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NIU Athletics Diversity And Inclusion In The News...
LEAD1 Association, Minority Opportunities Athletic Association, and Black AD Alliance Announce Coalition (LEAD1/April 26, 2022)
LEAD1 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Working Group Co-Chair Sean Frazier Shares NIU's Diversity Action Plan with LEAD1 Campuses (LEAD1/February 11, 2022)
NIU 2022 NCAA/MOAA Award for Diversity and Inclusion VIDEO (NCAA: YouTube/January 21, 2022)
Northern Illinois University Earns 2022 NCAA/MOAA Award for Diversity and Inclusion (NCAA.com/January 13, 2022)
NIU Athletics To Receive 2022 NCAA/MOAA Award For Diversity And Inclusion (NIUHuskies.com/January 12, 2022)
How Student-Athletes Found Their Voice Following On-Campus Racism (Northern Star/April 30, 2021)
Sports Business Journal on Sean Frazier (SportsBusinessJournal.com/March 29, 2021)
NIU's Frazier Proud to Co-Chair LEAD1 Group on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (NIUHuskies.com/January 4, 2021)
LEAD1 Association Releases Actionable Recommendations to Increase Senior Diverse Leadership in FBS College Sports (LEAD1 Association/January 4, 2021)
New Coaching Diversity Pledge Will Hold Athletic Directors Accountable (Equal Opportunity Today/September 28, 2020)
LEAD1 Association Working Group to Examine Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Issues (LEAD1 Association/August 25, 2020)
NIU Athletic Director Sean Frazier Talks About Issues Of Race On GN Sports (WGN Chicago/June 19, 2020)
NIU athletics announces social justice education plan (DeKalb Daily Chronicle/June 19, 2020)
Inclusion Insights: Northern Illinois (NCAA/July 18, 2019)
Sean Frazier Honored with Deacon Davis Award (NIU Today/April 22, 2019)
NSIA Looks to Diversify Intercollegiate Sports (Diverse Issues In Higher Education/April 4, 2019)
CHANGING THE GAME: How NIU Is Pushing The Pace On Diversity In College Athletics (WREX Rockford/February 21, 2019)
Northern Illinois Wins Diversity and Inclusion Award (NCAA/December 8, 2015)
NIU Athletics Honored As Model For Diversity And Inclusion (NIUHuskies.com/December 8, 2015)
Sean T. Frazier Named 2014 MOAA Distinguished Service Award Recipient (Minority Opportunities Athletic Association/June 27, 2014)
Huskies impacted by memorable tour of Black Wall Street (NIU Today/September 15, 2022)

Links
The Economics of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (Sports Business Journal)
Award honors NIU as a top college for diversity (NIU Today/Sept. 20, 2021)
LEAD1 Working Group White Paper - PDF (January 2021)
National Study of Intercollegiate Athletics
Northern Illinois University Academic Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategic Guiding Principles
NIU Diversity and Inclusion Task Force Final Report (September 2014)
Racial Diversity In College Athletics: NIU's Frazier, Wyoming's Jude, & EIU's Michael (Athletic Director U)
Taking Action In Times Of Critical Change (Athletic Director U)
Developing & Executing Diversity and Inclusion Plans (NACDA)
Insight Into Diversity (March 2016)
MOAA-NCAA 2022 Presentation

MAC Resources
MAC Diversity & Inclusion Page
2021-22 MAC Diversity & Inclusion Mentor-Mentee Program
2021-22 MAC Diversity & Inclusion Intern Program
2021-22 MAC Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coach and Administrator Program
Taking MACtion Fall Summit 2020
Huskie Women’s Soccer Earns MAC Give Back Leadership Award (news release; Oct. 12, 2020)
NIU Volleyball Earns MAC Give Back Leadership Award (news release; Nov. 2, 2020)


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