by Maurice Cottman, MS
In this two-hour Webinar, Maurice Cottman, MS, the Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine will remind attendees about the importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness initiatives both within Veterinary Medicine and the wider community. Mr. Cottman will summarize a former presentation that he provided for WSVMA on Implicit Bias, and will then move onto how to implement DEI programs within Vet Med. Topics that will be covered will include outreach, retention, accountability, how to be comfortable with being uncomfortable, and working from a place of strength.
Maurice D. Cottman is the inaugural Director for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the college of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University. An alum of Saint Joseph’s University (‘12 & ‘17) a former Educational Consultant for Iannucci Consulting and Director at Drexel University. At Drexel, Cottman led the Student Center for Diversity and Inclusion and helped to establish the university’s first official food pantry. He helped to create dozens of community engagements while building programs, in addition to serving as Drexel’s campus engagement contact for identity-based student organizations and as a co-chair for the institution’s Anti Racism Task Force. Using a holistic approach to the student experience with intersectional advocacy Maurice meets each individual student, peer, and supervisor where they are. He currently works with local and national Veterinarian organizations in an effort to better the field of Veterinarian Medicine.
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