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The group is accepting submissions through October 31 and will make recommendations to President Mangelsdorf in December.

A committee comprising faculty, staff, and students from across the 暗网吃瓜 is overseeing an initiative to showcase the institution鈥檚 global diversity.

The Global Celebration Committee is cochaired by , the McPherson Director for Academic Programs at the , and , the Gideon Webster Burbank Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy in the College鈥檚 Department of Philosophy. The 17-person committee was created by University President Sarah Mangelsdorf last spring and charged with developing an installation or celebration that unifies all University campuses.

The University community is invited to submit creative ideas that would represent Rochester鈥檚 global diversity in meaningful, valuable, and inspirational ways. The committee will accept submissions through October 31 and make recommendations to Mangelsdorf in December. A decision is expected during the spring 2023 semester.

鈥淭he goal of the committee is to present President Mangelsdorf with recommendations for an innovative, inclusive, and widely visible way to represent the University鈥檚 global engagement and impact,鈥� Blunt says. 鈥淲e also hope to celebrate our broadly diverse international community without relying on representations of individual nation-states or specific politicized identities.鈥�

The committee was created after Mangelsdorf decided last year to permanently discontinue the international flag display in Wilson Commons. The display became a source of controversy in 2019 when the flags of Taiwan and Hong Kong were hung separately in Hirst Lounge after being categorized as subnational entities.

In a letter to the advisory committees that were created after the flags were removed, Mangelsdorf said that 鈥渢he use of flags as a signifier of global engagement creates too many opportunities for confusion and conflict in a geopolitical reality that is increasingly fluid.鈥�

She also acknowledged missteps by the administration: 鈥淚t is clear that the administration did not always act in a way that was transparent and did not always fully consider the voices and views of all stakeholders before acting. I take full responsibility for that, and for that I apologize.鈥�

Harnessing Rochester鈥檚 鈥榗reativity and expansive thinking鈥�

Miraz A. Sadi 鈥�24, a chemical engineering and biological sciences double major from Dhaka, Bangladesh, and a senate member in the (SA) government, says he joined the committee to bring an international perspective to finding 鈥渢he best possible representation鈥� for the University.

鈥淚 think it鈥檚 very important for us to come up with smart and innovative ideas and resolve this,鈥� Sadi says. 鈥淲e want to give students something they鈥檒l appreciate at Rochester for the next 100 years.鈥�

Lilly Hutton 鈥�22, a double major in international relations and history from Albany, New York, also serves on the committee. She believes it鈥檚 important to celebrate the various backgrounds, belief systems, cultures, and identities across the University. 鈥淎 physical reminder of our diversity is important and can help connect the community to their places of origin, especially students who are far from home,鈥� says Hutton, who serves as campus life committee chair for the SA government.

The Global Celebration Committee is focused on finding a way to honor the University鈥檚 international students, both graduate and undergraduate鈥攚ho currently hail from 136 countries, according to Ravi Shankar, assistant vice provost and director of the 鈥攚hile also celebrating the global diversity of the broader University community.

鈥淲e intend to harness the creativity and expansive thinking of students, trainees, postdocs, faculty, staff, and alumni to help make recommendations for something that is thoughtful, sustainable, and able to unite all of our campuses,鈥� Blunt says. 鈥淲hatever results from the work of this committee will aim to celebrate the rich diversity of the entire University community throughout the city of Rochester and across the globe. We also hope that it will embody our shared identity and values as a globally engaged university.鈥�