Highline president receives national award

Dr. Jack Bermingham, president of Highline College, was selected as a recipient of the Diversity Visionary Award from Insight into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.

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  • Thursday, July 24, 2014 8:03pm
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Dr. Jack Bermingham, president of Highline College, was selected as a recipient of the Diversity Visionary Award from Insight into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.

“He is truly an inspiration to all of us who are working so diligently to make a difference in the lives of all underrepresented individuals,” said Lenore Pearlstein, publisher of Insight into Diversity.

Bermingham is profiled along with three other recipients in the magazine’s July/August 2014 issue. This is the first time that Insight into Diversity has given this award. The Diversity Visionary Award honors individuals who have made significant contributions and exhibited vision, dedication and a long-term commitment to diversity and inclusion in higher education.

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“A commitment to diversity, inclusion and social justice is at the heart of everything Dr. Bermingham does daily in leading Highline,” said Dr. Lisa Skari, vice president of Institutional Advancement .

Bermingham came to Highline in 1994 as the academic vice president. Soon after he established a task force that recommended a new general education requirement for Highline, at a time when only 25 percent of the college were students of color and only 5 percent of the full-time teaching staff were faculty of color. He supported the Faculty Senate in the creation of a Diversity and Globalism requirement and the Instruction Cabinet in initiating a Diversity and Globalism department.

Bermingham has served as president since 2006.


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