STAFF
Sherwood Smith - Director, Center
for Cultural Pluralism
Sherwood Smith was raised on the East Coast of the US . He moved West for six years, which included a B.S. in Zoology from Washington State University . His love for travel has take him to work in Antarctica , Peace Corps in Tanzania , and Kenya as an Academic Director for the School for International Training program. Working with students has been a large part of his life with experience in student affairs administration at Washington State University , Cornell University and Penn State University as the Assistant Director for Residence Life. Sherwood came to the University of Vermont in 1995 on a Doctoral Fellowship. Since then he has served as the Assistant Director of the ALANA Student Center , director of the Race and Culture Course and currently has appointments as Lecturer and Director of the Center for Cultural Pluralism. His work involved professional development training for faculty and staff, conducting research and teaching graduate courses in Educational Foundations and undergraduate courses in Human Development. Most recently he co-edited a two part series titled: Our Stories: the Experience of Black Professionals on Predominantly White Campuses . He enjoys cooking, bicycling, fencing and is an amateur herpetologist.
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Mary Heininger - Staff Assistant
Mary Heininger was born in Arizona but raised in Washington D.C. and Norfolk, VA. She is responsible for the maintenance of all the Center's budgets, facilities, website, and program and event logistics and supervises the student staff at the Center. She has her B.A. in Art History and German from the College of Wooster She is also a part time graduate student in the Master's in Science Counseling Program at UVM working to complete the dual mental health and school counselor track. Mary enjoys reading fiction, kayaking, and kickboxing.
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Wes Roderiguez - Graduate Assistant
Wes was born and raised in the Bronx, New York . He earned his Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Studies at UVM, and is currently pursuing a Master of Education. Wes is responsible for coordinating the Social Justice Film Series and other events sponsored by the Center for Cultural Pluralism, as well as finding talent for the Center's Multicultural Art Gallery . Wes enjoys photography, traveling to big cities, and sampling new and eclectic cuisine.
656-7990
Student Staffers
Responsibilities include greeting guests, assisting CCP staff members with special
projects, general office work, and maintenance of databases, files, and multicultural
library.
Other offices and personal located in the Allen House:
LGBTA Services
Office
Helps meet the many educational, development, social and safety needs of faculty,
staff and students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning.
English as a
Second Language
656-9789