Kristie Williams Ursuline College
PEPPER PIKE, Ohio – Kristie Williams has been named Ursuline College’s first faculty diversity fellow, a new position supported by a grant from the KeyBank Foundation.
Williams is the career services supervisor at the Cuyahoga County Public Library, where she has managed the Cuyahoga Works Job and Career Services Department for almost four years. She will continue working at the library.
Williams, who recently completed a doctorate in counselor education and supervision at the University of Akron, began teaching at Ursuline in January.
Williams is teaching an undergraduate course to introduce transfer students to Ursuline, its heritage and culture. She will teach a course during the fall 2017 semester and present a campus colloquium on a diversity topic of her choice.
The college is committed to increasing faculty diversity and providing two post-doctoral fellows with college faculty experience, President Sister Christine De Vinne said in a statement.
“I am really excited about this opportunity,” she said in a statement. “The fact that Ursuline values the voice of the students and understands the need to allow students to give voice to all of who they are says a lot about the institution.”
The foundation’s grant will pay Williams for two semesters and a second fellow, to be hired in fall of 2017, for an additional two semesters.
As part of the grant, Williams has been paired with a veteran Ursuline faculty member for coaching and mentorship and has been granted time, office space and resources to conduct research and write for publication. The grant also includes funding for professional development and travel to conferences.
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