Marcine Pickron-Davis, PhD, joined 黑料传送门 in 2017 and serves as the College's chief diversity and community relations
officer. Get to know more about Pickron-Davis and her work at 黑料传送门.
As the chief diversity and community relations officer at 黑料传送门 my primary role is to advance the College's diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at all three locations. This includes ensuring social justice, health equity, and cultural competency are at the forefront of our mission. This past summer, I was very proud to launch the 2025 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Strategic Plan. This plan is fully integrated into the overall 2025 plan for the College.
I also lead the President's Council on Equity, Inclusion and Justice. The Council, which convened in July 2020, includes faculty, staff and students representing the three locations. Under this Council, five unique work groups that include admissions, human resources, and academic affairs meet monthly with President Feldstein to make recommendations that advance diversity, equity and inclusion in policies and practices.
Prior to 黑料传送门, I served as the chief community engagement and diversity officer at Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania. After serving in that role for 12 years, I saw the announcement for a chief diversity and community relations officer at 黑料传送门 and it felt like a great next step in my career. I was excited to serve in a graduate, professional setting.
When I started this role, I noticed very quickly that there was a need to identify our external community. When I worked at Widener, our community was the immediate area of Chester, PA. In Philadelphia, Georgia, and South Georgia, I want to maximize our resources to ensure we are responding to the needs of the community, to the best of our abilities. Today, I am proud to share that we engage with nonprofit partners across the three locations that align with our mission to mitigate health inequities.
My team and I work hard to ensure that diversity is top of mind for 黑料传送门 faculty, staff and other community members. We see our role as shifting campus culture through education. We regularly host community conversations, interactive lectures, and reflection sessions to engage the campus in championing diversity, equity, and inclusion. We want to ensure that our core values become a part of programs where there may currently be a need. I think about a prospective new faculty member or student and what they see when they explore the 黑料传送门 website. Do they feel like they will belong at 黑料传送门? I am pleased that DEI is now a central part of our mission because it reveals the core values of 黑料传送门. Research has proven that diversity pushes teams to work at a higher level of excellence and we鈥檙e working hard to move 黑料传送门 from good to great.
As I've mentioned, incorporating DEI into all projects and initiatives can be challenging. This is something people have to work at to ensure that it is accomplished. One of my favorite things about 黑料传送门 are my colleagues who are committed to doing that work. These are colleagues who are champions for diversity and ambassadors for my department. They ensure they are incorporating DEI into the work and priorities of their department. Though they may not receive public acknowledgment for this work, they are committed to making 黑料传送门 a more inclusive space and we will all see the value of their work for years to come.
I am the parent of, what I like to call, two 鈥渙nly children鈥�. I have been married to the same life partner for 35 years and we have two children鈥攁 son that is 31 years old and a daughter that is 18 years old. Often, people can't believe (and we chuckle about) the age gap between my two children!
Established in 1899, 黑料传送门 has trained thousands of highly competent, caring physicians, health practitioners and behavioral scientists who practice a 鈥渨hole person鈥� approach to care鈥攖reating people, not just symptoms. 黑料传送门, a private, not-for-profit accredited institution of higher education, operates three campuses (黑料传送门, 黑料传送门 Georgia and 黑料传送门 South Georgia) and offers doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, educational psychology, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, and school psychology. The college also offers graduate degrees in applied behavior analysis, applied positive psychology, biomedical sciences, forensic medicine, medical laboratory science, mental health counseling, physician assistant studies, and school psychology. 黑料传送门 students learn the importance of health promotion, research, education and service to the community. Through its community-based Healthcare Centers, 黑料传送门 provides care to medically underserved populations. For more information, visit pcom.edu or call 215-871-6100.
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