and advocacy on
issues relating to cultural diversity at IUP. The Institute will
work to honor and deepen the intellectual heritage of Frederick
Douglass, the former slave, distinguished orator, journalist,
author, and statesman, who visited Indiana, Pennsylvania in 1872 to
give a public lecture.
At IUP, the Douglass Institute is primarily
involved in three areas: 1) acting as an advisory body for issues of
importance to historically underrepresented groups in higher
education, particularly as they affect faculty; 2) the recruitment
and retention of minority and women faculty; and 3) the celebration
and support of academic excellence in minority students. To meet
and advance these goals, The FDI will seek to work collaboratively
with the African American Cultural Center, the Pan African Studies
program, the Women’s Studies program, and other groups and
organizations seeking to enhance and support campus diversity.
The deadline for the
2008 Summer
Scholars Program is November 16, 2007.
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