The Multicultural Student Advisory Board of MUSC selected Joseph T. DiPiro, executive dean of
the South Carolina College of Pharmacy, the 2010 Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. honoree.
Every year, MUSC multicultural board joins other
Charleston colleges (The Citadel, Charleston Southern University and
Trident Technical College) in selecting an award recipient who the
board feels has supported the University’s diversity goals and
“demonstrates/exemplifies characteristics of Dr. Kings’ work.” Past
MUSC recipients have included Thaddeus Bell, Sharon Jackson, Myra
Haney, Jack Sanders, and Valerie West.
Joseph
T. DiPiro, executive dean of the South
Carolina College of Pharmacy
and Lisa
Marie Murphy, a fourth-year student pharmacist on the MUSC campus of
SCCP.
“I was delighted the board
recognized what an outstanding job Dr. DiPiro has done in terms of
encouraging and celebrating diversity at the college,” said Lisa
Murphy, a second-year student pharmacist who served as pharmacy’s
representative on Multicultural Student Advisory Board. “He has also
worked hard to foster a sense of community within the College, from
campus to campus and from campus to university.”
Some examples of
DiPiro’s efforts in terms of diversity include:
- forming and serving
chair of the Diversity Committee for the South Carolina College of
Pharmacy
- incorporating diversity efforts into every part of the
College’s operations, such that it was added to the SCCP Mission
Statement last year
- making a diverse, welcoming community a
fundamental part of the College’s vision of being a top 10 school in
quality. The charges for the Diversity Committee open with this
statement: “Diversity of the SCCP Faculty, Staff, and student body is
essential to developing a welcoming and inclusive environment and to
our goal of becoming a top quality college of pharmacy.”
- forming a recruiting committee that included as one of its charges a renewed
emphasis on creating, enhancing, and sustaining relationships with
advisors at historically black colleges so the SCCP could recruit more
African-American students.
DiPiro and the recipients from other local
colleges were acknowledged at an award presentation during the annual
MLK Jr. program hosted by the Intercollegiate Consortium Feb. 5 at
Trident Technical College.
Online April 9, 2010
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