Committee to Enhance Equity and Diversity (CEED) Awards
CEED Mission Statement
To enhance the mission of CASA by promoting a deeper understanding of equity and diversity by recognizing and being responsive to issues on age, class, disability, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, and sexual orientation.
The purpose of the CEED Awards is to recognize those individuals and groups that have demonstrated excellence in promoting and fostering a deeper understanding of equity and diversity as they relate to issues of age, class, disability, ethnicity, gender, race, religion and/or sexual orientation.
To qualify for these awards, the nominees must satisfy one or more of the following criteria:
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Outstanding service to equity and diversity enhancement on the San José State University campus;
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Outstanding service to equity and diversity enhancement in the community;
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Outstanding activities and projects that contribute to a better understanding of equity and diversity issues.
CEED Award Categories:
- Undergraduate Student Service
- Graduate Student Service
- Faculty Service
- Staff Service
- Student Organization Service
2017-18 CEED Award Winners
The CEED Awards reception was held on Monday, January 22, to honor five recipients whose combined effort and activities have made an important contribution to enhance equity and diversity at San José State University and/or in the community.
The recipients for the CEED Student Service Awards are:
Undergraduate Student Service Award - Christopher Rosalejos and Giovanni Sumulong
Graduate Student Service Award - Layling Chang
Student Organization Service Award - Student Occupational Thereapy Association (SOTA)
Faculty Service Award - Deepa Singamsetti
From left to right: Christopher Rosalejos, Ashwini Wagle (for Deepa Singamsetti), SOTA members (Lisa Benjamin, Kaylene DeBord and Erin Lubniewski), Giovanni Sumulong, and Layling Chang.
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2016-17 CEED Award Winners
The CEED Awards reception was held on Tuesday, January 24, to honor six recipients whose combined effort and activities have made an important contribution to enhance equity and diversity at San José State University and/or in the community.
The recipients for the CEED Student Service Awards are:
Undergraduate Student Service Award - Frankie Garcia and Joey Montoya
Graduate Student Service Award - Natsuko Tsuji
Student Organization Service Award - Social Work Graduate Student Association
Faculty Service Award - Dr. Edith Kinney
Staff Service Award - Cassie Barmore
From left to right: Frankie Garcia, Natsuko Tsuji, Joey Montoya, Social Work Graduate Student Association (Meg Glenn, Alisia Murphy, Miriam Pokharel-Wood), Dr. Edith Kinney and Cassie Barmore.
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2015-16 CEED Award Winners
The CEED Awards reception was held on Tuesday, April 26, to honor six recipients whose combined effort and activities have made an important contribution to enhance equity and diversity at San José State University and/or in the community.
The recipients for the CEED Student Service Awards are:
Undergraduate Student Service Award - Navpreet Kaur
Graduate Student Service Award - Essraa Nawar and Cotton Stevenson
Student Organization Service Award - Alpha Phi Sigma Iota Chapter
Faculty Service Award - Dr. William Armaline
Staff Service Award - Silvia La Rosa
From left to right: Essraa Nawar, Silvia La Rosa, Dr. William Armaline, Navpreet Kaur, Alpha Phi Sigma Iota Chapter (Joshua Felipe and Maricela Cesar), and Cotton Stevenson.
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CEED 2017/18 Representatives:
| Department/School | Representative | |
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| Health Science & Recreation | Suzy Ross | susan.ross@sjsu.edu |
| Hospitality Management | Faranak Memarzadeh | faranak.memarzadeh@sjsu.edu |
| Journalism & Mass Communications | Phylis West-Johnson | phylis.west@sjsu.edu |
| Justice Studies | Shawna Bolton | shawna.bolton@sjsu.edu |
| Kinesiology | Seung Ho Chang | seungho.chang@sjsu.edu |
| School of Information | Virginia Tucker | virginia.tucker@sjsu.edu |
| Nursing | Ruth Rosenblum | ruth.rosenblum@sjsu.edu |
| Nutrition, Food Science & Packaging | Kate Liu | xiaojing.liu@sjsu.edu |
| Occupational Therapy | Deb Bolding | deborah.bolding@sjsu.edu |
| Social Work | Ed Cohen | edward.cohen@sjsu.edu |
| College Rep | Pam Richardson | pamela.richardson@sjsu.edu |