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Credit: Steve Goodman
The recipients of 2005 Human Dignity
Awards. From left to right: Emmet
Dennis, dean of University College-New
Brunswick; Carol Singley, associate
professor of English, Camden; Rutgers
College students Brian Simons and Emily
Conger; Frank Askin, law professor and
director of the Constitutional
Litigation Clinic, Newark; President
Richard L. McCormick; and Byron Price,
assistant professor of public
administration, Newark.
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Three faculty members, two students and one administrative unit have received the university’s Human Dignity Award, an annual honor that celebrates distinguished efforts to reduce prejudice and promote respect for diversity on campus.
The Office of the President and the Committee to Advance Our Common Purposes sponsor the awards. Winners receive a $1,000 honorarium; another $500 is donated to the organization, or academic or administrative unit of the recipient’s choice.
Frank Askin was honored for his role as one of the founders of the Minority Student Program, which encourages students from underrepresented groups to enroll in the School of Law-Newark. A member of the law faculty since graduating with highest honors in 1966, Askin is also the founder of the Constitutional Litigation Clinic.
Rutgers College students Emily Conger and Brian Simons will share a single award. They were honored as a team for their leadership roles in several student groups, including the Bisexual Gay Lesbian Alliance at Rutgers University. The two were also honored for spearheading a campaign for transgender inclusiveness on campus.
The Office of Diversity and Academic Success in the Sciences received an award. The office sponsors several programs aimed at increasing retention rates, improving academic achievement and increasing the numbers of students entering careers in science and technology. The program is led by Emmet Dennis, dean of University College-New Brunswick.
Byron Price was honored as one of the founders of a new Diversity Fund at Rutgers-Newark, which provides financial assistance to students who may not be able to complete their program of study due to financial concerns. Price is an assistant professor in Rutgers-Newark’s graduate program in public administration.
Also honored was Carol Singley, associate professor of English and a research fellow with the Rutgers-Camden Center for Children and Childhood Studies. She was awarded a Bildner Intercultural Fellowship to redesign an undergraduate course, “The Literature of Childhood,” required of students seeking a career in teaching. Singley also established a collection of multicultural children’s literature at the Paul Robeson Library on the Camden campus.
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