Castleberry-Singleton to visit RMU
Sabine Cherenfant
Issue date: 2/15/10 Section: News
Candi Castleberry-Singleton will be speaking at Robert Morris University as part of the Diversity Speaker Series on Feb. 23 in the Rogal Chapel at 11 a. m.
The Assistant Director of Student Life for Multicultural Affairs, Paul Spradley, decided to include Castleberry-Singleton in the 2009-2010 diversity speaker series because of her accomplishments and her passion regarding diversity.
"The reason why I got in contact with her is because I kept seeing her at diversity events in Pittsburgh," explained Spradley. "People kept asking her to speak [at those events]."
Castleberry-Singleton is currently working at the University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) as the chief inclusion and diversity officer. She put many programs in place in order to promote diversity in UPMC's workplace.
Her achievements consist of the Dignity and Respect Campaign, which is a project where people are encouraged to take a pledge embracing their fellow-beings no matter what their differences are. She developed the integrated inclusion model, which was featured in publication by Harvard Business School Press, Crossing the Divide: Intergroup Leadership in a World of Difference, and the Center for Inclusion in Health Care.
She worked for Motorola as a global inclusion and diversity vice-president and founded the Global Inclusion and Diversity Center of Expertise at Sun Microsystems.
Castleberry-Singleton's goal is to promote inclusion in the workforce as well as in every community The Dignity and Respect Campaign will help her to achieve this goal. She is known in Pittsburgh, but she has also hosted conferences in other states.
The Diversity Speaker Series, created by Spradley, started in the 2008-2009 academic year. Since then, this activity has been growing in terms of its attendance and the interest that it is getting from the RMU community.
"What makes something successful is when you improve every year," said Spradley. "We've seen improvement from last year to this year in terms of attendance."
The Assistant Director of Student Life for Multicultural Affairs, Paul Spradley, decided to include Castleberry-Singleton in the 2009-2010 diversity speaker series because of her accomplishments and her passion regarding diversity.
"The reason why I got in contact with her is because I kept seeing her at diversity events in Pittsburgh," explained Spradley. "People kept asking her to speak [at those events]."
Castleberry-Singleton is currently working at the University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) as the chief inclusion and diversity officer. She put many programs in place in order to promote diversity in UPMC's workplace.
Her achievements consist of the Dignity and Respect Campaign, which is a project where people are encouraged to take a pledge embracing their fellow-beings no matter what their differences are. She developed the integrated inclusion model, which was featured in publication by Harvard Business School Press, Crossing the Divide: Intergroup Leadership in a World of Difference, and the Center for Inclusion in Health Care.
She worked for Motorola as a global inclusion and diversity vice-president and founded the Global Inclusion and Diversity Center of Expertise at Sun Microsystems.
Castleberry-Singleton's goal is to promote inclusion in the workforce as well as in every community The Dignity and Respect Campaign will help her to achieve this goal. She is known in Pittsburgh, but she has also hosted conferences in other states.
The Diversity Speaker Series, created by Spradley, started in the 2008-2009 academic year. Since then, this activity has been growing in terms of its attendance and the interest that it is getting from the RMU community.
"What makes something successful is when you improve every year," said Spradley. "We've seen improvement from last year to this year in terms of attendance."
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