Goldey-Beacom Again Takes Part in the NCAA Diversity and Inclusion Week

10/24/2022 12:00:00 AM

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Goldey-Beacom College Athletics for the fourth straight year participated in the NCAA's Diversity and Inclusion Week Social Media Campaign, which ran from October 18-20. Each day of the social media series highlighted our student-athletes and shares the impact in the community, classroom and in their sports.

"At Goldey-Beacom, we have one of the most culturally diverse Athletic Departments I've ever seen," said Director of Athletics Jeremy Benoit, who also serves as co-chair for the Athletic Department's Gender Equity and Diversity/Inclusion Committee. "In addition to having a strong showing of racial diversity, nearly 30 percent of the student-athlete body is made up of students who hail from countries outside the United States. We embrace our multi-cultural and multi-racial makeup because we know that it provides a depth and fruitfulness to our student-athletes' experience that is going to help them excel in their professional lives and become loving and inclusive members of their current - and future - communities."

"We have a very diverse student-athlete population, where students have various religions, cultural beliefs and hail from other nations," Senior Woman Administrator/Associate Director of Athletics/Women's Basketball Coach Bethann Burke said. "Our student-athletes are inclusive and celebrate their difference, learning and growing from their relationships with each other. I am very fortunate to interact with all of our students, learning sometimes more from them than they will ever learn from me."

Day one's theme was "Exploring My Identities": exploring student-athletes' intersectional identities, perspectives and experiences. Day's two's theme was "Allyship is …": defining and highlighting personal examples of allyship to cultivate communities of belonging within athletics. Day three's theme was "Strength in Unity": outlining collective and institutional action steps for fostering belonging and inclusive excellence.

The NCAA started the Diversity and Inclusion Social Media Campaign as a means to be a week of awareness, education and engagement showing the importance of inclusive environments in college sports.

Check our social media accounts for more about the NCAA Diversity and Inclusion Week on Instagram and Twitter at @gbclightning.

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