Celebrate Diversity Dinner: Fundraising Event
Each Fall, the Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion hosts the Celebrate Diversity Dinner to recognize those within the Texas Tech and Lubbock communities who exemplify Inclusive Excellence. Additionally, the recipients of the Senator Robert L. Duncan Community Champion Award are recognized.
This year’s dinner will be held on Tuesday, October 17th at 6:30 p.m. in the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center. We are pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Benitez will serve as this year's keynote speaker.
His topic for the night will be "Now What? Cultivating and Sustaining a Diverse Campus Community".
To Purchase tickets or sponsor the 7th annual Celebrate Diversity Dinner Click on the link below:
Celebrate Diversity Dinner Registration
If you would like to donate but you are unable to attend the event please contact us at 806-742-7025
Dr. Benitez will be addressing the following among others:
- TTU's becoming an HSI and the ways TTU can respond to be more culturally sensitive to ALL students
- Contemporary freedom of speech and individual rights issues
- Intersectionality and inclusivity and how TTU can celebrate diversity in all its facets... including but not limited to: race/ethnicity, sexuality, gender, disabilities, class nationalities, and religion.
Past speakers for the event include; Grace Gealey Byers, James Edward Olmos, Terrence Howard, Soledad O'Brien, John Quiñones and former U.S. Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera.
Sponsorship information is available here. For more information please call (806)742-7025. Proceeds from the event will benefit student scholarships.
Award Recipients
Senator Robert L. Duncan Community Champion Award
| 2006 | Senator Robert L. Duncan |
| 2007 | Linda DeLeon |
| 2008 | Learn, Inc. |
| 2009 | 100 Black Men of West Texas Peggy A. Duran-Klenclo |
| 2010 | Eric Strong |
| 2011 | Carolina Ysasaga |
| 2012 | David Seim |
| 2013 | Quincy White |
| 2014 | Bart Reagor |
| 2015 | Marciano & Martha Morales |
| 2016 | Adrienne Cozart |
Inclusive Excellence Award Recipients
| 2009 | Kelly Overley Dr. Juan S. Muñoz |
| 2011 | Rene Davis Calvin Davis Dr. Lawrence Schovanec |
| 2012 | Grace Hernandez Yuan Shu |
| 2013 | Dr. Aliza Wong Eric Strong |
| 2014 | Kirby Hocutt Cathy Pope Becky Wilson |
| 2015 | Kent Meredith Chris Snead |
| 2016 |
Janie Landin Ramirez |
For more information regarding the Celebrate Diversity Dinner or the Inclusive Excellence Awards, please email diversity@ttu.edu