PRIDE provides assessment, recommendation, and consultation to SU’s Senior Leadership (President and Vice Presidents) and departments across the university.
PRIDE is a committee carefully drawn from an intentionally diverse array of stakeholders across all areas of the university. PRIDE is capitalizing on the established momentum of the strategic plan and helping Shenandoah to realize its goal of being a forward-thinking institution. This committee, which began as a task force convening early in 2018, assessed the University’s campus culture to establish an environment of readiness for action. PRIDE is currently focused on steps and resources needed to move forward through a university action plan.
To contact PRIDE, email diversity@su.edu.
2021-2022 PRIDE Chair:
- Dr. Michele Pye, Associate Director Performing Arts Medicine Program and Assistant Professor Division of Athletic Training
2021-2022 PRIDE Members
- Susan Jenkins, Assistant Vice President of Marketing and Communications
- Carmen Mazyck, Senior, Nursing
- Dr. Bryan Pearce-Gonzales, Professor of Hispanic Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
- Dr. Deran Whitney, Assistant Professor; Program Coordinator for Education Administration
- Dr. Iain Pritchard, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
- Niccole Gatliff, Assistant Registrar, Veterans & Technology Specialist
- Sara Downs, Shenandoah Alumni
- Tamiya Earley, Administrative Assistant & Interfaith Coordinator, Spiritual Life
- Dr.Ting-Yu Chen, Associate Dean for Student Affairs; Professor of Dance
- Dr. Suhaib Obeidat, Associate Professor of Cybersecurity
- Yolanda Sheilds, Adjunct Professor, School of Business
- Cissy Kaffu, Payroll Accountant, Financial Aid
- Sarah Celec, Diversity Equity & Inclusion Training & Education Specialist, Student Affairs