SUNY Downstate’s Shaundelle Goldsmith Receives Diversity Visionary Award
Aug 29, 2016
Kevin Antoine Joins Fulbright Specialist Roster
Brooklyn, NY – Shaundelle Moore Goldsmith, JD, director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, has been recognized with the Diversity Visionary Award from INSIGHT into Diversity magazine. The award honors individuals who have made significant contributions to diversity in higher education.
Passionate about promoting cultural diversity and awareness of all forms of discrimination, Ms. Goldsmith has created policies and procedures to promote access and awareness of intervention resources. She also educates SUNY Downstate faculty, staff, and students on abuse prevention and awareness. Ms. Goldsmith established the Women’s History Month documentary luncheon series, which provides an informal venue for the campus community to interact and discuss timely issues relevant to women’s equality. In addition, she serves on various campus committees that engage the surrounding Brooklyn community.
INSIGHT Into Diversity, now in its 42nd year, is the largest and oldest diversity publication in higher education today. Current, archived, and digital issues of INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine are available online at www.insightintodiversity.com.
Carlos N. Medina, EdD, vice chancellor and chief diversity officer for the State University of New York system, and Kevin L. Antoine, JD, assistant vice president for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at SUNY Downstate and assistant professor in the College of Nursing, are past recipients of the Diversity Visionary Award.
Mr. Antoine has also joined the Fulbright Specialist Roster, a program of the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Fulbright Specialist Roster is a list of all candidates who are eligible to be matched with incoming project requests from overseas academic institutions for Fulbright Specialists. Mr. Antoine also is a member of SUNY's Diversity Task Force. The Task Force guides the development of policies that inform SUNY’s efforts to increase diversity among students, faculty, and staff, and also to ensure a supportive, welcoming environment for every member of the SUNY family at both the system and campus levels.
A former Harvard University administrative fellow, Mr. Antoine received his law degree from the College of William & Mary, a certificate in Organizational Change from Cornell University’s School of Industrial Relations, and his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern Mississippi.
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is committed to diversity and inclusive excellence in faculty, staff, and student recruitment, development, promotion and retention. In this important effort, Downstate’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion provides leadership, guidance, information, and assistance to the campus’s various constituencies in respecting cultural differences, languages, political beliefs, and ideologies. In partnership with Downstate’s University Hospital at Downstate, the office promotes cultural competence to increase health equity, taking into account the diversity of patients at University Hospital and its affiliates.
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About SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn is one of four academic health centers (AMCs) in The State University of New York (SUNY) 64-campus system and the only SUNY AMC in New York City dedicated to health education, research, and patient care for the borough’s 2.7 million residents. Its flagship hospital, University Hospital at Downstate (UHD), is a teaching hospital and benefits from the expertise of Downstate’s exceptional medical school and world-class academic center research facilities. With a staff of over 800 physicians representing 53 specialties and subspecialties, Downstate offers comprehensive healthcare services to the community.
UHD provides high-risk neonatal and infant services, pediatric nephrology, and dialysis for kidney diseases and is the only kidney transplantation program in Brooklyn. Beyond its clinical expertise, Downstate houses a range of esteemed educational institutions, including its College of Medicine, College of Nursing, School of Health Professions, School of Graduate Studies, and School of Public Health. Downstate fosters innovation through its multifaceted biotechnology initiative, the Biotechnology Incubator and BioBAT, which support early-stage and more mature biotech companies.