Opportunities
RCAH provides numerous DEI opportunities for students to research, examine, explore, and practice their purposes and passions in the arts and humanities through various social justice, civic and community engagement, and historical and cultural activities.
RCAH Sister Circle
The RCAH Sister Circle Mentoring Program is a holistic, culturally responsive program serving BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) female-identifying students in RCAH. Mentoring activities address academic success, professional development, and healthy work-life balance.
More information/contact: Dr. Tama Hamilton-Wray and Dr. Sitara Thobani
Community Engagement Administrative Leadership Development Program
The Civic Engagement Administrative Leadership Development Program is a mentoring program designed for RCAH students' interest in community engagement to learn key skills in civic engagement leadership and to address RCAH’s need for providing logistical, transportation, scheduling, and other administrative support for faculty. The purpose of this endeavor is to provide students with additional training and practical experience with program/project development, implementation, and evaluation strategies to assist faculty with curriculum development. More specifically, students will strengthen their knowledge and skills in immersion in underserved communities, community participation, asset mapping, community impact, organizational wellness, benchmarking, relationship/capacity-building, needs/program assessments, and strategic thinking and planning.
More information/contact: Cristian Lambaren Sanchez
MSUFCU RCAH Dean's Choice Award
The Residential College in the Arts and Humanities (RCAH) offers the MSUFCU RCAH Dean’s Choice Award for Innovations in Civic Engagement. This prestigious award recognizes a student or group of students who foster innovation using the arts and humanities in community settings. A $2,500 prize will be awarded to a student or students who engage with communities using initiative, collaboration, and innovative arts and humanities practices in alignment with the RCAH civic engagement model and RCAH’s mission to create a better world.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Advancing Inclusion through Research Award
In an effort to build the body of work authored by students that supports the MSU and MLK, Jr. ideals of inclusive excellence, we encourage submission of MSU student research papers and creative projects on topics on inclusion, diversity, marginalized populations, and on human and civil rights in the framework of Project 60/50. MSU students who are members of the Honors College, James Madison College, Lyman Briggs College, or the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities are eligible to apply.
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The AREA Program (Advancing Racial Equity and Advocacy)
The AREA Program is a multi-faceted, student-centered initiative that aims to meet the collective promise of more robust DEI initiatives in and stronger connections between RCAH, JMC and LBC. The AREA Program is comprised of four elements—Fellows, Certificate, Teach-In, and Bridge programs—that directly address issues of retention and recruitment of BIPOC students by supporting student leaders and exposing potential students to the awesome opportunities in these colleges.
More information/contact: Dr. Tama Hamilton-Wray