Diversity: What's In It For My Community?

Nancy "Rusty" Barcel is the president of Northern New Mexico College and served previously as the Vice President and Vice Provost for Equity and Diversity the University of Minnesota. Once the only Chicana student at the University of Iowa, Barcel has since become one of the nation's most highly respected authorities on equity and diversity in higher education. She speaks regularly about diversity and institutional transformation in universities. The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies named her their 2012 Scholar, a prestigious academic award bestowed by the organization. She has also held administrative positions at the University of Washington and the University of Iowa. Part of the 2013 Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity, ISCORE.