Welcome to the Rope Teams Faculty Champions Program! Designed to support your curricular, instructional and assessment efforts as well as to encourage and facilitate your engagement in our career and identity/allyship rope teams, the Faculty Champions program is a shared opportunity to enhance the student experience. This program is led jointly by the Excelsior University Career Readiness Center and the Center for Social Justice to provide you with the resources, connections and support to ensure together our students’ personal, academic, career and intercultural development and success.

Attention to Fielding Graduate Students, Tampa Area

Dear Fielding Graduate University community, 

If you are in or near the Tampa Bay area, please join us on Thursday, July 16 of 2026, for a Fielding Graduate University student, alum, faculty, and staff reception at Excelsior’s new site in …

By RUBI BLANCAS ORDUNA
RUBI BLANCAS ORDUNA Program Director, Center for Social Justice
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Disability Pride Month 2026

Every July, we celebrate Disability Pride Month, honoring the disability community while recognizing the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), signed into law on July 26, 1990. This year’s theme, “The World Works Better With Us,” reminds us …

By RUBI BLANCAS ORDUNA
RUBI BLANCAS ORDUNA Program Director, Center for Social Justice
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Who was Bebe Moore Campbell?

When Bebe Moore Campbell watched her daughter struggle with serious mental illness, she saw firsthand how difficult it was for Black families to find understanding, support, and quality care. Rather than accept the silence and stigma surrounding mental health, she …

By RUBI BLANCAS ORDUNA
RUBI BLANCAS ORDUNA Program Director, Center for Social Justice
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Join Us at July’s Democratic Engagement Dialogue Series!

Our guest speaker for this month is Lisa Whited, who is a doctoral candidate in Organizational Development and Change at Fielding Graduate University, author of Work Better. Save the Planet, and a TEDx speaker. With more than 35 years of professional …

By RUBI BLANCAS ORDUNA
RUBI BLANCAS ORDUNA Program Director, Center for Social Justice
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Happy Independence Day!

This Fourth of July, we celebrate 250 years of America’s journey, a nation founded on the enduring principles of liberty, equality, and the hope of a better future.

As we honor those who have sacrificed to protect these freedoms, we …

By RUBI BLANCAS ORDUNA
RUBI BLANCAS ORDUNA Program Director, Center for Social Justice
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HERS Leadership Institute for Higher Ed. Professionals

This is a great resource for faculty members! Ready to take your leadership to the next level? The HERS Leadership Institute empowers women and gender-diverse leaders in higher education through a transformative experience focused on self-discovery, collaboration, institutional leadership, and …

By RUBI BLANCAS ORDUNA
RUBI BLANCAS ORDUNA Program Director, Center for Social Justice
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All rope teams are open to Excelsior students, faculty, staff, and members of the public. Even rope teams that specifically identify an identity or allyship are open to all member of the community and all are encouraged to visit, learn, and respectfully engage.   Todos los rope teams están abiertos a estudiantes, docentes, y personal de Excelsior, asi' como al público en general. Incluso los rope teams que identifican específicamente a una identidad o a una forma de alianza están abiertos a tod_ miembr_ de la comunidad. Alentamos a toda persona a visitar, aprender y participar de manera respetuosa.