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Emile Pitre


May 16, 2023

Q&A: Documenting the growth of UW’s Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity

A collage of black and white, historical images.

In his new book, Emile Pitre chronicles the story of OMA&D from its 1968 inception to its current status as a model for university programs. Pitre retired from the UW as associate vice president for minority affairs in 2014.


May 15, 2018

Born of protest: Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity celebrates a half-century

protest

It was spring 1968. A group of students occupied the University of Washington administration building calling for change: justice, diversity, agency for Blacks on campus.