![Fairolyn Livingston ’81, Black Lives Matter sign at Annie Russell Theatre, Hannibal Square street sign, and Black Student Union Soul Food Sunday celebration](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qe2ul2l0/production/b26aed720c68948595ccafeff85fc57903dc7b51-2000x1333.png?rect=0,2,2000,1330&w=352&h=234&q=70&fit=max&auto=format)
June 12, 2024
Rollins Celebrates Juneteenth with Community and Reflection
Commemorating the end of slavery in Texas, Juneteenth serves as a powerful “day on” for embracing cultural vibrancy and resilience in the Black community.
![Kyle Meyer, Alise Fortune, Fatima Sani, and Bronwyn Holder](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qe2ul2l0/production/f80654719b8002a4a36fd2714b73e3721675ae1a-2000x1333.png?rect=0,2,2000,1330&w=352&h=234&q=70&fit=max&auto=format)
May 07, 2024
Rollins Announces 2024 Presidential Awards for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging
The award honors students, faculty, and staff for efforts aimed at promoting diversity awareness, representation, and inclusion within the Rollins workplace and student community.
![Chinese dragon dance on campus](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qe2ul2l0/production/b36f54310daeca140a33c40dad3d739e7564e3e1-2000x1333.jpg?rect=0,2,2000,1330&w=352&h=234&q=70&fit=max&auto=format)
April 26, 2024
Rollins Celebrates Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Rollins honors the lives and invaluable contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders through a diverse range of engagement and education.
![Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority induction ceremony at Rollins.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qe2ul2l0/production/2bc457153438f73ce172bac20c8e3736909d9c3e-2000x1334.jpg?rect=0,2,2000,1330&w=352&h=234&q=70&fit=max&auto=format)
December 14, 2023
Historic Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority, Incorporated Comes to Rollins
Rollins welcomes to campus Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, the oldest established Greek-letter organization for Black women.
![Rollins students on an immersion experience on the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qe2ul2l0/production/da14aaa18d0ce516d1207e15cd815fa01348af9c-2000x1333.png?rect=0,2,2000,1330&w=352&h=234&q=70&fit=max&auto=format)
November 28, 2023
Spirit of the Land: Unearthing Native American Heritage
With passion and purpose, a cohort of Rollins students set out to explore Native American history on an Immersion experience at Florida’s Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation.
![Spanish professor Patricia Tomé leading a class](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qe2ul2l0/production/395ed78779107443ccfcee4239d4253fa2f74c22-2000x1333.jpg?rect=0,2,2000,1330&w=352&h=234&q=70&fit=max&auto=format)
September 14, 2023
Rollins Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
Rollins honors the lives and contributions of Hispanic Americans through a host of programming meant to engage, educate, and inspire.
![A Black student speaking, a Black Lives Matter sign at the Annie Russell Theatre, and a community pride mural in Hannibal Square.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qe2ul2l0/production/92efcace2d5f09ad2c552bedbba6821282e508aa-2000x1333.png?rect=0,2,2000,1330&w=352&h=234&q=70&fit=max&auto=format)
June 14, 2023
Rollins Celebrates Juneteenth Through Community and Reflection
The holiday known as Black Independence Day is “a day on” for embracing cultural vibrancy and resilience in the Black community.
![From top left: Stephanie Nieves, David Painter, Kyrene George ’23, and Juan Cabrera ’23.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qe2ul2l0/production/a0a880c4ffc2728cca79d81deaa92adfcc92c16e-2000x1333.png?rect=0,2,2000,1330&w=352&h=234&q=70&fit=max&auto=format)
June 08, 2023
Rollins Announces 2023 Presidential Awards for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging
The award honors students, faculty, and staff for efforts aimed at promoting diversity awareness, representation, and inclusion within the Rollins workplace and student community.
May 23, 2023
Robinson Earns Diversity in Business Award
Mary Choi Robinson has been recognized by the Orlando Business Journal for bringing issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to the forefront at both Rollins and beyond.
![Rollins professors and students do the Chinese Dragon Dance in celebration of the Lunar New Year.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qe2ul2l0/production/0ce45f6fd6dd2dfd802400b92965e03c7874d8e3-2000x1334.jpg?rect=0,2,2000,1330&w=352&h=234&q=70&fit=max&auto=format)
April 27, 2023
Rollins Celebrates Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Rollins honors the lives and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders through myriad opportunities for engagement and education.
![EMBARK students get to know each other while painting pottery at All Fired Up.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qe2ul2l0/production/56fe872eee0fbd15d5c30577d8afe956341e9b4d-2000x1333.jpg?rect=0,2,2000,1330&w=352&h=234&q=70&fit=max&auto=format)
April 19, 2023
Embarking with Purpose
Since 2016, the College’s EMBARK program has supported students from underrepresented backgrounds as they transition to college life and start their journeys at Rollins.
![Professor Eric Smaw](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qe2ul2l0/production/89e9d6b37d251eaab7404fafdeb5c8cb4375ac1e-2000x1333.jpg?rect=0,2,2000,1330&w=352&h=234&q=70&fit=max&auto=format)
January 26, 2023
Smaw Selected as an ACS Mellon Academic Leadership Fellow
The appointment will enable philosophy professor Eric Smaw to serve as Special Assistant to the Provost for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB), where he will oversee ongoing diversity initiatives for the College.