In response to national and global statements of intolerance and bigotry and acts of violence, the Bridgewater State University community has come together to reaffirm its values of diversity, inclusion and equity for all. Initiated by a group of caring and committed BSU faculty, the community crafted a statement recommitting ourselves to these values. President Clark and the BSU Board of Trustees unanimously adopted as an official statement of the university the following:
Bridgewater State University reaffirms the values of our community as a welcoming, compassionate, and intellectually rigorous learning, working and living environment. We reject all forms of bias, discrimination, xenophobia and violence. We re-commit ourselves to actions that put into practice our individual and institutional values of diversity, inclusion and equity.
Past and current signatories include:
- Eugene J. Durgin Jr., Chairman, Board of Trustees
- Frederick Clark, Jr., Esq., President
- Jean MacCormack, Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees
- Davede Alexander, Trustee
- Margaret A. Caulfield, Esq., ’00, Trustee
- F. Scott Longo, '89, Trustee
- Diana Fox, Professor, Anthropology
- Wing-Kai To, Professor, History
- Jabbar Al-Obaidi, Professor, Communication Studies
- Norma Anderson, Assistant Professor, Sociology
- Maria Hegbloom, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
- Ward Heilman, Professor, Mathematics, Computer Science
- Maggie Lowe, Professor, History
- Carolyn Petrosino, Professor, Criminal Justice
- Beatrice St. Laurent, Professor, Art
- Karim Ismaili, Provost
- Deniz Zeynip Leuenberger, Chief of Staff to President
- Sabrina Gentlewarrior, Vice President, Student Success and Diversity
- Paul Jean, Vice President, Marketing and Communications
- Brenda Molife, Vice President, University Advancement
- Keri Powers, Vice President, Human Resources and Talent Management
- Doug Shropshire, Vice President, Finance
- Ellen Cuttle Oliver, Chief Development Officer
- Dr. Lucy Croft, Vice President, Student Life
- Diane Bell, Vice President, Outreach and Engagement
- Vinny DeMacedo, Senior Advisor of External Relations
- Steve Zuromski, Vice President, IT & CIO
- Arnaa Alcon, Interim Provost
- Karen W. Jason, Vice President, Operations