Unity Week is Suffolk University’s annual celebration of diversity and community. It is a collaborative effort by students, faculty, and administrators and has traditionally consisted of entertainment, speakers, dialogues, open classes, food, and music. These efforts not only recognize the diversity represented within the University, but affirms the value and vitality that this pluralism brings to our individual and collective experience. Unity Week will be celebrating its seventeenth anniversary in 2008.

Unity Week Goals

• Provide a concentrated opportunity to share differing perspectives and cultures.
• Engage students, faculty and staff from different backgrounds in a creative and collaborative planning process.
• Reaffirm that education includes learning about the contributions of different cultures and the oppression of some cultures as a means to see the interdependence and relationship different groups.
• Celebrate the diversity represented by our campus community.

Who is part of the committee?

Planning Committee Chair:

Dave DeAngelis, Office of Student Activities and Service Learning

Promotion and Publicity:

Jordan Viola, In-House Design, Student Activities and Service Learning 

Faculty Involvement:

Susan Leyva, Office of Retention Services 

Unity Week Showcase:

Craig Cullinane, Diversity Services

Who makes Unity Week possible?

Asian American Association, Black Student Union, Caribbean Student Network, Cape Verdean Student Association, Career Services and Cooperative Education, Center for International Education, Commuter Student Association, Counseling Center, Cultural Events Committee, Dean of Students Office, Education and Human Studies Department, English Department, Facilities Management, Health Services, Best Buddies, Human Resources, Interfaith Center and Office of Campus Ministry, International Student Association, Japanese Student Association, Off Campus Housing Office, Office of Diversity Services, Office of Student Activities and Service Learning, Office of Retention Services, Performing Arts Office, Philosophy Department, Program Council, Psychology Department, Rainbow Alliance, Residence Life and Summer Programs Office, Safe Zone Committee, Sawyer School of Management, Sociology Department, Sodexho Catering, South Asian Student Association, Suffolk University Students for Peace and Justice, Suffolk Model United Nations, Student Political Science Association, Student Government Association, Study Abroad Program, Suffolk Free Radio, Suffolk Journal, SU Hispanic Association, SU Police & Security Department, SU Step Team, S.O.U.L.S. Community Service Center, Theater Department, Undergraduate Admission, Vietnamese Student Association, WSUB...You!