Diversity Hallmark Timeline

Diversity Hallmark Timeline

Butte Diversity Hallmark Timeline: 1969-2022

Diversity Hallmark Time Line

  • EOPS established
  • DSPS established
Summer 1990
  • Betty M. Dean was appointed fourth Superintendent/President and first woman President (July).
  • Diversity Days (now known as DECOLONiZE!) held on campus.
  • The College opens its Student Veterans Resource Center
  • Butte College President Diana Van Der Ploeg signed a historic agreement with China to allow Chinese students to attend Butte College. This was the first agreement between the Chinese agencies and a community college in the United States
  • Diversity Days started
  • Butte College MESA team wins 8th annual national sustainable design expo P3 award.
Fall 2015
  • Student Equity Director Position Hired 
  • Latinx Council established 
Spring 2016
  • First Diversity Days
  • Diversity Award Established
Fall 2016
  • HSI Designation
Fall 2017
  • Faculty and Staff of Color Council established on campus.
Fall 2018
  • Queer Resource Center Opened 
  • MCGS established as a Department 
Fall 2019

  • First Bienvendia Reception

Spring 2020
  • API Council Established
Fall 2020
  • Black Voices Established
Summer 2021
  • IDEA Officer Hired
Fall 2021
  • Puente Brought to Campus 
  • LGBTQ+ Faculty and Staff Association Established 
Spring 2022
  • Native American Specialist Hired
  • First Black Graduation 
  • First API Graduation
  • First Lavender Graduation
  • First Latinx Graduation
  • BC Proud to Be First faculty and Staff Association Established
  • Umoja Brought to Campus
  • Land Acknowledgement Finalized 
Fall 2022
  • Ethnic Studies Department Established 
  • Native American Center Opened 
  • First Black Welcome Reception
  • HSI Task Force Created
  • First LGBQTQIA2S+ Welcome Reception
  • Veterans Welcome Reception
  • Proud to Be First Welcome Reception 
  • Recipient of a five-year, $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (DHSI) Program - Title V.
Spring 2023
  • Opening of CASA Center
  • Recipient of a five - year $1.5 million Native American Student Support and Success Program Grant (NASSSP). 
  • First Big Time Event Held on Campus 
  • UMOJA and QRC Coordinators Became Permanent Positions

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