Events

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September

  • September 18 - CHHS DEI Lunch and Learn -  Why DEI is important in health care - Alejandro Quiroga, President, Corewell Health
  • September 26 - Free webinar - Cannabis Use and Cannabis Use Disorders in Adolescents and Adults. Register here

October

November

Information Sessions

July 22

Monday at 7 p.m.

Aug 20

Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

Sept 10

Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

July 22

Monday at 5:30 p.m.

Aug 20

Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Sept 10

Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Vision studies

Learn about our nationally respected Orientation & Mobility and Vision Rehabilitation Therapy programs in a virtual information session with our faculty and advisors. Program information is available on our website.

DEI Calendar of Remembrances and Recognition (2024)

January: 

  • 1 - New Years Day
  • 1 - Mexican Independence Day
  • 4 - World Braille Day
  • 6 - Epiphany Day
  • 11 - Anniversary of the Bread & Roses Labor Strike (1912)
  • 13 - Korean American Day
  • 15 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday 
  • 15 - Civil Rights Day
  • 22 - Anniversary of Roe v. Wade (1973)
  • 27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day 

February: 

  • 1 - Black History Month
  • 1 - National Freedom Day
  • 2 - National Wear Red Day
  • 2 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 
  • 3 - National Women Physicians Day 
  • 4 - Rosa Parks Birthday 
  • 4 -  World Cancer Day  
  • 11 - Abraham Lincoln Birthday 
  • 12 - International Epilepsy Day  
  • 13 - Mardi Gras 
  • 14 - Frederick Douglass Birthday 
  • 14 - Ash Wednesday 
  • 14 - Valentines Day 
  • 15 - Susan B. Anthony Birthday 
  • 19 - Anniversary of the Executive Order 9066 (creation of Japanese internment camps)
  • 20 - World Day of Social Justice 
  • 21-27 - Eating Disorder Awareness Week 

March:

  • 1 - Women’s History Month 
  • 8 - International Women’s Day 
  • 8 - Holi
  • 10 - April 9 - Ramadan  
  • 10 - Harriet Tubman Birthday 
  • 21 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 
  • 21 - World Down Syndrome Day 
  • 22 - World Water Day 
  • 23 - 24 - Purim  
  • 24 - Palm Sunday  
  • 25 - April 7 - Holla Mohalla 
  • 29 - Good Friday 
  • 29 - National Vietnam War Veteran’s Day 
  • 31 - Easter Sunday 
  • 31 - Cesar Chavez Day 
  • 31 - Trans Day of Visibility 

April:

  • 2 - Autism Awareness Day 
  • 6 - Tartan Day 
  • 9-10 - Eid Al-Fitr 
  • 22 - Earth Day 
  • 22-30 - Passover 
  • 26 - Lesbian Visibility Day  
  • 27 - Coretta Scott King Birthday 

May:

  • 4 - National Day of Prayer 
  • 5 - Cinco De Mayo 
  • 12 - Mother’s Day 
  • 15 - Buddha’s Birthday 
  • 17 - International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia 
  • 19 - Malcolm X Birthday 
  • 19 - Pentecost 
  • 28 - Anniversary of the Indian Removal Act 
  • 30 - World Multiple Sclerosis Day 
  • 31 - Tulsa Race Riot (1921)

June:

  • 1 - Aphasia Awareness Month 
  • 2 - Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 
  • 2 - National Cancer Survivors Day 
  • 11 - Kamehameha Day 
  • 11-13 - Shavuot 
  • 12 - Loving Day 
  • 15 - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 
  • 16 - International Day of the African Child 
  • 16 - Father’s Day 
  • 16-17 - Eid Al-Adha 
  • 18 - International Day of Countering Hate Speech 
  • 19 - Juneteenth  
  • 20 - World Refugee Day 

July:

  • 1 - Disability Pride Month 
  • 2 - Anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act 
  • 2 - Thurgood Marshall Birthday 
  • 4 - Independence Day 
  • 6 - Dalai Lama Birthday 
  • 7-8 - Islamic New Year 
  • 14 - International Non-Binary People’s Day 
  • 18 - Nelson Mandela International Day 
  • 26 - Americans with Disability Act Anniversary 
  • 30 - World Day Against Trafficking in Persons 

August:

  • 6 & 9 - Anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (1945) 
  • 9 - International Day of the World’s Indigenous People 
  • 26 - Women’s Equality Day 
  • 28 - Anniversary of March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963)
  • 28 - Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech (1963) 
  • 31 - International Day of People of African Descent  

September:

  • 1 - National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month 
  • 4 - Richard Wright Birthday 
  • 10 - World Suicide Prevention Day 
  • 11 - Patriot Day 
  • 15 - National Hispanic heritage Month Begins 
  • 20-26 - International Week of the Deaf 
  • 20 - HeforShe  
  • 21 - International Day of Peace 

October:

  • 1 - Breast Cancer Awareness Month 
  • 1 - Domestic Violence Awareness Month 
  • 2-4 - Rosh Hashanah 
  • 8 - National Stop Bullying Day  
  • 10 - World Mental Health Day  
  • 11 - International Day of Girl 
  • 14 - Indigenous People Day  
  • 14 - Defender of Ukraine Day 
  • 16-23 - Sukkot 
  • 31-November 4 - Diwali 

November:

  • 1 - Native American Heritage Month 
  • 1 - National homeless Youth Awareness Month 
  • 20 - Transgender Day of Remembrance  
  • 24 - Native American Heritage Day  
  • 25 - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women Day  

December:

  • 1 - World AIDS Day 
  • 3 - International Day of Disabled Persons 
  • 7-15 - Hanukkah 
  • 10 - International Human Rights Day 
  • 25 - Christmas 
  • 26 - January 1 - Kwanzaa 
  • 29 - Anniversary of Wounded Knee Massacre