Diversity – The Towerlight

TU receives donation of $5.3 million from alumnus

November 16, 2020April 11, 2021Editor-in-Chief Comment

By: Grace Coughlan, Associate Editor Towson University (TU) has received a $5.3 million donation from alumnus Dr. Fran Soistman, a record amount for [...]

TU’s Counseling Center restructures and diversifies

August 17, 2020August 20, 2020Associate Editor Comment

Photo by Brendan Felch/The Towerlight By: Meghan Hudson, Editor-in-Chief Increased funding for TU’s Counseling Center has allowed for the center to hire four [...]

Veteran reads of his military past

November 18, 2019Associate Editor Comment

By: Marcus Whitman, Staff Writer Photo by Marcus Whitman Award-winning, Baltimore-based author and military veteran Anthony Moll came to campus Nov. 14 to [...]

Peer educators promote health

November 11, 2019November 18, 2019Associate Editor Comment

By: Alex Best, Staff Writer Photo by Alex Best Towson University’s Diverse Minds Peer Educators hosted a series of mental health-positive events on [...]

Deafblind Harvard grad talks diversity

October 28, 2019November 18, 2019Associate Editor Comment

By: Marcus Whitman, Staff Writer Photo by Marcus Whitman Disability rights lawyer, author, speaker and the first deafblind woman to graduate from Harvard [...]

Bust unveiling celebrates Towson’s diversity through Chapman’s legacy

October 21, 2019November 18, 2019Associate Editor Comment

By: Keri Luise, News Editor Photo by Brendan Felch Julius Chapman, Towson University’s first dean of minority affairs, was surprised with a bronze [...]

Here’s to the brands that are diverse

May 13, 2019Associate Editor Comment

By: Meghan Hudson, Arts & Life Editor Courtesy of 1966mag.com Summer is just around the corner. The time has come for those [...]

Towson holds teach-in after protest; Students express concerns about administrative support

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019Associate Editor Comment

Towson University students and staff expressed concerns that the administration is not doing enough to support minority students during the Teach-In event April [...]

Ignoring climate change has a direct impact on minorities

May 6, 2019May 13, 2019Associate Editor Comment

By: Nic Koski, Columnist After attending the #NotatTU Community Teach-In and reading the Social Justice Collective’s letter in last week’s issue of The [...]

TU holds unity rally after protest

April 29, 2019June 13, 2020Associate Editor Comment

By Sophia Bates, Assistant News Editor and Marcus Whitman, Staff Writer The Towson University community gathered in Freedom Square Wednesday for a Unity [...]