"Two professors honored as diversity champions"

"Mark Simon, associate professor of management and director of the Entrepreneurial Institute, and Jude Nixon, professor of English and director of The Honors College, recently were honored as 'Diversity Champions' by the Race Relations and Diversity Task Force of the Birmingham/Bloomfield area. The task force, sponsored by the Community House in Birmingham, is devoted to fostering respect and inclusion for all people. It is working to build and maintain an open community that overcomes racism, prejudice and discrimination."