IWU employees attend national diversity leadership academy
July 12, 2019
A team of five Indiana Wesleyan University faculty members has been accepted into the 2019
Summer Cohort of the Inclusive Excellence Leadership Academy from July 8-Aug. 9. The real-time,
online leadership development program seeks to build an outstanding cohort of leaders from across
the country who will collectively transform the higher education landscape.
Program participants have a minimum of seven to 12 years of progressive experience in higher
education administration, academic affairs and/or teaching at the post-secondary level. A limited
number of institutional teams were accepted to attend the Academy. The five cohort members who
will be representing IWU at the Academy are:
• Diane McDaniel, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion
• Dr. Luigi Penaranda, Assistant Professor of Latino/Latina Christian Ministry
• Mark Alexander, Associate Vice President, Regional Education & Talent Development
• Nancy Schoonmaker, Vice President for Business Affairs & CFO
• Dr. Joel Olufowote, Executive Director, Intercultural Learning and Engagement
The Academy is led by award-winning leader, scholar and educator Dr. Damon A. Williams.
Participants will receive a significant level of professional, individualized support, along with a range of
appropriate tools, and a community who are collectively striving to improve their abilities as strategic
diversity leaders and do meaningful work that will create real change in the world.
“I believe the Academy will provide an exceptional learning and growing experience for our cohort
team and the IWU community”, said McDaniel. Along with appropriate tools, participants receive a
significant level of individualized support from a community striving to improve their abilities as
strategic diversity leaders doing meaningful work that will create real change in the world.
For more information about IWU’s beliefs in growing as a diverse learning community, visit
www.indwes.edu/about/diversity/.
Indiana Wesleyan University is an evangelical Christian comprehensive university of The Wesleyan
Church committed to global liberal arts and professional education. IWU-Marion represents nearly 3,000
students who are enrolled in traditional programs on the residential campus in Marion, Indiana. IWUNational
& Global represents 9,000 adult learners who study at education centers in Indiana, Kentucky and
Ohio, and online. IWU’s global ministry includes a close partnership with Excelsia College in Sydney,
Australia.
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Summer Cohort of the Inclusive Excellence Leadership Academy from July 8-Aug. 9. The real-time,
online leadership development program seeks to build an outstanding cohort of leaders from across
the country who will collectively transform the higher education landscape.
Program participants have a minimum of seven to 12 years of progressive experience in higher
education administration, academic affairs and/or teaching at the post-secondary level. A limited
number of institutional teams were accepted to attend the Academy. The five cohort members who
will be representing IWU at the Academy are:
• Diane McDaniel, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion
• Dr. Luigi Penaranda, Assistant Professor of Latino/Latina Christian Ministry
• Mark Alexander, Associate Vice President, Regional Education & Talent Development
• Nancy Schoonmaker, Vice President for Business Affairs & CFO
• Dr. Joel Olufowote, Executive Director, Intercultural Learning and Engagement
The Academy is led by award-winning leader, scholar and educator Dr. Damon A. Williams.
Participants will receive a significant level of professional, individualized support, along with a range of
appropriate tools, and a community who are collectively striving to improve their abilities as strategic
diversity leaders and do meaningful work that will create real change in the world.
“I believe the Academy will provide an exceptional learning and growing experience for our cohort
team and the IWU community”, said McDaniel. Along with appropriate tools, participants receive a
significant level of individualized support from a community striving to improve their abilities as
strategic diversity leaders doing meaningful work that will create real change in the world.
For more information about IWU’s beliefs in growing as a diverse learning community, visit
www.indwes.edu/about/diversity/.
Indiana Wesleyan University is an evangelical Christian comprehensive university of The Wesleyan
Church committed to global liberal arts and professional education. IWU-Marion represents nearly 3,000
students who are enrolled in traditional programs on the residential campus in Marion, Indiana. IWUNational
& Global represents 9,000 adult learners who study at education centers in Indiana, Kentucky and
Ohio, and online. IWU’s global ministry includes a close partnership with Excelsia College in Sydney,
Australia.
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