UNCG and Faculty Member Honored for Diversity Efforts

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Posted 9-29-09

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The University and one of its education faculty members, Dr. Charles P. Gause, have been recognized by a national organization for work in advancing equity and diversity on the campus.

Gause received the National Faculty Mentor Role Model of the Year Award at the 10th National Role Models Conference, held Sept. 11-14 in Washington, D.C. The conference was organized by Minority Access Inc, a non-profit firm, with support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. His award was inscribed “For Guiding, Mentoring and Leading Others.”

The university was recognized for a second year, receiving a citation for its campus efforts in diversity and inclusivity, including the UNCG Inclusive Community Task Force, which Gause co-chairs with Dr. Susan Dennison. He and UNCG Vice Provost Alan Boyette were recognized as Minority Access Role Models.

“This recognition affirms our ongoing commitment to diversity at UNCG,” said UNCG Provost David H. Perrin. “We want to make diversity part of UNCG’s core academic mission, and are seeking to foster an inclusive environment for all students, staff, and faculty regardless of race, ethnicity.”

Gause, a former teacher and school administrator, is an associate professor of educational leadership in the School of Education. He is author of the book, “Integration Matters: Navigating Identity, Culture and Resistance,” which was published in 2008.

Minority Access Inc. is cooperating with the Office of Minority Health, and the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help close the health disparities gap, a goal to which NIH has accorded the highest priority. Its goal is to increase the participation of minorities in biomedical research. Visit the website at

http://www.minorityaccess.org.