Jeff Carpenter and Carmela Ochoa have served at Moraine Valley for 15 and 30 years, respectively. Their commitment to diversity and fostering a climate of respect, in addition to their valuable work to implement a summer English camp in Irbid, Jordan, earned them the Embracing Diversity Award. Carpenter manages communications tutors, who assist students with […]

For the last 23 years, Cecilia Galvan has helped scared and lost students from around the world get acclimated to life in the U.S. and on Moraine Valley’s campus. Her efforts are being recognized with the Embracing Diversity Award. Coming from her homeland of Bolivia, Galvan understands how international students feel when they arrive and […]

Tianna Richards’ commitment to supporting diversity efforts at Moraine Valley makes her a natural choice to be named this year’s recipient of the Embracing Diversity Award. Richards works with minority students on persistence, retention and completion through developing programming and hosting diversity-related events. She builds lasting connections with students by providing academic and personal coaching, […]

Nominated largely for his virtual sharing of Black-based literature, Dr. DeWitt Scott has done a lot of work to educate others on human differences such as class, religion, language, gender and sexuality. He was named the 2022 Embracing Diversity Award winner. In fall 2020, Scott submitted the first video for Moraine Reads, a collaborative effort […]

When Tommy Hensel joined the Fine and Performing Arts Center team in 2008, his top goals were to offer more diverse programming thus expanding the demographics of the audiences that typically come to see shows. He has succeeded in meeting those goals and is this year’s Embracing Diversity Award winner for his efforts. “When I […]

Shanya Gray, recipient of the Embracing Diversity Award, personifies diversity to the fullest. Her actions reflect the award’s description completely: an individual who actively and consistently demonstrates the core value of Diversity, the seventh of the Eighth expectations, in their conduct, interactions with others and daily responsibilities. “I believe this is the best award on […]