Inclusive Diversity, Equity, Access and Accountability (IDEAA)

Dear Seahawks,

As we mark the beginning of a new year, we find many of the same challenges of 2020. These include an ongoing pandemic that has cost many lives and changed the way we live, continuing campaigns for social justice to ensure that each one of us can live in peace and safety, and a… Find Out More

St. Mary’s College of Maryland President Tuajuanda C. Jordan announced today the retirement, effective May 31, of Vice President for Equity & Strategic Initiatives Dereck J. Rovaris Sr. Rovaris steps down after a 42-year career in higher education, the last two at the National Public Honors… Find Out More

Vice President for Equity and Strategic Initiatives Dereck Rovaris, PhD, was presented with a 2023 Diamond Award on Jan. 21 by the Not Alone Foundation, Inc. and the Academy of the Diamond in Atlanta, Ga. The award recognizes excellence in education leadership, diversity, equity, inclusion,… Find Out More

St. Mary’s College of Maryland President Tuajuanda C. Jordan has appointed Dereck J. Rovaris Sr., as vice president for equity and strategic initiatives. He will join St. Mary’s College in mid-April and will report directly to the president.

“Dr. Rovaris will be an invaluable addition to our… Find Out More

St. Mary’s College of Maryland recently launched an initiative to acknowledge the land on which the College sits and its historic links to Indigenous Peoples and their territories.  

According to Argelia González Hurtado, assistant professor of Spanish, there was a shared desire from several… Find Out More

St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Center for the Study of Democracy and The Patuxent Partnership, present two guest lecturers virtually in February.

The first, titled “Things Go Awry: Integrating Anthropology in Military Organizations,” is a lecture and discussion by Kerry Fosher, director of… Find Out More

St. Mary’s College Professor of Spanish José R. Ballesteros has been named director of equity programming in the recently reimagined Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity now to be known as the Division of Inclusive Diversity, Equity, Access and Accountability (IDE(A)2.

In this new role,… Find Out More

St. Mary’s College of Maryland President Tuajuanda C. Jordan has appointed Michael Dunn as assistant vice president of equity and inclusion. He will report directly to the president.  

“I’m looking forward to serving St. Mary’s College in a new capacity, and I’m excited to broaden my work with… Find Out More

St. Mary's College of Maryland President Tuajuanda C. Jordan has appointed Kelsey Bush as interim chief diversity officer. He will join St. Mary’s College on August 17 and will report directly to the president.  

“As a graduate of St. Mary’s College of Maryland and member of the Alumni Council, I… Find Out More

A community-wide call for quotes about the importance of diversity resulted in more than a dozen Diversity Landmarks around the St. Mary’s College of Maryland campus.
The St. Mary’s Resource for Inclusion, Diversity… Find Out More