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The CIED recognized a cohort of faculty and staff who had committed themselves to an intensive EDI training regimen through LinkedIn Learning. Those who completed the multiple training modules were distinguished as “EDI Ambassadors” by the CIED and earned a special certification badge.EDI Ambassadors Trevaughn Bynum-Ortiz, the academic program specialist for the online Business programs, Rinchen (Rin) Lama, human resources coordinator, and Jan Oosting, assistant professor of Nursing programs, share their insights after completing EDI coursework earlier this year.

The CIED recognized a cohort of faculty and staff who had committed themselves to an intensive EDI training regimen through LinkedIn Learning. Those who completed the multiple training modules were distinguished as “EDI Ambassadors” by the CIED and earned a special certification badge. In part three of this four-part series, EDI Ambassadors Laura Collazo, instructional design/data assistant, Office of Faculty Development and Instructional Technology (OFDIT), and Test Flight facilitator, Office of Academic Affairs; and Dr. Kate Moss, doctoral lecturer, General Education and Liberal Studies, share their insights after completing EDI coursework earlier this year.

In December 2023, students from the CUNY SPS Youth Studies programs participated in Winter Dataland, a citywide event in which the program shares data generated by young people in partnership with YS students and hundreds of other young people in NYC. Patricia Kerrigan, a BA in Youth Studies student, shared her reflections on the evening and the possibilities it offered for youth workers and advocates in the year to come.

Dr. Joseph Foy, assistant professor and associate director of the CUNY SPS Online Business Programs, recently attended the JetBlue Scholars Graduation Ceremony in Orlando, FL. The event showcased the ongoing partnership between the School's MS in Business Management and Leadership program and JetBlue. His presence sets the stage for expanding this collaboration to include CUNY SPS undergraduate-level programs in the future.

Dr. Linda Ridley, adjunct assistant professor in the CUNY SPS BS in Business and MS in Business Management and Leadership programs, was interviewed about her doctoral research "Management's Legacy of Dehumanization: Tracing Modern Business Practices to Chattel Slavery" in the Diversity Goes to Work podcast.