The Center for Bilingual/Bicultural Studies has awarded Adrian Jimenez-Galindo First Prize and Eric Tran Second Prize in the inaugural Isabelle de Courtivron student writing competition.
See prize details and read the winning submissions here.
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“A lot of people just don’t know how to talk to people outside their own culture or race.”Melissa Alyson Smithhttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/smith.html -
“Part of the process is seeing how far you can go with both learning and with lack of sleep and everything included.”Cydnie Tricehttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Trice.html -
“It was kind of scary to move. . .to a city like Boston where almost everyone is white.”Daniel Apohttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Apo.html -
“MIT values all the dimensions of diversity... But you’re going to have some tension... We are definitely committed to working on these issues in a constructive way.”Tom Kochanhttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Tom_Kochan.html -
“Being a black undergraduate male in comparative media studies is pretty unique.”Claxton Everetthttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Everrett.html -
“I work in a department that has a diversity of staff. I was not the only one and so that made it very comfortable for me to be me.”Alyce Johnsonhttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Alyce_Johnson.html -
“As the Associate Provost for Faculty Equity, my challenge is to make sure that faculty members of color whom we invite here are given every opportunity to show their gifts.”Wesley Harrishttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Wesley_Harris.html -
“In my first two years at MIT, I felt like I was in somebody else’s school... Now I know this is my school.”Legena Henryhttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Legena_Henry.html -
“A lot of underrepresented minorities say I’m only here because of affirmative action... You’re here because you have the abilities to make it here.”Zenzile Brookshttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Zenzile_Brooks.html -
“The GSC (Graduate Student Council) is... brainstorming a large set of ideas in terms of how to incorporate diversity into MIT in a more sustainable and prominent fashion.”Ulric Fernerhttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Ulric_Ferner.html -
“People look at me and. . .are shocked that wow, he's working a full-time job and he's paralyzed. . . . I open a lot of peoples' eyes to what goes on around here.”Aaron Donagheyhttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Aaron_Donaghey.html -
“One of the challenges is recognizing my own biases and recognizing the things that I bring to the table.”Diane Magnusonhttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Diane_Magnuson.html -
“I feel very fortunate to have worked at MIT through the period when I was starting a family”Sharon Bridburghttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Sharon_Bridburg.html -
“International life is not listening to foreign music and exchanging MP3s. . .MIT helped me to get used to working with diverse people.”Cankutan Hasarhttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Hasar.html -
“This is one of the only universities where I’ve seen such a post-doc community, where someone is trying to... help post-docs be involved in the community.”Marco Santambrogiohttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Marco_Santam_Brogio.html -
“We just need to make sure that we branch out and utilize not only cultural groups, but other groups that are around campus.”Rosemarie de la Rosahttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Rosemarie_delaRosa.html -
“I wish people knew that at MIT we're not all nerds and geeks. We're pretty much normal people that really like science or engineering, like challenges.”Rodolfo Alarconhttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Rodolfo_Alarcon.html -
“I saw a position posted for LBGT Services and realized that that was a very new type of position.”Abigail Francishttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Abigail_Francis.html -
“I hope that the Graduate Student Council task force on diversity... will give the community a better concept of how we could harness the value of diversity.”Alex Chanhttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Alex_Chan.html -
“The biggest challenge with regard to religious life at MIT is simply keeping people talking to each other.”Robert Randolphhttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Robert_Randolph.html -
“At MIT there's a very profound commitment on the part of the administration to make a difference, to have a fair representation of women and minorities.”Sally Haslangerhttp://amps-webflash.amps.ms.mit.edu/public/inclusion/2009/pages/Sally_Haslanger.html
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