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December 3, 2025
A special NCID 20th Anniversary room block is available at The Graduate Ann Arbor — first come, first served! Reserve by calling 734-769-2200 (option 2) or 502-234-9599 and mention “NCID 20th.”
Location
Palmer Commons, 4th Floor
10:00 a.m.–11:45 a.m. Forum Hall; 11:45 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Great Lakes
Join the National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) for a special symposium marking our 20th Anniversary! The symposium, “Engaging the Present, Envisioning the Future: 20 years of Scholarship, Practice, and Community,” will serve as a gathering place to reflect on and celebrate our first 20 years, and to honor our visionaries and the many contributors to NCID’s success.
During this anniversary celebration we aim to reflect on the progress made toward advancing the benefits of diversity both in access and our collective understanding of the purpose, value, and benefits of diversity to our institutions and to society. We intend to affirm that this critical work remains active through research and practice. We will also highlight NCID’s continued support of empirical research and scholarship that seeks to illuminate, inform, and address persistent disparities throughout higher education and other social institutions. Ultimately, we seek to interrogate what the future of this work will look like and how we can sustain our community and continue its advancement.
Schedule
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Elizabeth R. Cole, NCID Director and University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor of Psychology and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan
Remarks from the LSA Dean and U-M Provost
Rosario (Rosie) Ceballo, Dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA), and Professor of Psychology and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan
Laurie McCauley, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Michigan
Keynote
Phillip J. Bowman, Professor Emeritus in the Marsal Family School of Education, and Faculty Associate in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan
Lunch
Panel Discussion
"Responding to Change: NCID’s Legacy and the Future of Diversity Scholarship and Practice."
Panelists:
Elizabeth R. Cole, NCID Director and University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor of Psychology and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan
Tabbye Chavous, Executive Director of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and Professor of Education and Psychology at the University of Michigan
John Burkhardt, Clinical Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of Michigan
Lester Monts, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus of Music (Ethnomusicology), Former Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, and Senior Counselor to the President for the Arts, Diversity, and Undergraduate Affairs at the University of Michigan
Moderator: Scott Page, John Seely Brown Distinguished University Professor of Complexity, Social Science, and Management, and the Williamson Family Professor of Business Administration, Professor of Management and Organizations in the Stephen M. Ross School of Business; Professor of Political Science, Professor of Complex Systems, and Professor of Economics in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan
Reception