The Staff Council Diversity, Equity, and inclusion (DEI) Committee hosted its annual Diversity and Welcoming celebration on April 9, 2024 in the International Ballroom at the Iowa Memorial Union, and also through Zoom. The purpose of the event is to celebrate the efforts of all those who work tirelessly to advance DEI on our campus and in our community, striving to make them the best they can be. Committee members are Hilary Jensen (co-chair), Vickie Roesner (co-chair), Neda Barrett, Brett Cloyd, Nima Chaudhary, Donna Wong-Gibbons, Santhana Velupillai, Tammy Paulus, Evans Ochola, Darrelle Wilkinson and James Jorris. We were thrilled with this year’s very inspirational speakers. The speakers during the Celebration were James Jorris, Staff Council President; Mitch Winterlin, Undergraduate Student Government President; Ed Gillian, Faculty Senate President; Mason Koelm, Graduate and Professional Student Government President; UI President Barbara Wilson; Dr. Liz Tovar, Executive Officer & Associate Vice President, Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Dr. Joyce Goins-Fernandez, Interim Associate Dean for Health Parity, Clinical Associate Professor; and Laura Bergus, City of Iowa City, City Council and Community Advocate. This annual event is in keeping with the DEI Committee’s purpose: To promote diversity awareness and recommend ways to increase diversity and inclusion of all staff on campus in conjunction with the University of Iowa “Core Values,” Institutional Goal 5, which strives for a “culturally diverse and inclusive University campus.” If you have questions about the Committee and its work, please contact one of the members mentioned above.